Focail Folaithe Maigh Eo

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15 words

teann

le teann a' ghálaidh, with the force of the wind; le teann uilc, from sheer badness (Sb); le teann na foladh, from the pressure of the blood; fua' sí siar ar theann an uisc', she went back in the teems of rain, when the rain was at its heaviest (ML). force, pressure

bascaéd

flasket basket, or round skib, used for 'teeming' potatoes

alóg

chomh geal le alóg sneachta. flake

cró críoch

an cró críoch a chur air. finishing touch (on work)

aghaidh chuimealt

file (for sharpening)

fál

is na fáltaí, in the fields; Bun na bhFál, n.l.; common in placenames, g. An Fál Fada, An Fál Garbh, Fál na gCréachtach. field

beathaighthe

fat, plump

bloinic

fat, grease

broimíl

farting

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translation

cnáimh do dhéid

your jaw-bone

aimseógaí

'siad na haimseógaí a chuir ann é fairies

comhthrom

what weight is this fish? tá meáchan cothrom ann, it is a fair weight; trí unsa (tobac) sa tseachtain, sin cathamh cothrom, that's fair smoking; cé' chaoi bhfuil na fataí agaibh? níl siad ach cothrom; sgoith fhataí cothroma, mixed middling potatoes, níl siad ionmholta ná ioncháinte annsin fair, middling

gíoscán

5 million people to feed in London - is mór a' gíoscán é, they eat a lot, there is a lot of chewing on what they need in food F

géarán

eye-tooth: cláir-fhiaclaí go dté tú go dtí an géarán

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