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reimhe is raimhe fuil 'ná uisce Food and drink Everyday phrases Folklore Feelings Idioms Log in to hear
roinn an sagart agus a' póilí, tabhair a gcuid dóf' agus ná bíof aon roinn agad leóf, give them their due and have nothing more to do with them Everyday phrases Idioms Feelings Relationships Verbs Log in to hear
salann 'sé an salann soir é géadhaí Iorrais thíocht go hEacaill (MC), it is like coals to Newcastl (sean-ocal). Idioms Folklore Comparatives Places Food and drink Log in to hear
samhlaigh tá an intinn chéanna ag a' bhfear thoir agus ní shamhlóchá leis é, he has the same disposition (he'd take a knife to you) and you'd never think it of him Feelings Personality Everyday phrases Idioms Verbs Log in to hear
saoghal Éabha ní bhainfeadh an saoghal Éabha anuas mé, the whole world; an saoghal Ádhaimh is similarly used. Abstract nouns Everyday phrases Feelings Relationships Idioms Log in to hear
sáraigh sháraigh siad mé (the calves) bested me, got the better of me, got away from me: used impersonally: sháraigh air aon bhean fháil, he failed to get any wife; a' sárú oram, contradicting me, arguing me down. Activities Feelings Verbs Idioms Relationships Log in to hear
scannail is olc í an scannail sa gcóir ná san éagóir, g. to accuse someone of stealing something in the right or in the wrong (it gives scandal) Abstract nouns Activities Adjectives Feelings Idioms Log in to hear
sóntaíl an rud is measa bhí greamuithe go dhuine riamh a' tsóntaíl. Abstract nouns Feelings Idioms Everyday phrases Relationships Log in to hear
stiúir bean gan chliú ná bád gan stiúir (sean-ocal); imeó' sí chuile áit, no control over her Abstract nouns Adjectives Conversation Feelings Idioms Log in to hear
téigle (tá sé) i n-a chalam téigle, it is perfectly calm (said of the sea on a fine day); stoirim shamhraidh ná téigle gimhridh níl aon tseasamh orthaí (sean-ocal) (MMt), a summer storm or a winter calm will not last long. Adjectives Weather Idioms Feelings Everyday phrases Log in to hear
trioll in idiom thit a' trioll ar a' treall agam, I was completely non-plussed Everyday phrases Idioms Feelings Adjectives Conversation Log in to hear
magarleán / magarlín small man, acting the hard man Adjectives People Activities Personality Idioms
eh, uilig all Amount Adverbs Everyday phrases Idioms Language
sin é an chaoí 'a bhfuil sé that's the way it is / goes Everyday phrases Idioms Conversation Feelings To be able to
"maith mar a tharla" ar seisean "good that it happened" says he Adjectives Adverbs Feelings Conversation Idioms