Dictionary Entries
bruiméan
some sea-bird
gilín
gilín .i. fata mór (MC); dhá ghilín in reference to two large poodles, ceann acú níos mó 'ná an ceann eile (PR). something big, huge
meadar gan suathadh
something not properly mixed, as for example a basin of dough
súithche
soot
búirthín
spancel ar a' dá chos tosaigh
dé
níl dé ná deatach inntí, said of a bad, nearly dead, fire (MC). bhí an dé i bhfear acú, one of them still had life in him (when taken out of the water). spark
troilithe
tá sé i n-a shean-fhear troilithe, he is a shaky old man. spent, worn, senile
frionga
frionga go choróin na glóire; plur. friongaí .i. spící ar a' gcoróin spíona, spikes on the crown of thorns spike
rógaire
spill to light pipe, súgán cochain a' lasadh puíop'
spot
spot
tarraint
stammer, impediment of speech
balabhán
stammerer
troisc
throiscfeá .i. ní shaothróchá orad is thabharfadh biadh agus beatha duit. starve
saighead
uisce saighdannaí stone from air flung by fairies. These are preserved in water which is used to cure sick cattle: uisce saghdannaí is the name of this water
aduain
strange, unusual