Dictionary Entries
cluanach
a' chluanach dhearg, knot-grass, red-legs, polygonum persicaria; a' chluanach bhán, pale-flowered knot-grass, polygonum lapathifolium: spot geal air. D. gives glúineach dhearg, persicaria, which seems to be taken from N. Colgan 'Gaelic Plant and Animal Names', in Section 1 of Clare Island Survey.
cleiteach
tá an garla cleiteach ar a' gcirc, the hen is in her pen-feathers
cleamáil
a' cleamáil gamhnaí, sqeezing calves, i. castrating with burdizzo.
bruídeáil
bruídeáileann sé .i. anfíogach (Sb), meaning that the dogfish is viviparous, giving birth to its young alive and not by laying eggs.
brígh
faoi bhrí mo mhionna níl aon dath aige sin duithe ach orad liom-s', upon my oath he has none of it (sheep) more than I.
bleacht
bó bhleacht ionnlaogh
beir
bhéarfadh sé scian ort, he would take a knife to you (ML); bheir sé air, the dog bit him (MC); bheir a' chearc, the hen laid (MR)
beilt
beilt ar shaighdiúr; also applied to a dog's collar
bárr
tá bár míoltógaí ann, a lot of midges (out this evening), they would eat you.
baladh
madadh a' cur baladh, scenting, on the trail
áladh
thug a' t-asal áladh ar a' bpáipéar, made a charge at, rush at the paper, to get it in its teeth
pisín áine
(meadow) vetch
gráig
gráig an asail, (é) a' béiciúch a bray
saighean
ba mhór a' saighean é a great sight, a great show entirely
sál-bhrú ar bhó
a heel-bruise on a cow