Focail Folaithe Maigh Eo

http://focailfholaithe.fng.ie/counties/maigh-eo

15 words

bing

bing a bheith air an upward limit or ceiling to be set to the number of cattle to be taken in from each tenant for grazing on commons land

draoi

d'ólfadh sé an draoi; cf. the Westmeath Engl. Idiom: he'd drink Loch Érin dry. an unlimited quantity (of drink)

rálach

an ugly offensive name for a woman

cabhsae

an old stony bare place

truipéad

an edible seaweed

forseamálaí

an awkward woman about a house

ith

an allergic rash a thiocfadh amach i n-a scraith ort (CN); a certain man often got it on the arms and chest when he ate certain foods.

lán

is mór a' lán é, it is a good deal, a good lot; nach maith a' lán ráibe atá ar na slataí sin, isn't there a good deal of seed on those docks? amount

comh-dheasach

ambi-dexterous

grágaíl

also of an ass 'braying'.

freangach

also called dallóg, lesser dog-fish; in English tanny fish (tonnies) and cat-fish (MR); these are viviparous .i. bruideáileann siad; the young are brógaí taidbhs' and are to be found ins a' leas (in the sea-weed).

píoblach

also 'hoarseness in a person wih a cold'

más

common in placenames and means a sandbar according to (Sb) áit a bhéas i n-a bharra mór,common in placenames and means a sandbar according to (Sb)

dubhlacht na bliana

after Christmas

togha

á dtogha, picking them (TmB) /a: dǝuwǝ /. act of picking (potatoes)

Showing 331 to 345 of 666 entries