Focail Folaithe Maigh Eo

gné

ní fhaca sé a ghath ná a ghné, he saw nothing

graifleach

greallach

tá sé 'n-a ghreallach amháin

griúil

tá griúil ar a' tsúp (hare's soup) le teann mathas, it is so rich and full of goodness

guth

níor airigh sé a ghuth ná a dhath, he heard nothing (AL); níl a ghuth ná a ghré ach go . . . there was nothing in it but . . .

hata Acla agus naprún Chliara

ná déan hata Acla dó .i. den chasúr, don't treat it like hata Acla, that is to say make common property of it (MMt). There was only one hat in Achill and only one apron in Clare Island, and everybody wore it in turn according as he or she needed it. The same was said of brógaí Iorruis, there was only one pair which was used by everybody or so the saying goes.

innis

is ait an innis í sin (Sb), that is a wonderful innis, i. excellent land.

iogallach

bhí iogallach ar a' bhfaraige (PR); iogallach nuair bhíos a' t-ionradh agus a' ghaoth i n-aghaidh a chéilí go do dhalladh sa gcurach (AL).

ionad

in phr. i n-ionad, at the end of: bhí sé feadh bliana ag muintir na bruíne, agus annsin bhí a bhean le goil a' pósadh i n-ionad (n)a bliana, at the end of the year, when the year was up

láir

gen. lárach occurs in searrach lárach, a filly foal.

leac a' bhladair

is tú leac a' bhladair (adéarfá) le páiste a bheith a' dúil le sweets

Leám

n. pr. : cuimhnigh ar Leám (adéarfa) le fear a' bualadh asail. Bé' tú sách luath ag droch-mhargadh, Leám adúirt é sin leis a' bhfear a bhí a' bualadh an asail; bhí deifir mhór air a' goil 'un cogaidh

léine

i n-a léinidh (ag obair), in his shirt-sleeves (ML); alb, surplice: is geal í do léinidh indiu agus is dubh í seachtain ó 'ndiu, your alb is white today but it will be black a week from today. This from the back was Brian Rua's answer to the priest who called his name from the altar (SBh).

liabrán

cloch liabráin, sharpening stone

líne

na líntí is na líntí, generations and generations