Foclóir Oirthear Uladh — Consolidated Glossary of East Ulster Gaelic

Ciarán Ó Duibhín

This work is ongoing. The list is being extracted from existing dictionaries and
glossaries (not directly from texts), and is therefore a collation of examples
considered noteworthy by previous analysts (though possibly not in relation to all
the words under which they are indexed here). A list of the sources so far included
is given below. Many other sources need to be added, and the available texts
should also be examined; or better, this list should be supplemented by an East
Ulster textbase to provide additional examples, especially of the common words.

Structurally, the grouping of forms into headwords and cross-referencing between

them, the internal structure of the entry, and the selection of examples, are all only
in the initial stages of development. The following model for an entry may be
gradually put into effect:
1. usual headform, part of speech, meaning in English
2. morphology: variant and oblique forms (reference to sources)
3. meanings: with examples (reference to sources)
At this stage of completeness, organizing variant and oblique forms under a
common headform seems premature, and in the main they are left in place and
cross-referenced.

General abbreviations for sources:

Béal — Béaloideas
CLAJ — County Louth Archaeological Journal
CS — An Claidheamh Soluis
IG — Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge
MJM — Michael J Murphy (SSSG — Sayings and Stories from Slieve Gullion, 1990)
RBÉ – Roinn Béaloidis Éireann, UCD (lámhscríbhinní)
SgÓir - Seosamh Laoide, Sgéalaidhe Óirghiall, 1905
SML - Éamonn Ó Tuathail, Sgéalta Mhuintir Luinigh, 1933
Ultach – An tUltach

Status at 02 Dec 2010:

Sources systematically incorporated:

CS 17/08/1901 358 (Ballinascreen)

Din1 - Patrick S Dinneen, Foclóir Gaedhilge agus Béarla, 1904
Din2 - Patrick S Dinneen, Foclóir Gaedhilge agus Béarla, 1927, including additions
and corrections (1975 reprint used)
IG X 612–3, IG XI 186, IG XI 207
ONL - T O'Neill Lane, Larger English-Irish Dictionary, 1918
SgÓir (glossary)
PÓB – Pádraig Ó Baoighill, Padaí Láidir Mac Culadh agus Gaeltacht Thír Eoghain,
2009
SML (pp 213–4 only)
SR - Aoidhmín Mac Gréagóir, Sgéaltan X Reachreann, 1910; see Gearóid Stockman,
‘Gaeilge Reachlainn agus Gaeilge na hAlban: Comhchosúlacht Foclóra’, in
Miscellanea Celtica in Memoriam Heinrich Wagner, 1997, 297–302
Tip1 – Harry Tipping, 1953 notes from Padaí Láidir Mac Culadh
Tip2 – Harry Tipping, 1953 notes from Seán Ó Cairealláin

Ready for inclusion but original spellings to be obtained from the

manuscript:

LÓM - Lorcán Ó Muireadhaigh, word-lists submitted to Dinneen; see Diarmaid Ó

Doibhlin, ‘A Word-List from Omeath, Co. Louth’, in Miscellanea Celtica in Memoriam
Heinrich Wagner, 1997, 281–295; and Gearóid Mac Uibhrín (Cuisle na nGael 1998)

Major sources not yet included:

EE — Emrys Evans, ‘The Irish dialect of Urris, Co Donegal’, Lochlann 4 (1969) 1–130,
380–388
FGB — Niall Ó Dónaill, Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, 1977
Gaelic Mag – Gaelic Magazine, Belfast, 1795
Glens – Nils Holmer, On some relics of the Irish dialect spoken in the Glens of
Antrim, 1940
Rath – Nils Holmer, The Irish language in Rathlin Island, 1942
Som – Alf Sommerfelt, ‘South Armagh Irish’, Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, II
(1929) 107–191
SCT – Seosamh Laoide, Seachrán Chairn tSiadhail, 1904
S&W – Gerard Stockman and Heinrich Wagner, ‘Contributions to a study of Tyrone
Irish’ Lochlann 3 (1965) 43–236

Abbreviations for areas:

Antr. - Antrim and Rathlin (Din2)

Arm. - Armagh (Din1, Din2)
Boyce - Fánaid (Din2)
Bref. - ?Breifne (Din2)
Cav. - Cavan (Din1, Din2)
Der. - Derry (Din1, presumably from Séamus Ó Ceallaigh; Din2)
Down – Down (Gaelic Mag?)
E.U. - East Ulster (Din1, Din2)
Far. - Farney (Din2)
Ferm. - Fermanagh (Din1, Din2)
Inish. – Inishowen
Mea. - Meath (Din1, Din2)
Mon. - Monaghan (Din1, Din2)
My. - Murray - Omeath and Mid-Ulster (Din2)
O'Gr. - O'Growney (Din2)
Om. - Omeath (Din1, presumably from Séamus Ó Ceallaigh; Din2)
Or. - Oriel (Din2, ONL - ?from Hannon)
Rath. - Rathlin (Din2, SR)
Seach. - Seachrán Chairn tSiadhail (Din2)
Sg. F. - Sgéalaidhe Fhearnmhuighe (Din2)
S.U. - South Ulster (Din1, Din2)
Tyr. - Tyrone (Din2, ONL - ?from Short, PÓB, SML, Tip1, Tip2)
Sources used in Din2 but not extracted here: Art McC., M Mac Ard., Ó Doirnín, P.
O'D. (Fágtar as filidheacht na hochtmhadh haoise déag, saothair Uí Chearbhalláin
ina measc; is féidir theacht orthu sna gluaiseanna do na h-eagráin a foillsigheadh.
Ach leigtear isteach amhráin eile atá gan ainm nó gan ughdair, agus Seachrán
Chairn tSiadhail.)

Sources listed in Din2 but not actually used there: Farn., Sg. Fear.

Sources used in ONL but not extracted here: PL[amb], D[onnellan], HM[orris],
Feenachty

ONL's reference list of abbreviations is very incomplete. For example, "Fer." is not
listed; it appears to stand for "Ferriter" (as it does with Dinneen) rather than
"Fermanagh". Even ONL's one example of "Ferm." — of "iorradh" under "apparel" —
may also be from Ferriter, though it has been retained here.

Acknowledgement: I am grateful to Ciarán Mac Murchaidh (Banbridge) for lists of

Oriel and Antrim words from Din2.

Notes:

The scope is Ulster outside of West Donegal (but including Inis Eoghain and Fánaid),
together with areas of North Leinster and East Connacht which are no longer Gaelic-
speaking - in fact, all of Leith Chuinn outside contemporary Gaeltachtaí.

Many forms included may be of wider provenance than East Ulster (e.g. use of
Éirinn for Éire). Conversely, forms marked in sources as Donegal or Ulster, or not
marked at all for provenance, may obviously apply to East Ulster, but are not
included here as there is no definite assertion of their East Ulster attestation. Forms
with East Ulster provenance in Din1 may appear in Din2 without specific
provenance, in which case they are not here quoted from Din2.

Note that Dinneen, in quoting examples of Ulster words, may impose unlikely
grammar on the examples, e.g. eclipsing a singular noun after preposition and
article, or employing synthetic verb forms, in areas where these would not be
expected. With O'Neill Lane too examples illustrating the lexis of one dialect often
conform to the grammar of another. Examples from these sources, when identified
as East Ulster, should not necessarily be taken to be illustrative of the dialect in
respects other than the principal word in question.

In O'Neill Lane, many words with marked provenance are also found in examples
quoted under other headwords, without any provenance being there given. These
are included here sporadically.

Many more cross-references to other Irish head-words could be added to the O'Neill
Lane examples.

a, with infinitive of purpose: rachaidh mé a dh'iarraidh nighne an ríogh - I will go

seeking the king's daughter (Far. - SgÓir 1)
abaid: abaid uasal - sacred vestments (Om. - Din2)

abair: adaeir sé – form of a deir sé (Tyr. – PÓB:119)

abairt, f. - a sentence, saying (Or. - ONL sub sentence)

abar — see eabar

abhainn, f.: ar chiumhais na haibhne - on the bank of the river (Or. - ONL sub bank);
port na haibhne - the river-bank (Or. - ONL sub bank)

ábhaist - usual; bhá mé i gcomhnuidhe ar seachran, agus oidhche de na

hoidhcheibh bha mé ar shiubhail, mar b'ábhaist liom (Rath. - SR 9.3)

acais, f., gen. acaise - spite (Far. - SgÓir 54)

acfuinn, f.: acfuinn tighe - house furniture (Antr. - Din2)

acfuinneach, adj. - capable (Or. - ONL sub capable); (f silent) powerful, forceful; thug
se léim árd acfuinneach i mullach dhruim-thaisde na luighe (Far. - SgÓir 21)

achan, m. - a small bivalve shellfish found in the sand on the seashore (Fánaid -
Din2 Boyce)

acht: acht a b'é mo shúile - were it not for my eyes (Om. - Din2)

acluighim: a Rí na bhFeart go n-acluigh tú mo chroidhe - soften (Om. - Din2)

adag - a small stack of corn; when stooks are half-dry they are made into adags
(Mon. - Din2); a hand-stack made from hay-sheaves, erected where grown and
threshed with a flail (Arm. – MJM SSSG 62–3 with picture); s.a. adóg

adaidh - see udaidh

adharclóg - a "bog lark" (Meath - Din2)

adhastar: thug an t-each craith as é féin go dtearn cluiginí a (i)adhastair an léithead

de stráighlighe go músgail siad Ridire na nGleann (Rath. - SR 5.36)

adhlacadh, m. - burial (pronounced ulcú) (Or. - ONL sub burial)

adhlaicim - see iolcaim

adóg - form of adag, a small stack of corn (Antr. - Din2/Add.); a rick, or small stack of
corn, especially of rectangular plan (Mon. - Din2 sub síog); s.a. adag

adóg, f. - a haddock (Or. - ONL sub haddock)

aerach, adj.: is éadtrom aerach siubhlann sí - light and airy she trips along (Or. - ONL
sub airy)

aeráil: agus mo bháiréad d'á aeráil le haisir na gréine - my cap airing in the rays of
the sun (Oriel song - ONL sub airing)
ag: see aige

ag: níl duine amháin anseo atá Gaeilge aige (Máire Uí Mhianáin) (Tyr. – PÓB:126)

agam: fan agam anocht - stay tonight in my house (Om. - SgÓir 69)

agar: táim i n-agar fá'n scéal - I doubt the matter (Antr. - Din2)

aghaidh, f.: le haghaidh - with a view to, for (Far. - SgÓir 55)

agham, etc. - forms of agam, etc.; beidh bochtan ort an tráth seo, óir tá me ar tí sibh
a chur ins an teine mhóir atá déanta agham ar bhur son (Rath. - SR 8.32); gan deór
uisge le ól aghad acht an oiread a bhéirfidh tú ar bharr do theangan as fras ar bith
ag dul seachad (Rath. – SR 5.10); bha a fhios agham-sa anois nach b'urrainn liom an
fháinne ag cur seachad (Rath. - SR 11.6); (Tyr. – Tip1) records both agam and
agham, but only agat

aice: is mo mhuirnín bheith i n-aice liom char bhfada liom an lá - were my true lover
near me I would not think the day long (Or. song - ONL sub near); as aice mo
ghráidh - away from my love (Om. song - Din2); as aice an tighe - from the
neighbourhood of the house (Far. - SgÓir 37)

aicme - a class of people, a party (Arm. - SgÓir 117); aicne (Far. - SgÓir 118)

aicne - see aicme

aidighim - I confess, admit, acknowledge (Om. - Din2 sub admhuighim);

aidmhighim, pronounced eidim (Or. — IG 14:177 810)

