| gríobh |
outside building on turf stack |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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! |
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| gaosán |
(but not quite as complimentary a name as srón). nose (but not quite as complimentary a name as srón) |
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| mór |
is mór nár bháith sí a cho maith é, she nearly drowned him too nearly |
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| dúchas |
ritheann ann dúchas thruí chrúbaí an chait (sean-ocal), the cat's nature runs through its paws. nature, instinct |
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| 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. |
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| réalta Bhárr na screag |
name of some star unidentified |
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| cánóg |
name of sea-bird, perh. shearwater |
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| 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. |
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| tálach |
muscular pain in the wrist |
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