Focail Folaithe Maigh Eo

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15 words

dall caochán

owl

gríobh

outside building on turf stack

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

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

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!

gaosán

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

mór

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

dúchas

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

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.

réalta Bhárr na screag

name of some star unidentified

cánóg

name of sea-bird, perh. shearwater

clamhán

name of plant

staoin-leic

name of a sloping flag

Buile an Bhodaigh

name of a constellation: thoir dtuaidh a bhíons sé, Lá'l Muire beag a bhíon sé le feiceál (Sb); this description would seem to indicate the Pleiades. See Pádraig Ó Moghráin in Béaloideas, xiii, pp. 166, 184. MCd described it as 3 réalt agus 4 réalt, while TmB mentioned seacht réalt, and added faoi fhéil Páraic tá sí thiar, faoi Nollaic ó dheas, which would indicate rather Oríon, perh. See also Celtica, xii, 182.

tálach

muscular pain in the wrist

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