Aifhreann, f. - Mass (Om. - Din2 sub Aifreann); agus an Aifhreann ag 'ul ar aghaidh,
while the Mass was going on (Om. — cf cainnt Bhríd Ní Chaslaigh)

aige - form of ag, at (Om. also Donegal and Kerry - Din1; Om. - Din2; Om. — IG X
612); aige n-a mhnaoi - at his wife (Far. - SgÓir 8); gheobhaidh tú aoibhneas ar
hallaidhe bána aige mo mhealladh le siamsa an cheoil (Om. — IG X 612)

aigeanta, adj. - active (Or. also Donegal and Connacht - ONL sub active); mo
mhacnaidh bhí croidheamhail, aigeanta, líomhtha - my young men who were hearty,
active and swift (Or. song - ONL sub active)

aigeantach, adj. - light-headed, idiotic (Der. - Din1, Din2)

áil: dá mb'áil leat fuireach – if you were willing to stay (Tyr. – SML:213)

áilleagán, m.: mar a raibh an t-áilleagán a shlad mo shnuadh - where lived the
darling that robbed me of my complexion (Or. song - ONL sub darling, pet)

áilleog, f. - a swallow (bird) (Om. - SgÓir foclóir sub áinleog, Din1, Din2; Or. – ONL
sub swallow; Tyr. – SML:213); s.a. áinleog

aimhleas - see leas

aimseach: nach aimseach d'éirigh dó - how unfortunate it happened to him (Fánaid -

Din2 Boyce)
aimsear: ins an tsean aimsear - anciently (Or. - ONL sub anciently)

aimsir — time (eg. to pay rent) nuair a thiocfadh se le árdughadh an chíosa,

bhearfadh sé aimsir dóbhtha — he would give them (plenty of) time (Om. — IG X
613)

-áin, adj. (?) - bountiful (Or. ONL - sub bountiful)

aingeal, m. - an angel (pronounced aigheal) (Or. - ONL sub angel, n); na haingil,
pronounced Nă hee'il (Or. — IG 14:177 810)

aingealach - numbness (Antr. - Din2)

aingidheacht - festering, as of a boil coming to a head (Om. - Din2)

áinleog, f. - swallow (Om. - SgÓir 113); s.a. áilleog

ainm - (=anam) a ghost; Alt na n-Ainm, near Ballycastle, celebrated for its ghost
(Antr. - Din2)

airc, f., gen airce - an expansive feeling as of gladness; is ar mo chroidhe do bhí an

airc - big swelled my heart from joy (Om. - Din2)

airc sléibhe – a mankeeper (newt?) (Der. – CS 17/8/1901 358)

áird, f.: gárb áird duid? - whence did you come? (Far. - SgÓir 54)

áirdintinn - ambition (Tyr. - ONL sub ambition)

aire: cia hé cuirfidh aire ort? - who would hinder you? (Tyr. - ONL sub hinder)

aire: tháinig sé in m'aire go - it struck me that (Antr. - Din2)

aireog – pronunciation of eireog (Tyr. – PÓB:17); aireogaí: eireogaí (Tyr. – PÓB:119)

airfi - form of arbhú, (the day etc) before (Om. - Din 2 sub arbhú); airfí inné – the day
before yesterday (Tyr. – SML:213); airfí anuraidh –the year before last (Tyr. –
SML:213) s.a. arfa, armhughadh, athrughadh, eirfidh

airidh: is oiridh ort é - you deserved it (Tyr. - ONL sub deserve); ba mhaith an airí air
sin – he deserved that well (Tyr. – SML:213)

áiridh - hill pasture (Meath? - Din2 Duanaire na Midhe)

airidhe: is maith an airidhe thú - you are worth your place (Antr. - Din2)

airighim - I think, conceive (Om. - Din1, Din2)

áiriste: form of áirithe, certain (Om. etc. - Din 2 sub áirithe)

áirithe: b'áirithe dó é - he deserved it (Antr. - Din2)

áirithe: íocfaidh tusa as sin go háirithe - you will pay for that anyhow (Or. - ONL sub
anyhow)
áirleagach: aoi áirleagach - a "bog lark" (Far. - Din2 sub adharclóg)

áirne: máthair an áirne - the blackthorn (Om. - Din2)

áirneán - form of áirne, sloe (Antr. - Din2 sub áirne)

airteach, adj. - useful (Tyr. - ONL sub useful)

áis: ar t-áis - at your ease (Antr. Din2)

aiseach - easy; tigeann sé go haiseach chugam - it (conversation) comes easy to me

(Om., My. - Din2)

aiseal, -sil, m. - an axle (Antr. - Din2); tairnge aisil - a linch-pin (Antr. - Din2 sub
tairgne)

aisling: aisling bheadaidhe - a fleeting dream (Der. - Din1, Din2 sub beadaidhe)

áiteachadh - form of áiteamh, convincing (Antr. - Din2 sub áiteamh)

aiteal, -til, m.: aiteal fiodha - a bit of wood (Antr. - Din2)

aiteas, m.: thríd aiteas - in pleasantry, in fun (Om. - SgÓir 116); rinne mé sin fríd
aiteas - I did that for fun (Om. - Din1, Din2)

aithchré: ag cur aithchré - remoulding (plants) (Or. also West Limerick - ONL sub
mould)

áithe - barr áithe - a "kiln-cast", i.e. as much of grain to be dried as fits in the top of
a kiln (Far. - SgÓir 102 whence Or. - Din2 sub bárr); is lia lá maith ná barr áithe
againn - oftener we have a fine day than a kiln-cast (Far. proverb – SgÓir foclóir sub
barr áithe)

aithghiorra: go haithghiorra - soon, shortly, pronounced aiciorra (Der., Om. - Din1);

soon, shortly (Der., Om. - Din2)

aithghreim, f. - a further grip (Far. - SgÓir 25)

aithiseach, adj.: ionnsaighe aithiseach - an abusive assault (Or. - ONL sub assault)

aithnighim - I know, recognise (Far. - SgÓir 11, 113)

aithreach, m.: ghlac sé aithreach fá - he was seized with regret about (Far. – SgÓir
36)

áití - form of áit, place (Om. - Din2 sub áit); the word áit is pronounced in Omeath as
if written áití (Peadar Ó Dubhda, CLAJ vol 3 page 234 sub no 63); gan agam áití i
mbuainfinn fúm (Far. — IG X:110 28); áití (=áit) is often heard in Ulster (Seaghán Ó
hAnnáin, IG X:110 28)

Albanach, adj: eaglais Albanach - a Presbyterian church (Antr. - Din2 sub eaglais)

allta-thír, f. - wild country (Om. - SgÓir 76)

alt, m. - a mountain, a ravine, a gulf (Om. - Din1; Om., also Donegal - Din2); a glen,
especially if wooded (Der. - Din1, Din2)

ált - a ravine, a gully (Om. - Din2); Ált an Chogaidh in Glenariffe, Antrim (Antr. -
Din2)

altán - a hillock (Om., also Donegal - Din2)

am: ar amannaibh - at times (Or. - ONL sub at); am éigeantach - occasionally (Or. -
ONL sub occasionally); tá sé am codlata (Johnny Bán Mac Giolla Uidhir) (Tyr. –
PÓB:125)

amach: amach go bráth leis - off he goes (Meath - Din2)

amadán, m.: amadán iarainn agus earball olna air - an iron fool (one who
counterfeits folly) with a woolly tail (Or. - ONL sub fool, iron)

amaideach, adj. - absurd (Or. - ONL sub absurd)

amaideacht - amaideacht Mháire ag ól cáthbhruith le meanaidh - the folly of Mary

drinking flummery with an awl (Or. - ONL sub flummery)

amar - form of mura, unless (Arm. - Din2/Add.); amar (acht mara) dtilleadh tusa féin
agus póg a thabhairt dom' bhéal, cuirfear mé san gcré is gan aon duine liom - if you
do not return and give me a kiss, I shall go into the clay alone (Or. song - ONL sub
return)

amar' bhé - form of acht mara bhéidh, but: amar b'é an t-ól - were it not for the drink
(Or. - ONL sub were); acht mara bhéidh tú ag ól, ná bí ag cuimil do thóna do thigh
an leanna - but if you are not drinking do not be rubbing your back to the ale-house
(Or. - ONL sub but); a' mur'b é - only for (Or. - Din2 sub achtbeag)

amarán – form of amhrán, with delinition (Tyr. – Tip1)

amarra: tá mé scith amarra - I am tired indeed (Antr. - Din2)

amhail: amhail agus mar - as if (Or. - ONL sub as)

amharc, m.: ag teacht ar amharc - coming within sight of (Om. - SgÓir 79 whence
Or. - Din2)

amharcaim - I watch, judge, search for (Om. - Din1, Din2, as well as more usual
meanings of "I see, I look at"); amharc mar atáimid leis na préachánaigh (Tyr. –
PÓB:124)

amhasán - the gannet or solan goose (Antr. - Din2)

amhgar: tá amhgar agam nach mbeidh sé ionn - I fear he will not be there (Antr. -
Din2)

amhlaidh: is amhlaidh is fearr - it is best so (Far. - SgÓir 20)

amhlóg - a jennet (Louth and Arm. - Din2); a species of sea-gull (Om. - Din2)

amhrán: s.a. amarán

amlán – form of amadán (Tyr. – PÓB:119)

amó - form of amudha, astray (Or. - ONL sub astray); ag dul amudha orm - (it is)
going to the bad on me (Or. - ONL sub bad); a leigean amogha - to let it go to loss
(Far. - SgÓir 52)

amplais, f., gen amplaise - jeopardy, dilemma (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

