Dictionary Entries
Tá sé i bhfad níos glaise abhus anseo,
It's much greener here,
Mar tá i bhfad níos mó gréine ó dheas.
Because there's a lot more sun in the south.
Tá níos mó luifearnach ná rud ar bith eile ar an bhfeirm faoi láthair.
There's more weeds than anything else on the farm at the moment.
agus rith sé go tapa agus ' thiocfaidh leis
and he ran as fast as he could
in amanna eile
at other times / otherwise
Níos mó ná thig leis a freastail, corruair.
More than he can attend to, sometimes
tá an ceann is sine trí bliana déag
the oldest one is thirteen
sompla
a' sumpla bróch, nach fearr a' fear mise ná é? the dirty wretch, amn't I a better man than him
salann
'sé an salann soir é géadhaí Iorrais thíocht go hEacaill (MC), it is like coals to Newcastl (sean-ocal).
pléata
níl ann ach pléata go dhuine
lughar
níor lughar liom a' deabhal fheiceál 'ná thú, - a' tan nach mbeith aon tsuim agad ainntí, I wouldn't hate seeing the devil more than you - (said) when you wouldn't like her (Sb); ní lughar liom an t-éag 'ná é, I hate him more than death.
comh-aois
comh-aois Mháire í, she is the same age as Máire
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.
airde
ní rabh mé an airde sin, I wasn't that height, i. I was only a small child at the time (Sb). teach i n-airde cabhlach, side-wall high, or ready roofing (AOS).
aithinne dearg
Ní i gcoinní aithinne a thainic tusa, said to a casual visitor who is inclined to stay too long, as a hint that it is time to be going. a live coal, as distinguished from sméarthóidí, cinders