Dictionary Entries

bileóg

thuas ar a' mbileóig. name of top of a local hill, site of the annual bonfire . . . See D. where one meaning is 'table leaf': this would describe the hill top exactly.

dúchas

ritheann ann dúchas thruí chrúbaí an chait (sean-ocal), the cat's nature runs through its paws. nature, instinct

mór

is mór nár bháith sí a cho maith é, she nearly drowned him too nearly

gaosán

(but not quite as complimentary a name as srón). nose (but not quite as complimentary a name as srón)

codal

codal go dh'fhear .i. slíomadóir go dh'fhear, he is no good for any one octopus (?): séidfe sé suas é héin a cho mór!

bláthmhar

bláfar cuimscear, neat and tidy (of dress); well off: (tá siad) i n-a suí go bláfar. of work well done, neat and tasty, e.g. cocks of hay neatly headed off with súgáns on them

leath-

leath-rat a léim amach as an mála eórna i nDoivleán, cailleadh í. Tá a leath beannuithe (half of Doivleán). one of a pair, a single

gríobh

outside building on turf stack

dall caochán

owl

stupannaí

pailing posts (?)

lugán

part of potato left i n-éis na scoilteáin a bheith gearrthaí dhe

gearr

ghearr Cromail a' Ghaeilge, chuir sé faoi chois í; gur gearradh í, gur gearradh anuas í, till it was forbidden, outlawed (Irish) persecute

clúmhach coilm

pigeon's down, to sleep on it - ní chaillfí go deó thú

cnáimhíní

tá na cnáimhíní tití, the pins are down, she is ready for calving pin bones (in cow)

cársánach

plant with short needly leaves and roots like ?-grass; having yellow flower in July; 'would make a mattress or line a collar'

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