-an - plural termination common in Or., e.g. na céadtan - hundreds (Or. - ONL sub
hundreds); reithean - rams (Or. - ONL sub ram)

-án: in Oriel, often added to an English word, as rópán, lumpán, stumpán (Or. - SgÓir
foclóir sub rópán); nominal termination where -a elsewhere: rópán, ?potán, ?hatán
(Or. - ONL sub rope)

anádhbhar, m.: ar anádhbhar - on purpose (Or. - Din2)

anainn, f., gen anainne - the top or coping of a wall (Antr. - Din2); anainn tighe - the
eaves of a house (Antr. - Din2)

anallas, m., gen anallais - the wash of a distillery (Om., My. - Din2)

anasta - a storm (Antr. - Din2)

anastach - stormy; aimsear anastach - rough weather (Antr. - Din2)

anduine - a fool (Om., My. - Din2 "the d is silent in Ulster")

anfhásta adj. - awkward, unhandy, low, vulgar (as the saying of a coarse word) (Om.
- Din2)

aniar - over, e.g. d'amhairc sé aniar (orm) - he looked over (at me) (Mea., also Ulster
- Din1, Din2); from another place towards the speaker; suidh aniar - come over and
sit down along with me (Far. - SgÓir 60); shuidh sé aniar – he came hither and sat
beside me (Or. - Din2)

annsacht, f.: b'annsacht í le Deirdre - she was a darling to be compared with Deirdre
(Mea. - SgÓir 121)

anóirthear - after tomorrow (Far. - Din2); 'san oidhche anóirthear - on the night after
tomorrow (Far. - SgÓir 19)

anóirthir - form of anóirthear, day after tomorrow (Om. - Din2 sub anóirthear);
anórthar – the day after tomorrow (Tyr. – SML:213)

anrathan: ithim go hanrathan - I devour (Tyr. - ONL sub devour)

antráilte - want, distress (Om., My. - Din2 sub antráilte, antráthta)

antráilte, adj. - see antráthta

antráthta, adj. - late, prolonged beyond the proper time (Far. - SgÓir 111 whence Or.
- Din2 ); also antráilte

aoi áirleagach - a "bog lark" (Far. - Din2 sub adharclóg)

aoibh, f.: bhí aobh an lag 's an tréan leis - he had the friendly regard of weak and
strong alike (Or. song - ONL sub kindness)

aomadh: chuaidh aomadh orm agus d'fhóbair mé tuitim - I became weak and almost
fell (Antr. - Din2)

aon: aon lá amháin - one day: often pronounced obscurely as a'n, a' (Far. - SgÓir 1);
ní'l a'n bhó no'n bhearach: i gCuailgne ní leigtear neart an ghotha ar aon, bíonn sé
mar an alt ach ab é an séimhiú ina dhiaidh, corr-uair bíonn an n féin a dhíth air (Om.
— IG XI 186)

aonóg - a nip, a pinch (Mon. - Din2)

aorp, m.: thug sé aorp air - he took aim at it (Der. - Din1, Din2; Der. - ONL sub aim,
at)

aostaigh: tá Both Domhnaigh níos aostaigh ná Muintir Luinigh (Tyr. – PÓB:125)

apaidh, adj. - ripe (Far. - SgÓir 52)

arbhar – coirce (Tyr. – PÓB:119)

árd-ghaisgidheach, m. - chief champion (Far. - SgÓir 21)

arfa – form of arbhú, the day (etc) before; arfa né – yesterday [sic]; arfa reir – the
night before last (Down – Gaelic Mag, from SML:213) s.a. airfi, armhughadh,
athrughadh, eirfidh

argáil, f. - the act of arguing (Far. - SgÓir 44)

arm, art — pronunciation of orm, ort (Der. — IG X 613)

armhughadh - form of arbhú, the day (etc) before (?Meath, ?Or. - Din2 sub arbhú);
s.a. airfi, arfa, athrughadh, eirfidh

ársuighim - I tell, recite, relate (Inishowen, Der., Omeath, Monaghan, Meath, etc. -
Din1, Din 2; Far. - SgÓir 15; Inishowen – Ultach 27:7:1); 'g ársuighe ar a chuid
teorainnteach - discoursing about his boundaries (Far. - SgÓir 41); ag áise duit –
telling you (Om. – Ultach 39:11:10); d'ársachainn go leor téamfaidhe - I would tell a
great many amusing yarns(?) (Mon. song - Din1, Din2 sub téamfaidh); tá tú ag
arsuighe bréag chomh tiugh te agus thig leat - you are telling lies as fast as you can
(Or. - ONL sub as); ársuigh (Tyr. – PÓB:119); suidh síos go n-ársuighidh mé cupla
scéal duit (Tyr. – PÓB:1); tá mé ag dul a ársú duit fá na Hamiltons (Tyr. – PÓB:124);
ag ársú scéaltach (Tyr. – PÓB:2); thiocfadh liom ársú duit (Tyr. – PÓB:18); cha
dtiocfadh leat ársú (Tyr. – PÓB:20); níl duine ar bith ábalta a ársú (Tyr. – PÓB:20); níl
an scéal leath ársta agam (Tyr. – PÓB:124)

árthrach, m., gen árthraigh, plur árthraighe: árthrach téad - a sailing vessel (Om.
song - Din2)

as: beir as duit - be off (Far. - SgÓir 54; Or. - Din2); chan í seo is b'as dó – he does
not belong to this place (Om. - SgÓir 87 whence Or. - Din2)

asaltraoi – cart axle (Tyr. – PÓB:119)

asdar, m. - a journey. esp on foot (Far. - SgÓir 21)

astrach, m. - burden-bearing part of shoulders; sean-bhéitheach bán ar astrach a

ghuailneach - an old white beast across his shoulders (Far. - SgÓir 28 whence Or. -
Din2)

astruighim - form of aistrighim, I move (Om. - Din2 sub aistrighim)

áth, m.: is fearr pilleadh ar lár an átha ná báthadh sa tuile - it is better to turn back
in the middle of a ford than to be drowned in the flood (Or. - ONL sub flood)

athasach, adj. - glad (Far. - SgÓir 36)

athbhaisteadh, m. - rename (Far. - SgÓir 53)

athchairt, f., gen athchairte, plur athchairteacha.: thoisigh sé ar athchairt: he turned

over a new leaf (Om. song - Din2)

athchognadh, m. - chewing the cud (Or. - ONL sub chewing)

áthrach, m. - form of atharrach, a change (Or. - Din2); act of tossing (as hay) (Mon. -
Din2 sub starrughadh); ag áthrach féir - making hay (Mon. Din2/Add.); ag áthrach an
chinn 'sa phota - stirring the head in the pot (Far. - SgÓir 46)

athrughadh - form of arbhú, the day (etc) before (?Meath, ?Or. - Din2 sub arbhú);
s.a. airfi, arfa, armhughadh, eirfidh

athrughadh – other; as athrughadh paroisde – out of other parishes (Der. – CS

17/08/1901 358)

athsmuaineadh, m. - musing (Or. - ONL sub musing)

ba: a ba often reduced to 'a: an rí 'a mheasa acú - the worst king among them (Far. -
SgÓir 53)

bábóg: bábóg na Bealtaine - the May day doll, for the making of which there was
competition (Om. - Din2)

bac, f. - a hob (Om. - Din1)

bac, m. - a billet used in hurling (Din2/Add. Mea.)

bacáil, f., gen bacála - let, hindrance; ná cuir bacáil air - let him alone (Fánaid - Din2
Boyce)

bacán, m. - the back stone of a fireplace (Om. - Din1, Din2); bacán na láimhe -
forearm (Tyr. - ONL sub forearm); a hasp, door-clasp (Tyr. - ONL sub hasp); cf baic

bachlóg, f.: tá bachlóg ar do theangaidh - your tongue is thick (Der. - Din1; Der., Tyr.
- Din2); s.a. baflóg
bachta – a peat-bank (Tyr. – SML:213)

baclach, m.: baclach mór daoine - a large crowd of people (Mon. - Din1, Din2); cf
baicleach

báda, m. - a boat (Om. - SgÓir 83)

badán, gen badáin, plur badáin: a rock covered with long seaweed just above waves
(Antr. - Din2)

badánach: tonnóg bhadánach - a tufted duck (Antr. - Din2)

badóg - a tuft, a tassel (Antr. - Din2)

baer – a byre (Tyr. – SML:213)

baflóg, f. - form of bachlóg, a bud (Or. - ONL sub bud); baflóga na bpréataidhe – the
sprouting or budding of the potatoes (Om. - Din1 sub bachlóg), potato sprouts or
buds (Om. - Din2 sub bachlóg); cf. baflóg - a sprout (ONL sub sprout, for Ulster but
Donegal has bachlóg)

bagantach - form of baganta, well-conditioned (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce sub baganta)

baic, f.: ar bhaic mo láimhe - on my forearm (Or. - ONL sub arm); cf bacán

báiceoir - form of báicéir, a baker (Or. - Din2 sub báicéir)

baicleach, m., gen baicligh - a small crowd of people (Om. - SgÓir 113); a band of
workmen (Or. - Din2); cf baclach

báigh, f., gen. báighe - a bay (of the sea) (Om. - SgÓir 86)

báighe, f., gen. id. - an apartment in a house, a recess (Or. - Din2); an apartment (in
a house) (Om. - SgÓir 96)

bailc, f., gen bailce - a downpour (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

na mbaile – home(wards) (Tyr. – Tip2)

báillidh, m., plur báillidheannaibh - a bailiff (Far. - SgÓir 37)

baineannacht, f., gen baineannachta: tá an chráin ag baineannacht - the sow is

farrowing (Arm. - Din2)

bainim - I take, pronounced buinim; an té bhainfeadh trí gháire aisti - he who would
cause her to laugh three times (Far. - SgÓir 1); bfuil[sic] tú ag baint nó ag
cailleamhaint? - are you winning or losing? (Or. proverb - ONL sub appertain)

