Focail Folaithe Maigh Eo

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15 words

tarraint

stammer, impediment of speech

spot

spot

rógaire

spill to light pipe, súgán cochain a' lasadh puíop'

frionga

frionga go choróin na glóire; plur. friongaí .i. spící ar a' gcoróin spíona, spikes on the crown of thorns spike

troilithe

tá sé i n-a shean-fhear troilithe, he is a shaky old man. spent, worn, senile

níl dé ná deatach inntí, said of a bad, nearly dead, fire (MC). bhí an dé i bhfear acú, one of them still had life in him (when taken out of the water). spark

búirthín

spancel ar a' dá chos tosaigh

súithche

soot

meadar gan suathadh

something not properly mixed, as for example a basin of dough

gilín

gilín .i. fata mór (MC); dhá ghilín in reference to two large poodles, ceann acú níos mó 'ná an ceann eile (PR). something big, huge

bruiméan

some sea-bird

easbhaidh

some running sore on foot or leg

piotóg

some kind of primitive chimney, or chimney pot (outside)

geal

madadh geal, bó gheal (as opposed to bán which means 'blonde' usually in reference to people). snow-white

stéig

snaidhm ar stéig snaidhm ar stéig was formerly the name given to appendicitis

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