Dictionary Entries

dóighiúil

pleasant, decent

blátháin

pollock fry

meadhón

an tAthair síoraidh a' tabhairt meóin dom ar chuile shórt a dhéanamh power/ability

brúghadh

pressing towards

crann snadhmtha

prob. the creeping willow, salix repens; its roots are boiled to cure the garla trua, a waisting disease in cattle; a mbruith sin - a' sú cho dubh le pórtar

fionn-chrotach

prob. the whimbrel

iarrtas

bhí iarrtas mrá aréir ann proposal for marriage

cuiléar

quarry

airigead beó

quick silver (behind mirror /sga: ha: n/ )

scib

quickly, immediately, e.g. to learn a song by hearing it once

ceirteóg

rag tied on a cow's tail

mada ceatha

rainbow (complete)

tuagh cheatha

rainbow; an bun (Jn); i n-a lúbán (SBh).

scuainí

is aisteach na scuainí iad sin, caithe sé go bhfuil toirneach a' bealach sin, these are strange rays, there must be thunder in that direction (TmB). rays, like light from the air

aith-dhéanamh

re-making cocks (of hay), i.e. putting little ones into big ones

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