bainim amach: bain amach leat! - make off! (Or. - ONL sub appertain); bhain sé
amach - he made off (Far. - SgÓir 103; Or. - Din2); s.a. baint, bainte

bainim as: bain deoch as an tobar - take a drink out of the well (Or. - ONL sub
appertain); bhain sé gáiridhe as - it made him laugh (Or. - ONL sub appertain); bhain
siad an tsusmaid as an bhainne le neart uisge - they weakened the milk because of
the amount of water put into it (Or. proverb - ONL sub appertain, substance)
bainim de: bhain mé dúil de - I ceased to expect him (Or. - ONL sub appertain, hope)

bainim do: chá mbaineann sé do'n bhaile seo - he does not belong to this town (Or. -
ONL sub appertain); bain do rinneán agus bainfidh an rinneán leat - touch a peevish
person and he will touch you (Or. - ONL sub appertain)

bainim faoi: bainfear fút - you will be humbled (Or. - ONL sub appertain); an áit a
mbíonn an stráic is doiligh baint faoi - it is hard to humble a proud person (Or. - ONL
sub appertain, haughtiness, pride)

bainim le: ná bain leis na mnáibh pósta ach déan foghmhar imeasg na gcailín -
meddle not with married women but make hay among the girls (Or. song - ONL sub
appertain, hay, meddle); s.a. bain do, bain amach

báinimh, báineadh - forms of báinidhe, rage (Or. - ONL sub anger)

bainis: comh práidhneach le madadh ag baindheis – as busy as a dog at a wedding

(Or. - ONL sub as)

bainne: bainne circe - egg (Om. - Din2); bainne gort - cool buttermilk (Antr. - Din2
sub bláthach); s.a. bláthach

bainséar, m., gen bainséir, plur bainséir - a manger (Om. - Din1); a manger, a stall
(Om. - Din2); is olc an bainséar go bhfuil do bhó ann - your cow is in a hobble (no
provenance - Din2)

báinseog, f. - a green spot (Far. - SgÓir 9); goidé an sgéal do'n mbáinseoig a bheith
lán rósaí is pamhsiní - why is the green full of roses and posies (Far. - SgÓir 9); thart
ar an mbainseoig - round about (i.e. all over) the green (Far. - SgÓir 9); s.a. plásán

baint, f. - appertaining, belonging to; chan fhuil baint agam duid - I have nothing to
do with you (Far. - SgÓir 4)

bainte, adj. - won (Far. - SgÓir 3)

báire: i mbéal báire - at or in charge of the goal (Om., also Ulster - Din1 sub béal)

báireach: lá ar n-a bhárach - on the following day (Far. - SgÓir 60); lá ar n-a
bháireach - id. (Far. - SgÓir 20)

bairéad, m. - a bonnet (Tyr. - ONL sub bonnet); s.a. bearad

báirneog, f. - a barnacle (Om. - Din2)

báisleach, f., gen báislighe - form of báisteach, heavy rain (Om., Mon., etc. - Din1,
Din2; Or. - ONL sub rain); tá sé ag clagarnach báislighe - it is pattering rain (Mon. -
Din1, Din2 sub clagarnach); fuair oslóiridhe srub ann mar thuiltibh lá báislighe -
ostlers got liquor there like floods on a rainy day (Mon. poet Pádraig Dall Ó Mearáin -
Din1 sub srub, Din2 sub srúb)

baisteadh: baisteadh easpuig - the Sacrament of Confirmation (Om. etc - Din2)

baistiomus - form of baistimís, let us name (Far. - SgÓir 55)

baitleóir, m. - a bachelor (Or. - ONL sub bachelor)

bála, m. - form of bál, a playing ball (Or. - Din2); ag imirt a' bhála - playing a ball
game (Om. - SgÓir 86); goidé mar d'imreochadh sé a bhála - how he would play the
ball (Om. - SgÓir 76)

balach - boy; d'imrigh iad de na cárdaíbh agus bhain an leas-mháthair ar a bhálach

(Rath. - SR 4.17); go rug é is a chuid fear ar na trí bálaigh agus Duine an chorraic
duibh cuideachd (Rath. - SR 6.1); "Matá," ars an t-aon ab' óige de na báilighibh leis
an tsean-bhean ríoghan, "cuirfidh mise fá pianas, agus mór-phianas na
mbliadhnann go deachaidh tú suas ar an chuid ab' áirde de chúirt mó athar, ar
dóigh nach bhfuighidh tú giota le hiththe, ach an oiread a séidfidh in do ionnsuidhe
ar sopóig leis an ghaoith (Rath. - SR 5.4)

ball: rachaidh mé ann ar ball - I'll go there after a while (Or. - ONL sub while)

ballach, m.: ní raibh ballach ag an diabhal - the devil had no remedy (Tyr. - ONL sub
remedy)

ballán - the palate (Antr. - Din2)

bamhún, m. - cesspool (Or. - ONL sub cesspool)

banais, f., gen bainse - wedding (Far. - SgÓir 10, 63)

bancán, m. - a grassy bank (Om. - SgÓir 79); an earth bank (Or. - ONL sub bank); s.a.
pancán

bannach – loaf, scone; éirigh, is cóir duit bannach a dhéanamh (Rath. –SR 13.16);
acht [da] na'n rithfadh iad uilig i ndiaidh an bhannaigh.. cha bheirfadh iad uirre
(Rath. - SR 14.2); theilg an triúr síos a bhfálcann móna agus i ndiaidh an bhannaigh
(Rath. - SR 14.10); s.a. bunnóg

bannaidhe, m.: rachaidh mé i mbannaidhibh nach ndéanfaidh tú é - I'll go bail you'll

not do it (Or. - ONL sub bail)

bánuighim - I stroke gently (Der. - Din1, Din2)

banwal [sic] - a group of neighbours getting together to harvest flax or any other
crop, a meitheal (Tyr. Drumquin: Harpur, Carrick in my Time, lch 132)

baoghal: cha n-eil baoghal ar an mhaidin - it is not nearly morning (Arm. song -
Din2)

baoth: tá sé air baoth – he is crazy (Tyr. – SML:213)

bara, m. - a barrow (Far. - SgÓir 59)

baramhail, f.: cha dtiocfadh liom aon bharamhail a bhaint as - I could derive no
meaning from it (Om. - Din1, Din2)

baramhail, adj. - genteel, polite (Or. - ONL sub genteel)

bárd, m. - a corporation (Or. - ONL sub corporation)

bardogaí – form of pardógaí (Tyr. – PÓB:120)

bárr, m.: bárr na gcoirce - shellings of corn (Der. - Din1), oat shells (Der. - Din2); barr
áithe - a "kiln-cast", i.e. as much of grain to be dried as fits in the top of a kiln (Far. -
SgÓir 102 whence Or. - Din2); is lia lá maith ná barr áithe againn - oftener we have a
fine day than a kiln-cast (Far. proverb – SgÓir foclóir sub barr áithe)

barrach: barrach dumhach - roots of grass growing on a sandbank, used for

scrubbing (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

barra-chos - a kick (Om. - Din1, Din2); cf bárr-chos

barraidheacht, f. - too much, an excess (Om. - SgÓir 73)

barramhail, adj. - genteel, fine, gay (Om., S.U.; also Connacht and Munster - Din1)

bárr-chos, f. - the end of the foot, i.e. the toes and instep; bhuail sé bárr-chos air - he
kicked it (Far. - SgÓir 6); thóg sé [an bála] le bárr-chos - he lifted the ball (from the
ground) with his toe (Om. - SgÓir 76); acht do buaileadh fúm-sa bárr-chos agus
fágadh mé ar thaobh an róid - but someone tripped me up (with their foot) and I was
left on the roadside (Louth song "Iomáin Áth na gCasán" - SgÓir foclóir sub bárr-
chos); bhuail sé bárr-chos fúm - he tripped me up (Mon., etc - Din1, Din2); cf barra-
chos

barrdóg, f. - pannier (E.U. - Din2 sub parrdóg; as elsewhere but not Donegal where it
means the mats on horses' or asses' backs)

bárr-iall, f. - top-lace (Om. - SgÓir 90)

bárr-mhúinte, adj. - unmannerly (Om. - Din2)

barróg, f., gen barróige, plur barróga - corn just above ground (Om. - Din2)

bárróg, f. - a "brogue", an accent (Or. - ONL sub brogue)

bás, m.: a thabhairt suas le bás - to give him up to death (Far. - SgÓir 18); a bhí le
bás - who was near death (Far. - SgÓir 18; Or. - Din2); básúnacha – iolra ar bás (Tyr.
– PÓB:155)

basca: mo hata ar mo bhasca fáiscthe - my hat pressed on my crown (of head) (Om.
song - Din2)

bascaim - I abuse (Tyr. - ONL sub abuse)

bascall, m. - a boor (Mea. - Din2/Add.)

bata láimhe – crann súiste, lámhchrann (Tyr. – PÓB:120)

báta, m. - boat (Antr. - Din2 - sub cumaim, druim, smúid, sochar)

batram, m., gen batraim - an aquatic plant the bitter juice of whose roots is used
medicinally (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce); form of bachrán?
béacán, m. gen béacáin, plur béacáin - a cloud esp. as a weather portent (Far. –
SgÓir 52); a cloud (Mon. - Din1, Din2; Or. - ONL sub cloud); na béacáin – the clouds
(no provenance - Din2)

beachaidhe adj. - dirty, muddy (Antr. - Din2)

beachd - opinion, idea; dar mo bheachd, bha an fheoil sin coltach cosamhail le
muic-fheoil (Rath. - SR 10.13); tháining deagh-bheachd orm, agus gheárr mé díom
mo lúirín mhór (Rath. - SR 11.8); ghlac e beachd in a chionn go dtabhrochadh é
cuairt go h-Éirinn (Rath. - SR 16.27)

beach-lus - a decoction of herbs for attracting bees (Antr. - Din2)

beadaidhe, adj.: proud (Or. - ONL sub proud); aisling bheadaidhe - a fleeting dream
(Der. - Din1, Din2)

beadaidheacht, f.: beadaidheacht gan fheidhm - useless flattery (Or. - ONL sub
flattery)

beadhghlán, m. - the prong of a grape, fork, etc. (Om., Der. - Din1)

beag, adj.: is beag liom ine ndá ghreim thú - I think you too small for two morsels
(Far. - SgÓir 2); go beag - in a low voice (Rath. - Din2 sub go); s.a. mór

beaghán, m., gen beagháin, plur beagháin: beaghán do'n bhás an grádh - love is a
sting till death (Om., Der. - Din1, Din2)

béal, m.: i mbéal báire - at or in charge of the goal (Om., also Ulster - Din1); béal
mór - gunwale (Antr. - Din2); ar a bhéalaibh - before or in front of him (Far. - SgÓir
43); cf cúl

bealadh - grease; tom do arán ins an bhealadh - dip your bread in the gravy (Arm.
Etc - Din2); bealadh: greasing (Tyr. – PÓB:120)

béaldath – make-up; béaldath orthu chomh buí le copóg – wearing make-up as

yellow/orange as dockins (Tyr. – PÓB:25)

beallaidhe - the shrub broom (Antr. - Din2)

