Dictionary Entries
oirthear
laithe 'r n-a n-órthaí, next day but one.
lúth
This is not a word I have heard in Erris, but it is common in the Hiberno-English of Westmeath-Longford: the ewe is putting out her loo, i. has prolapsed uterus; cf. Ó Cadhain, An Braon Broghach, notes, pp. 30, 32 lamb-bed
ceathramha caorach
lamb's quarter, common orache (D); slat a' fás ins na fataí, ar thalamh gainí; á bruith ar fheóil, it is boiled with meat (CN); called 'fat hen' in England (PsC).
deireannach
an ceann deireannach gon tSathairne, late Saturday evening lately, of late
rachtáil
a' rachtaíl gáirí laughing loudly in outburst
bliain chorr
chaon cheathrú bliain a bhíons bliain chorr ann. leap-year
boglus
leaves of ragwort
sraith
sra' ghainí, light loamy soil with sand through it (TmB); ar a' tSra' riabhach, n.loc., on the top of Cnoc a' tearmainn, ó thuaidh ón 'look-out' (an áit ar mharaigh fear go Chathánach an rón) (PsC). level ground
céim
bhí céim ann, bhí sé bacach; céim bhacaíl', a lame step limp
brochán
limpets boiled with flour
cuan
cuan pisíní litter (of pups or kittens)
dubh i dtalamh
long dead and buried
siod é
look at it over there
aiteall
lull in the rain
fuarcán
lump on animal (esp. on shin)