Dictionary Entries

searrach giorráin

s. lárach, female male foal

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grástúil

má tá tú láidir, bí grástúil merciful

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boilig an lae

ní cóir bheith ag obair bhoilig a' lae mid-day and after (in summer)

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leóbán

milt (in herring)

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aimlí

cf. Máire Saoghal Corrach, 'iad a bheith aimlidhe i ndiaidh na troda' miserable, wet weather

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mí-thuiscint

misunderstanding

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ball dóráin

also applied to the parting of hair on each side of neck ar fhíor-chapall; this is somewhat like the deisealán on a pig's rump. mole on skin

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luchóg

mouse

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pleib

níl ann ach pleib much the same meaning as pléata

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tálach

muscular pain in the wrist

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Buile an Bhodaigh

name of a constellation: thoir dtuaidh a bhíons sé, Lá'l Muire beag a bhíon sé le feiceál (Sb); this description would seem to indicate the Pleiades. See Pádraig Ó Moghráin in Béaloideas, xiii, pp. 166, 184. MCd described it as 3 réalt agus 4 réalt, while TmB mentioned seacht réalt, and added faoi fhéil Páraic tá sí thiar, faoi Nollaic ó dheas, which would indicate rather Oríon, perh. See also Celtica, xii, 182.

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staoin-leic

name of a sloping flag

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clamhán

name of plant

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cánóg

name of sea-bird, perh. shearwater

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réalta Bhárr na screag

name of some star unidentified

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