Béaltaine, f. - form of Bealtaine, May (Om. - Din1 sub Bealtaine; Om. etc - Din2 sub
Bealtaine)

beannarht – pronunciation of beannacht (Tyr. – PÓB:120; Tyr. – Tip1)

bearach — fuaim biorach atá leis (Om. — IG XI 186)

bearad, m. - a cap (Or., also Donegal - ONL sub cap); nuair atá do bhearad ar do
cheann tá díon ar do thigh - when you have a cap on your head, your house has a
roof (Or. - ONL sub cap); s.a. bairéad

bearán - form of biorán, a pin (Far. - SgÓir 102); char mhó liom nó bearán a
ndeanfadh siad de'n chaint - I would not care a pin about their talk (Aodh Ó Malaille -
SgÓir foclóir sub bearán)

béarnais - form of beárna, gap (Rath. - Din2 sub beárna)

beárnán Bealltaine, m. - the may-flower, flower of the hawthorn (Tyr. - ONL sub may-
flower)

beart, f.: bearta an tsaoghail agus gan an tslighe, ní'l gar ann - all the apparatus in
the world, without the way to use them, are of no advantage (Or. Proverb – ONL sub
apparatus)

beartach, adj. - rich; tabhair do gach is bí beartach (Rath. - SR 18.18); bha neart óir
agus airgid aige; rinne mé suas mo intinn go mbéidheadh mé in mo mhaighistir ar
gach uile beartach a bha timcheall air (Rath. - SR 6.19)

béas, m.: rinne tú béasa dhe - you have made a habit of it (Der.- Din1, Din2)

beatha: Dé bheatha an shuairc gach uair a dtiocfaidh sí - pleasure is welcome every

time it comes (Or. - ONL sub welcome)

béicnighim: I bawl (Or. - ONL sub bawl); I roar (Tyr. - ONL sub roar)

beigligh - abstinence; tá beigligh ar an lá seo - this is a day of abstinence (from flesh

meat) (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

beirim - I grasp: bheir sé greim dhá adhairc air - he grasped him by the two horns
(Far. - SgÓir 2); beir as duit! - get along with you! (Or. - ONL sub along); acht [da]
na'n rithfadh iad uilig i ndiaidh an bhannaigh.. cha bheirfadh iad uirre (Rath. - SR
14.3); s.a. beirint

beirbhighim - I boil (Or., also Munster - ONL sub boil)

beirint - verbal noun of beir: thiob sé orm beirint air - I failed to catch him (Mon. -
Din1 sub tiobaim)

beitheach - form of beitheadhach, a beast esp. a horse, pron. bae'ah (Far. - SgÓir 1;
SgÓir foclóir sub beitheach; Or. - Din2 sub
beathaidheach); béitheach (Far. - SgÓir 42-44)

beolanta, adj. - active (Arm. - Din2)

beurach – heifer up to one year (Der. – CS 17/08/1901 358) cf. colpach

b'fhéadtaidhe - see péataidhe

bha, bhá - forms of bhí, was (Antr. etc - Din2); bhá mé ag meangadh na dtor - I was
trimming the bushes (Antr. - Din2 sub meangadh); bhá na h-éisc chómh pailt sin go
raibh mé 'gá srúbadh - the fish were so plentiful I was literally baling them in (Antr. -
Din2 sub srúbadh); bha an bhainríoghan nuadh seo fuathasach dona do chlann an
ríogh (Rath. – SR 4.4); b[h]a corrach fuathasach dubh ar an dhuine céadna seo, is
bha e bacach (Rath. – SR 5.20); s.a. bí

bheirim - I give, bring; future forms bhearaid (Far. - SgÓir 43), bhéarfaid (Far. - SgÓir
61-63) - I will bring or give; goidé bheir [annseo] thú - what brings you [here] (Far. -
SgÓir 5); tearadh - form of tabharfadh, would give (dependent) (Far. - SgÓir focloir
sub bearfadh); bear in place of dependent stem tabhair or tug; go mbearamuid - so
that we may give (Far. - SgÓir 54); go mbearfadh, that (he) would give (Far. - SgÓir
18, 57); 'a mbearthá, if you would give (Far. – SgÓir 43)
bí - be; an bhfeil (Om. - Ultach 39:11:10); go bhfuighidh tú amach an bhfeil sinn beo
no marbh (Rath. - SR 5.13); bha rí ann roimhe seo (Rath. - SR 4.2); tá sean-
bhéitheach agam-sa bhíonns ag iomchar guail - I have an old horse that draws coal
(Far. - SgÓir 43); s.a. bha

bídeog: a bit, a scrip; cha rabh bídeog maitheasa ionn - he (it) was no good at all
(Antr. - Din2 sub bíd); chan fhiach é bídeog - it is worth nothing (Antr. - Din2 sub
fiach)

bile, m.: seo sláinte ó dhuine go duine mar théid an t-éan ó bhile go bile - here is a
health from man to man as goes the bird from tree to tree (Or. - ONL sub tree); bile
mo chóta - the verge of my coat (Antr. - Din2)

bimid, f. - a minute (Or. - ONL sub minute)

bimide, m. - a minute, moment (Om. - SgÓir 81); ar an mbimide - at once (Far. -

SgÓir 57)

binn - cliff (Antr. - Din2 sub beann); also found as beinn, béinn

binn – a round hill (Tyr. – SML:213)

binnse - a bench (Far. - SgÓir 57)

bíodhgadh: tá na héin ag bíodhgadh - the birds are chirping (Antr. - Din2)

biolar, m., gen. biolair - watercress (Far. - SgÓir 24); biolar ithte – edible watercress
(Mon. - Din2)

biolar: perh. form of biolam, flaw; biolar fola - a trace of blood (Om. tale - Din2)

bionaidh - form of binid, a longing (Om. - Din2 sub binid)

biorach — see bearach

biorán - a wooden knitting-needle (Antr. - Din2); s.a. bearán

biorcadán, m. - an icicle (Or. - ONL sub icicle)

biorgadán - an icycle (Mon. - Din2)

biorn ghirrfhiaidh - a hare lip (Om. - Din1, Din2); perh. form of beárna

bior-oidhreagán, m. - an icicle (Tyr. - ONL sub icicle)

bitheamhnach, m. - an outlaw, brigand (pronounced bifinya) (Or. - ONL sub bandit);

not used for "rogue" (Or. - ONL sub rogue); s.a. rógaire

blaincéad, m. - a blanket (Or. - ONL sub blanket)

blad - mouth, open mouth: bhí blad an iongantais air - he had the open mouth of
wonder (Antr. - Din2)
blámás, m. - balderdash (Or. - ONL sub balderdash) (no provenance - ONL sub
blarney)

blanaid – a she-weasel (Der. – CS 17/08/1901 358)

bláthach - buttermilk before cooling (Antr. - Din2); s.a. bainne gort

bleachtán - the daffodil, bastard asphodel, the "milk thistle" (Mon. - Din2)

bléascach - red and sore, as the eyes (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

bleideamhail – impertinent (provenance unclear, may be Tyr. - ONL sub impertinent)

bliadhain, f.: bliadhain 's an lá indiú - on this day a year ago (Far. - SgÓir 26); dhá
bhliadhain 's an lá indiú - on this day two years ago (Far. - SgÓir 28); "Matá," ars an
t-aon ab' óige de na báilighibh leis an tsean-bhean ríoghan, "cuirfidh mise fá pianas,
agus mór-phianas na mbliadhnann go deachaidh tú suas ar an chuid ab' áirde de
chúirt mó athar, ar dóigh nach bhfuighidh tú giota le hiththe, ach an oiread a
séidfidh in do ionnsuidhe ar sopóig leis an ghaoith (Rath. - SR 5.6)

blighim - I milk: ag bleaghan - milking (Far. - SgÓir 25); bligh - milk (imperative) (Far.
- SgÓir 41); bhlighfidhe - (which) would be milked (Far. - SgÓir 56); is as a ceann
blightear an bhó - it is from the head the cow is milked (according as she is fed) (Or.
- ONL sub milk); dhéanfad mo theach ar an árd, is beidh buaile bó bhán is breac
agam; ní leigfead aon duine 'ghá mbleaghan ach Mailigh dheas bhán Ní Chuileanáin
(Or. song - ONL sub milking); bleaghaint – milking (Tyr. - ONL sub milk)

bliotail – briotach, lisp (Tyr. – PÓB:120)

boc, m.: boc gabhair - a he-goat (Far. - SgÓir 1)

bocaí: punnainn (Tyr. – PÓB:120)

bocaidhe, m. - a fairy (Om. - Din2)

bócaidhe: bócaidhe ar meisce - half-drunk (Mon. - Din2)

bócaigh, adj. - tipsy (Or. - ONL sub half-tore)

bóchain - form of bóchna, ocean (Meath poet. - Din2 sub bóchna)

bochtan - bad luck, poverty; beidh bochtan ort an tráth seo, óir tá me ar tí sibh a
chur ins an teine mhóir atá déanta agham ar bhur son (Rath. - SR 8.31)

bod: bod suic - a kind of snipe (Antr. - Din2)

bogán, m. - a quagmire (Der. - Din1, Din2); soft ground (Far. - SgÓir 3)

bogha - a sunken sea-rock, a reef (Antr. - Din2)

bóic, f. - the projecting part of backstone of hearth in old houses (Om. - Din1, Din2)

bóidheach - bonny (Antr. - Din2); lá bóidheach - a nice day (Antr. - Din2); cailín
bóidheach - a darling girl (no provenance - Din2)
boillsceann, f.: boillsceann na bliadhna - the middle of the year (Der. - Din1, Din2)

