| caindéal |
bottom of barrel (stanna) |
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| crosta |
bó chrost', a "wicked" cow. bold, ill-mannered (of children) |
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| sinneán gaoithe |
níl ann ach a' sinneán sin, his bark is worse than his bite blast of wind |
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| bréan-lóib |
black rotten bog matter under blown sand at sea-edge. The slip (céibh) should have been built on rocks, but instead it was built on the bréanlóib, consequently had no proper foundation and did not last. |
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| snaidhm buaic |
binding of face of corpse |
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| chugad |
chugad a' luaith! said by a woman when putting out ashes; chugad a' púc', beware of the pooka! common in the phr. níor úirt siad chugad a' púc' liom (I met them on the road) and they said not a word, spoke not a word to me beware! look out! |
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| builte ar |
bhí an caisleán buailte air, the castle was beside him, quite near him. beside, close to |
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| crios |
belt (on sheaf of corn), but a soldier's belt is beilt. |
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| tionnscain |
cé thionnscain é, who started it (fight)? (TmB); is tú a thionnscail a' troid (EOCn); v.n. a' tionnscaint. begin, start |
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| gabháil |
má mbeitheá a' goil go bhata ar a' ngaoith ní thóigfeá é, if you were to beat the wind with a stick (do your very utmost), you would not be able to lift it beating |
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| giúraí |
ar adhmad fhásas na giúraí; an chéad chót' - caonach, an dara cót' - giúraí, an tríhú cót' - má sheasann a' t-adhmad barnacles (on timber) |
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