Focail Folaithe Maigh Eo

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15 words

alam 'paéir

tá sé lán le alam 'paéir, full of devilment

allagar

glór árd, ag a' rón, go fheithide beag

am

i n-amanna, eidir amaí, occasionally, sometimes.

amháin

in phrase h-é amháin from ní h-é amháin, not to mention, even: d'ólfainn sláinte madadh as Éire, h-é amháin amadán as Éire; bhéarfainn punt dó h-é amháin sciling, I'd give him a pound not to mention a shilling. h-é amháin is often used finally at the end of an utterance meaning 'even'.

anachain

d'ordaigh Dia an anachainn a sheachaint (sean-ocal); used to warn a person to avoid a house in which people were down with 'flu.

angar

.i. droch-seileadh bróch (MCd); seileadh agus angar .i. diachair (MMt)

annadh

tá annadh air .i. uair mhaith; annadh na Samhna, fine weather to the end of October, Indian summer

anróiteach

bhí an grá Dia ionntú, bhí siad bocht nocht anróiteach .i. na seandaoine fadó

antráthach

uair antráthach, a very late hour, well after midnight

aoibhinn Dia

is aoibhinn Dia dhó, 'tis happy for him, well for him.

árach

níl aon árach agam air, I cannot help it.

ascaill sa bhfaraige

.i. lúbán isteach, tá fascadh ann.

athchomair

tá sí sin ag imeacht go hathchomair, travelling fast. This was quoted for me by PsC as a Donegallism, i. the word athchomair.

bachlóg

chuir siad bachlóg ar a theangaidh, after which he could not speak properly or at all.

bail

(fear) a chuirfeadh bail air héin, get married in time and set up a home for himself (MMt); go ngohadh droch-bhail orthaí, that she'd come to misfortune (a young pretty girl) at the hands of Arthur Nash (SBh)

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