boillsceannach, adj. - middle; an Bóthar Boillsceannach - name of middle road

running down Glenariff (Antr. - Din2)

boinneit, f. - a lapcock, a small quantity of hay folder over (Tyr. - ONL sub lapcock)

boirleach - a dam on a river (Om., My. - Din2)

bolg, m. - a seed-pod (Antr. - Din2 sub líon); see líon

bollscaireacht, f. - act of scolding, crying, shouting (Om., also Donegal - Din1)

bológ, f. - a bullock, also bulóg (Far. - SgÓir 49-50)

bomhta - a bout; ná teana sin an dara bomhta - don't do that again (Far. - SgÓir 35)

bonn, m.: bonn bán - a shilling (Om. - Din1, Din2); is fearr cara 'sa chúirt ná bonn sa
sparán - a friend in court is better than a groat in the purse (Or. - ONL sub groat)

bonnaire, m. - a lad (Or. - ONL sub lad); postboy (no provenance - ONL sub postboy)

bórd - table; chá rabh giota le fagháil ach ciarsúir a bha fágtha ar an bhórd (Rath. -
SR 6.22)

bothán - a cow-shed (Antr. - Din2)

bóthar: pronounced bór (Tyr. – Tip1)

brablach - rabble (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

bracach, adj. - speckled; tá mé eadra bracach agus liath mar bhíonns na frogannaí
ins an bhfóghmhar - I am 'twixt speckled and grey like the frogs in Autumn (Meath -
Din1, Din2 sub frog)

brachadóir: brachadóir muilinn - a miller (Om., My. - Din2)

brachán, m. - stirabout (Or. - ONL sub stirabout; bráchan in Donegal); brachán réidh,
bráchan lom - gruel (Far. etc - Din2)

brághaid, f.: cuit bhrághad - scrofula or king's evil (Or., also Donegal - ONL sub evil;
Or. - ONL sub struma); go n-imtheóchadh se brághaid a éadain - that he would flee
headlong (Far. - SgÓir 44)

braicne, f. - a cat (Om., My. - Din2)

bráigile: tá bráigile orm - I am ready, willing or anxious (Tyr. - ONL sub ready)

brailleán, m. - a large flat mussel (Or. - ONL sub mussel)

brais, f. - a bout, a turn (Der. - Din1; Der. and Donegal - Din2; Or. - ONL sub bout;
Der. - ONL sub turn); s.a. dreas, dreis

bráiscín, m. - an apron (Or., Mea. - ONL sub apron); an apron, esp. a rough apron
with many pockets (Far. - SgÓir 44); bhí a bráiscín léithe lomlán de chnún – her
apron was overflowing with nuts (Or. - ONL sub apron); brask-in, a term for a sack-
apron, but not as common as ban-yin (Corrags, Co Down — RBÉ MS1483.119)

braisleach, adj. - dirty, muddy (Antr. - Din2); bóthar braisleach - a muddy road (Antr.
– Din2)

bráithling, m. - a winding-sheet (Om. - SgÓir 94-96)

braonaschail, f. - dropping rain (Der. - Din1)

braoscán, -áin, m. - the root of the silver weed (Antr. - Din2)

bratacha, pl. - sails (Far. - SgÓir 21)

bratóg, f. - a rag (Far. - SgÓir 110)

bráth: ní hé do mhac, do mhac amáireach; acht is í do inghean do nighean go bráth

í - your son is not your son tomorrow, but your daughter is your daughter always (Or.
- ONL sub always); amach go bráth leis - out he went as fast as he could (Meath -
SgÓir foclóir sub síorruidhe; whence Mea., also Munster - ONL sub away)

breac na n-ál - the magpie (Tyr. - ONL sub magpie)

breac, adj.: galar breac - small-pox (Meath, also Donegal - Din1); measles, smallpox
(Meath, also Donegal - Din2)

breachlán – anbhann, gan i ndon siúl ná seasamh (Tyr. – PÓB:120)

breachlamach – delicate; duine breaclamach – a delicate person (Tyr. – SML:213)

breacóg, f., gen breacóige, plur breacóga - a ruddy-cheeked girl (Or. - Din2); a
freckled girl (Far. - SgÓir 27, 32)

bréag: tá tú ag arsuighe bréag chomh tiugh te agus thig leat - you are telling lies as
fast as you can (Or. - ONL sub as)

bréagh, adj.: bréagh te - fine and hot (Far. - SgÓir 46)

bréagnadh, m. - amusement (Or. - ONL sub amusement)

bréagóir, m. - a narrator of untrue stories (Far. - SgÓir 52)

bréagradh - form of bréagadh, coaxing (Far. - SgÓir 120)

breall: breall de léine - a rag of a shirt (Om. song - Din2)

breamhsanta, adj. - brisk (Or. - ONL sub brisk)

bréan, -éin, -éanta, m. - a kind of fish, a "brime", perhaps pike (Meath, also Donegal
- Din1); a "brime," perhaps bream (Meath - Din2); dar a bhfuil de bhric is do
bhréantaibh ar thóin Loch' Bhréachmhuighe (Meath song - Din1, Din2)

bréan, adj.: pocán bréan onórach – a proud conceited puppy (no provenance - Din1
sub onórach)
bréanóg, a slattern (Mon. - Din2 sub bréantóg)

breascán, m. - a collection, large quantity (Or. - ONL sub collection, lot)

bréaslach - raving, foaming (Antr. - Din2)

breastaire, m. - a trickster, a boaster (Meath, also Aran - Din1, Din2)

breastalach, adj. - boastful (Meath, also Aran - Din1, Din2)

bréid, f.: bíodh salann id bhréid fhéin nó bí folamh - have salt in your own saltbag or
go without (Or. - ONL sub bag)

breitamhneas[sic], m. - penance (Tyr. - ONL sub penance)

breith, f.: tabhair do bhreith - give your judgement or sentence (Far. - SgÓir 19)

bricne, f.: bricní gréine - freckles (Omeath, also Donegal - Din1, Din2)

brídeog, f. - a bride (Om. - SgÓir 113; Mon. - Din2); cailíní brídeog – bridesmaids
(Om. - SgÓir 74, 75)

brígh, f.: goidé is brígh e - what good is it (Far. - SgÓir 51-52)

brillín, -ín,-íní, m. - a driveller, a "blether" (Tyrone - Din1, Din2)

brillíneach, adj. - mealy-mouthed (Mon. - Din1, Din2)

briotal, -ail, -ail, m. - a stammer, stutter, impediment (in speech) (Der. - Din1, Din2)

briseadh pósta: is minic oibrighim a mhilleamh óigmhná, briseadh pósta agus

póitearacht - I am often guilty of seduction, adultery and drunkenness (Or. - ONL sub
adultery)

bró, f. - belly, stomach (recte quern-stone?) (Far. - SgÓir 117); chá dtuigeann bró
sháitheach bró thámhach - the full stomach does not understand the empty one
[recte the busy quern does not understand the idle one ?] (Or. Proverb - ONL sub
empty; Om. - Din2); cloch bróine – quern (Creggan(?) - ONL sub quern)

brocach - a badger-warren (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce - sub broclach)

brocach, adj. - "pock-marked" (Mon. - Din2)

brochán - groats (Mea. - Din2/Add.)

broclach - a heap of stones (Antr. - Din2)

bródaíocht: bhí siad ag bródaíocht ar na caiple — rása marcaíochta (Tyr. – PÓB:124)

brodh – a straw; tharrainn sé brodh as an urla – he pulled a straw out of the easin'
(eaves) (Tyr. – SML:214)

brógach, m. - a "shuler", a vagabond, a term of abuse (Meath - Din1); a shuler (Mea.

- ONL sub shuler); a vagabond (Meath - Din2)
broinn: cha dtig leat ceól a chumadh mur a bhfuil an fhilidheacht ó'n bhroinn agat -
you cannot compose a song if you are not a born poet (Or. - ONL sub song)

broinn-dearg - the robin (Antr. and Innishowen - Din2)

brónach, adj.: troscadh brónach - a "black" or severe fast, as in Holy Week (Tyr. -
Din2/Add.); trosgadh brónach ó Dhiardaoin go Dônach – a black fast from Holy
Thursday to Easter Sunday (Tyr. – SML:213)

bronnadh - to award (Or. - ONL sub award)

broscarnach - a rough (Om. - Din2)

brosna: a breasna of sprissawns - a bundle of twigs for fuel (Meath - Din2 sub
spreasán)

brosnaim - I incite (Or. - ONL sub incite)

brot - broth (Arm. - SgÓir 117; Or. - SgÓir 118)

broth, f. - a straw, a rush (Far. - SgÓir 26)

brothach, adj. - dirty (Or., also Connacht - ONL sub dirty)

broth-shúileach - blear-eyed (Om. - Din2 sub brach-shúileach)

brugh - a large house, a palace etc.; Brugh Sheagháin - Broughshane, Co Antrim

(Din2)

brúghaim: brúghaim páirt ar - I claim relationship with (Arm. - Din2)

brúideal - a boor (Om. - Din2)

bruighean - nonsense talk (Antr. - Din2); cum do bhruighean - cease talking

nonsense (Antr. - Din2)

bruinnte - sultry (Om., My. - Din2); lá bruinnte - a sultry day

brus - soup (Tyr. - ONL sub soup)

buabhall, m. - a bugle, a trumpet (Om. - SgÓir 77)

buachaill: buachaill gamhna - a cow-herd (Om. - Din2); s.a. maighre

buachailleacht, f. - act of herding (Far. - SgÓir 48)

buachalán, m. - ragweed; water is sprinkled on the fire with the buachalán for luck
(Mea. - Din2/Add.)

