Dictionary Entries

ruacan

bia rí ruacan, agus bia bodach báirneach (sean-ocal). cockle

coirín

coirín a bhíof acú a' fiuchadh an uisc' before they had kettles and pots

codramanta

c. le bainne, "clotty" with milk, not hygienic (ML); bróch salach, codramant' (Sb). dirty, "clotty"

seisc

bearach sheisc, heifer not in calf (MMt); seisc-capall, a dry mare (Sb). dry

géarán

eye-tooth: cláir-fhiaclaí go dté tú go dtí an géarán

gíoscán

5 million people to feed in London - is mór a' gíoscán é, they eat a lot, there is a lot of chewing on what they need in food F

comhthrom

what weight is this fish? tá meáchan cothrom ann, it is a fair weight; trí unsa (tobac) sa tseachtain, sin cathamh cothrom, that's fair smoking; cé' chaoi bhfuil na fataí agaibh? níl siad ach cothrom; sgoith fhataí cothroma, mixed middling potatoes, níl siad ionmholta ná ioncháinte annsin fair, middling

Tá an pota a dul thar maol

The pot is boiling over

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