buadhan - form of buidhean, a band (of reapers) (Or. - ONL sub band)

buaic, f.: tá buaic air a spuaic is é féin ar stuaic - he has a poultice on his tumour
and he is huffy (Or. - ONL sub poultice)
buaidheartha, adj. - troubled, grieved, pronounced bwaer'-h<a~> in Ulster (Far. -
SgÓir 7)

buaileach: go buaileach - to the end (Antr. - Din2); d'ith siad é go buaileach – they
ate it all; an Dálach go buaileach - the battle-cry of the Antrim MacDonnells

buaille: buaille bhata - a row, a brawl (Tyr. - ONL sub row)

buailtín, m. - the striking wattle of a flail (Sligo, also Donegal - Din1 sub buailteán)

buan: chá mbuan an cioth agus an ghrian in áirde - the shower will not last while the
sun is up (Or. - ONL sub as)

buarach – rope for animal (Tyr. – PÓB:120)

buidheach, adj. - tiny (Om. - SgÓir 96); little, small (Or. - Din2)

buidheán óir - a gold-finch (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

buidheog, f. - yellow-hammer (Om. - SgÓir 113)

buil - form of bail, success, condition (Tyrone - Din1 sub bail)

buille, m.: buille déag 'o chlog - eleven o'clock (Der. - Din1)

buileach: gu buileach - altogether, completely; cia go rabh iad ag teacht orm ar

aghaidh ar aghaidh go rabh iad cortha go buileach (Rath. - SR 8.4)

buiminte - form of bomaite, a moment (Der. - Din1 sub buimint; ONL sub minute
[buimint sic]); a minute (Der. - Din2 sub buimide)

buinne, m.: buinne súighche - liquid falling soot (Arm. - Din2); buinne geal cruaidhe -
a bright coating of steel (Far. - SgÓir 55); buinne caisleain - a fine castle (Far. - SgÓir
20); a suddenly-built castle, a "fine sprout of a castle" (Or. - Din2)

buirbe, f.: is fearr míne ná buirbe mhór - better gentleness than great arrogance (Or.
proverb - ONL sub arrogance)

buirceal – a young bird when not feathered right (Der. – CS 17/08/1901 358)

búirfighim - I bawl, bellow (Or. - ONL sub bawl, bellow)

búircín - a boor (Om. song - Din2)

buitsin – bríste (capaill) (Tyr. – PÓB:120)

bumairlín, m. - a bully (Tyr. - ONL sub bully)

bunnóg, f.: bunnóg aráin - a cake of bread (Far. - SgÓir 50); tharraing sé a chearc 's
a bhunnóg air – he drew his hen and his bannock towards him (Far. - SgÓir 58); s.a.
bannach

C
cá: cá haois thú? - what age are you? (Or. - ONL sub what); s.a. goidé

cá - who (Louth - SgÓir foclóir sub cae); s.a. cae, gá

cabaineacht – form of cabaireacht, idle talk (Tyr. – PÓB:120)

cabáiste - see gabáiste

cabha – chaff (Tyr. – PÓB:120)

cabhail-bhuidhe - spinal cord (Antr. - Din2/Add.)

cabhán – swamp (Tyr. – PÓB:120)

cáca na brighideóige - the wedding-cake (Or. - ONL sub bride-cake)

cach - form of gach, every (Tyr. - Din2/Add.)

cách, m. - all, the rest: slán cháigh fá'n tseagal - farewell to the rest of you among
the rye (Far. - SgÓir 111)

cacnaidh, f. - dried cowdung for fuel (Sligo - Din1 where given as masculine, Din2)

cadach, -aigh, m. - bog moss (Om. - Din2)

cadágh, cadóg - forms of cadogha, blanket (Mon., also Donegal - Din2 sub cadogha)

cae - form of cé, who? (Meath - Din2); cae hé? - who is it? (Mea. - SgÓir 121); s.a. cá,
gá

cágach, adj. - having a handle; mo bhata cágach - my walking stick (Om. song -
Din2)

caibeán - a stout stick, as a flail-handle (Om. - Din2)

cáibín - the cap of a flail-stick used for binding both sticks (Mon. - Din2)

caibinneacht, f. - gabble, chatter (Or. - ONL sub gab)

cáidearacht – páibhidheacht, mangaireacht (Om. – Ultach 2:7:3)

cáil, f.: cáil mhór de - a good many of, a large part of (Om. - SgÓir 96); cáil bheag de
- a little of it (Omeath etc - Din1, Din2)

caildeara, m. - a lazy person (Tyr. - ONL sub lazy person)

cáilidheacht, f. - attribute (Tyr. - ONL sub attribute)

cailín: maighre cailín - a fine handsome girl (Om. - Din1 sub maighre);
cailín déanta - a fully-developed girl (Der. - Din1 sub déanta)

caill – damage, loss (Tyr. – PÓB:18)

caill-taisce: tá sé i gcaill-taisce - it has been laid aside for safe keeping but cannot
be found for the moment (Antr. - Din2)
caillte: níl Gaeilge ar bith ann anois, tá sé caillte (Pádraig Mac Culadh – Padaí Mhicí
Briain) (Tyr. – PÓB:126)

cailpís, f. - a flap, anything attached by one side or end and easily moved (Or. – ONL
sub flap); cailpís an bhríste - trouser-flap (2)

cainb - form of cnáib, hemp (Antr. - Din2 sub cnáib)

cáindeog - baldness (Om., My. - Din2); cf cánaid

cainnín, m. - a little can (Far. - SgÓir 112)

cainnt, f.: an-chainnt - back-talk (Der. - Din1, Din2); deagh-chainnt - wit, clever talk
(Sligo - Din1)

cáipéis - form of cáipéas, document (Or. - Din2)

cáirdeas Críosta - godfather, sponsor (Far. - SgÓir 16-17)

cairgeach, m., gen cairgigh - a rock (Far. - SgÓir 53 whence Or. - Din2)

cáirr - ugly countenance (Far. - SgÓir 35)

cáiscín, -ín, m. - wheaten meal (Om. - Din1, Din2; ONL sub meal)

caiseal: d'fhiafruigh an deich is da fhichid de, na'm b'urrainn ris an cloch a thógail
suas ar an chaiseal go mbeidheadh gaol acu air go bráth (Rath. - SR 17.17)

cáite - fast, abstinence (no provenance - Din1 sub samhluighim); s.a. cáitin

caiteog, f. - a fishing basket (Antr. - Din2); a circle of straw ropes for holding grain
(ibid.)

caithfidh - must; go gcaithfidhe crann úr fhághail dí - that a new shaft would have to
be got for it (Far. - SgÓir 12); chaithfeadh sí tuitim - she must have fallen (Om. -
SgÓir 98)

caithim: abhfad ó mo ghrádh geal ag caitheamh mo shaoghail - spending my life far

away from my love (Or. song - ONL sub spending)

caithir - form of cathaoir, chair (Meath - Din2 sub cathaoir); this is also the Donegal
form

cáithleach, -lighe, f. - seeds of the corn separated in the mill (Mon. - Din2)

caithre: see ciorrbhú

cáitin - the Lenten fast (Om., My. - Din2); cha samhlann sí feoil nó lionn le n-a broinn
ins an Cháitin - she has no taste for flesh or ale in Lent (Mon. song - Din1, Din2 sub
samhluighim); s.a. cáite

cál: cál béatais - marshmallow (Antr. - Din2); cál slapach - goose foot (ibid.); s.a.
cuileannóg
cál ceannfhionn, m. - colcannon, a dish made from potatoes; pota cáil cheannfhinn –
a pot of colcannon (Om. - SgÓir 92)

cal faiche – form of cúl fáich, nettles (Tyr. – PÓB:120)

caladh: caladh teineadh - the outer husk of grain, only fit for the fire; the next flake
is caladh cáthbhruith, the part from which flummery is made (Om. - Din2)

caldara, m. - a racket, an uproar (Tyr. - ONL sub racket, uproar)

callán, m. - altercation, brawl (Or. - ONL sub altercation, brawl)

camál - form of camán, hurley-stick (Om. - Din2)

camráis - an insect found in decaying seaweed (Antr. - Din2)

camsán, -aín, -áin, m. - a succession of windings (in rivers etc) (Der. - Din1, Din2)

cam-stáca, m.: tá sé 'na cham-stáca - he is drunk (Omeath, Tyrone - Din1, Din2)

canach, -aigh, m. - cotton cloth (Antr. - Din2)

cánaid, -e, f.: tá cánaid air - he is bald (Tyr. - Din2/Add.; Tyr. – SML:213); a word for
baldness sounding like cannáithid (Tyr. - ONL sub baldness); a part of the head
where hair will not grow owing to a cut or burn (no provenance - ONL sub head);
pronounced cánaid or cánag (Tyr. – Tip1); cf cáindeog

canncar: tá canncar liath ar a chnámhaibh i ndíoghbháil buailte - he is blue-mouldy

for want of a fight (Tyr. - ONL sub blue-mouldy); s.a. cuinnceach

canta, m. - auction (Or. - ONL sub auction); maighistir canta - auctioneer (Or. – ONL
sub auctioneer)

caoch - caoch gréine - a window-blind (Mon. - Din2)

caoch, adj. - defective in speech (Meath - Din2); fear caoch - a man having an
impediment in his speech (Meath - Din1)

caochaim - I wink: leig é trí gháire as... agus caog é a shúil leobhtha, agus d'imthigh
(Rath. - SR 15.19)

caofa dhubh, f. - a woman's black cap (Tyr. - ONL sub cap, coif)

caoin-bhean, f. - a beautiful woman (Far. - SgÓir 20)

caoinim: nach fheil an féar caoiniste go seadh? - is the hay not yet made? (Antr. -
Din2)

caoinntigh: i gcaoinntigh - always (Antr. - Din2/Add.); tá sin a chaithre ort i

gcaonntigh - you always need that (Antr. - Din2 sub caithre)

caol, m.: caol an túirne - portion of a spinning-wheel (Der. - Din1)

caolán, m., gen caoláin, plur caoláin - waist (Om. - Din2)

caomhamhlacht, f. - kindliness, friendliness (Om. - SgÓir 77)

caoran – moor, bog (Tyr. – SML:213)

caorán, m. - a dry clod (Or. - ONL sub clod)

caoróg, f. - any small fruit (Or. - ONL sub berry)

capall, m. - a mare (Louth, also Ulster and Connacht - Din2 sub gearrán); capall
gasta - a bicycle (Or. - ONL sub bicycle)

capánach, m. - a little pig fed on milk from a saucer (Mon. - Din2); s.a. copán

caraid - friend: a charaid chóir... sábháil mé ó'n fháthach (Rath. - SR 11.39); acht a
charaideann mo chroidhe, ná bí sibh tasanach (Rath. – SR 5.29)

carán, m.: ba charán ban is maighdean é - he was the darling of women and
maidens (Om. - Din1, Din2)

carántas, -áis, m. - friendship (Om., also Donegal - Din1, Din2)

carbat, f. - gum (of mouth) (Far. - SgÓir 114)

carnughadh: ag carnughadh - amassing (Or. - ONL sub amassing)

cárr: cárr slaoda - a sliding car or sleigh (Antr. - Din2)

carra cairte – chassis of cart (Tyr. – PÓB:120)

carraic: carraic chloiche - a big stone (Far. - SgÓir foclóir sub cairgeach)

carraidh: a weir; also an oyster bed (Om. — CLAJ 3:236)

carrán casta - bindweed (Or. - ONL sub bindweed)

cárta: cárta maith sultmhar dighe - a nice enjoyable quart of liquor (Seachrán - Din2
sub sultmhar)

cartaim - I clear away, shovel away; I tan (of hides); ag cartadh léadhbach - tanning
hides (SCT 64.7)

cás: tá leabhar de chás orm - I need a book (Mea. - Din2/Add.)

cása - a case, as in law (Tyr. - Din2/Add.)

cásaí adhmaid – cásanna adhmaid, ursannacha (Tyr. – PÓB:120)

casach, m. - tackle for fish-hook, foot-link of fishing line (Antr. - Din2)

casaidh, f. - a descent, declivity (Or. - ONL sub descent); leig le casaidh mé - let me
down (Far. - SgÓir 38); nuair a chaith mé a ndeireadh le casaidh - when I had thrown
the last of them down (Far. - SgÓir 52)

casaidhe: cos chasaidhe, the threadle of a spinning wheel (Der. - Din1, Din2 sub
luastar; ONL sub treadle)
casaim: chas fathach mór air - he met a big giant (Far. - SgÓir 2); chas cuideachta
orm - I met with company (Far. - SgÓir 36); chas abhainn air - he came to a river
(Far. - SgÓir 7); chas an bás leis - he met death (on the road etc.) (Far. - SgÓir 18);
chas siad liom - I met them (Meath - SgÓir foclóir sub casaim); gur chas dóbhtha -
until they met (Far. - SgÓir 53)

casán: teana do chasán chuig an chléir - make your confession to the clergy (Om.
song - Din2)

casbháil - form of castáil, act of turning: bhí sí 'un casbháil air - he was to meet her
(Om. - SgÓir 73)

casóg: casóg mhór, overcoat (Tyr. – PÓB:14)

cathadh - act of casting etc., in Oriel pronounced Kauw in one syllable (Or. – SgÓir
foclóir sub cathadh)

cathail, f. - a gap (Rath. - Din2)

cathair - a cathedral (Antr. - Din2)

catharlach, m. - a ruin (of a building) (Or. - ONL sub ruin)

cáthbhruith – flummery; caladh teineadh - the outer husk of grain, only fit for the
fire; the next flake is caladh cáthbhruith, the part from which flummery is made
(Om. - Din2 sub caladh); amaideacht Mháire ag ól cáthbhruith le meanaidh - the
folly of Mary drinking flummery with an awl (Or. - ONL sub flummery);
cathmhraidh(?) – sowans, pron. ca-uw-fré, nasal sound in centre (Der. – CS
17/08/1901 358); cafraith – sowans (Tyr. – PÓB:120); meadrú cafraith – measure of
sowans (Tyr. – PÓB:122)

cátughadh, m. - act of befriending (Meath - Din2)

cead: ag tabhairt ceada do na páisdibh – letting the children go (for the school
holidays) (Der. – CS 17/08/1901 358)

céadfadhach, adj.: bhfuil tú céadfadhach ar sin? - do you understand that perfectly?

(Tyr. - ONL sub understand)

céad-lón - breakfast (Om. - Din2)

céadna: cómh hiongantach céadna - just as wonderful (Far. - SgÓir 110)

ceairthle - form of ceirthle, a ball (of twine etc.) (Arm. - SgÓir foclóir sub ceirthle);
s.a. ceirthle

ceal, m. - a morsel (Or. - ONL sub morsel)

cealldrach, -aigh, -aigh, m. - a fool (Om. - Din1, Din2, but in Donegal it means a
coward)

cealgadh: ag cealgadh leinbh - fondling an infant (Or. - ONL sub amuse)

ceann – see also cionn

ceannfhionn, f. - white-headed cow, gs. pronounced as if ceannfhionna (Arm. – SgÓir

112)

ceannsughadh - binding (Meath - Din2)

ceann-urde – leader (Tyr. – SML:213)

ceapach, f. - a plot of land laid out for tillage, a decayed wood (Arm. - Din1)

ceapaire, m. - a buttercake (Far. - SgÓir 26; Or. - ONL sub butter-cake, cake); tá
snag an cheapaire nár ith tú ort - you have the hiccough of the butter-cake you did
not eat (Or. - ONL sub buttercake)

ceapóg, f. - a dibble (Or. - ONL sub dibble)

ceárnach, adj. - diamond shaped, as knitting (Antr. - Din2)

cearóga – duilleoga ag fás ar uaigh (Tyr. – PÓB:120)

cearr: ar cearr - amiss (Or. - ONL sub amiss)

ceart, m.: maor cirt - an arbitrator appointed in the mountain districts of Tyrone to
decide disputes that arise amongst those who have grazing in common (Tyrone -
Din1, Din2)

ceart-uair: san cheartuair - at the same time, immediately; beidh mé ionn i gceart-
uair - I will be there in a moment (Antr. - Din2); thugadh iad in a láthair, agus san
cheartuair(.) Dubhairt an Ridire leobhtha an tráth seo, "Tá mé ar tí sibh a chur ins an
teine mhóir atá déanta ar bhur son agam (Rath. - SR 6.5); 'san ceartuair sin
d'amharc ceann de na saoth-mhaoraibh eile isteach (Rath. - SR 6.30)

ceasnuighe, f. - act of complaining (Far. - SgÓir 114)

ceasnuighim - I become fearful or anxious (Far. - SgÓir 48); cheasnuigh sé ó bhonn

go bárr - he trembled from head to foot (Far. - SgÓir foclóir sub ceasnuighim; Or. -
Din2)

ceast: ar cheasta go - lest (Meath - Din2)

ceathramha, f. - a quarter or fourth (Far. - SgÓir 27)

ceibe - form of cibé, whatever (Meath - Din2 sub cé)

céile: as a chéile - (to fall) apart (Or. - ONL sub apart)

céilidhe, f.: ar a chéilidhe - on his visit, visiting (Far. - SgÓir 39); céilidhe antráthta -
an over-long visit (Far. - SgÓir 111); bhí mé ar mo chéilí i dtigh Sheáin Uí Bhrolchán
(Johnny Bán Mac Giolla Uidhir) (Tyr. – PÓB:125,139)

céim, -e, -eanna, m and f. - gap or gateway (Antr. - Din2)

céird - form of ceárd, trade, profession (Om. - Din2 sub ceárd)

ceirthle, f. - a ball (of twine etc.) (Om. - SgÓir 79); s.a. ceairthle

ceirthle, cearthaile, ceirsle, f. - a ball (Tyr. - ONL sub ball, clew)

ceist - regard (Antr. - Din2)

ceithre: see ciorrbhú

céitinneach - a two-year-old coal-fish (Antr. - Din2)

ceo, m. - humbug (Om. - Din1, Din2)

ceól, m.: cha dtig leat ceól a chumadh mur a bhfuil an fhilidheacht ó'n bhroinn agat
- you cannot compose a song if you are not a born poet (Or. - ONL sub song)

ceolán, m.: bíonn ceolán im' cheann - my head is frequently dizzy (Om. - Din1); tá
ceólán im cheann - there is a dizziness in my head (Tyr. - ONL sub dizziness)

cha, chan - not: chan fhaghann tú - you will not get (Far. - SgÓir 2); cha dtéid tú -
you will not go (Far. - SgÓir 22), etc.; bhá go maith agus cha rabh go holc (Rath. - SR
4.20); chá d'éirigh leobhtha (Rath. - SR 8.2); cha do shaoil mé go rabh an oiread fola
san gearrfhiadh sin (Rath. - SR 16.1); cha dtig tú ar t-ais aríst (Rath. - SR 17.3); "má
tá," arsa Duine an chorraic duibh, ["]chan fheil sin furas a dhéanadh..." (Rath. - SR
5.26); cha dtug é freagra idir do (Rath. - SR 5.22); cha rabh áit idir i bhfugas domh-
sa nó i bhfad uaim a bhféidfidhe domh ag dul i bhfálach ann, acht craobh dosrach
amháin (Rath. - SR 7.35); cha d'fhuair é idir í (Rath. – SR 21.30)

cha, chan - neg. of copula; cha b'urrainn leobhtha sin a dhéanadh (Rath. - SR 17.10);
chá mbuan an cioth agus an ghrian in áirde - the shower will not last while the sun is
up (Or. - ONL sub as)

char - not, with past tense (Far. - SgÓir 14); char fhan tú faill na fáilte amuigh - you
did not remain long enough away to be welcomed back (Or. - ONL sub away)

chead - form of chéad, first; an chead uair eile - the next time (Far. - SgÓir 40, 53)

choinic - form of chonnaic, saw (Om. - SgÓir 76, 81); invariably the local form of
Oriel and Meath (Or., Meath - SgÓir foclóir sub choinic)

chomh: ní raibh sé chomh maith le seisean (Tyr. – PÓB:124)

chuaidh — see fuaidh

chuige - form of chuig, towards; chuige mo mhnaoi - to my wife (Far. - SgÓir 24);
chuige n-a mháthair - to his mother (Far. - SgÓir 1)

chum - in order to; see dubhlanachadh, reic, streap

ciab, m. - a wooden spade (Antr. - Din2)

ciaróg: ciaróg chapaill - a horse beetle (Far. - SgÓir 116 whence Or. - Din2); ciaróg
oidhche - the death watch (E.U.? - Din2 Seachrán); ciaróg bheannuighthe – the
"horse clock" which flies with a droning noise in summer evenings (Tyr. - ONL sub
beetle)
ciasart fir – ciafart fir (Tyr. – PÓB:120)

ciata - form of céadfadh, sense, faculty (Antr. etc - Din2 sub céadfadh)

cíb - form of cíob, sedge (Om., also Connacht - Din2 sub cíob)

cibeáil – form of caibeáil, dibble potatoes (Tyr. – PÓB:120)

cíbleach, m. - a sedgy place (Om. - Din2)

cideog - form of cadogha, blanket (Arm., also Donegal - Din2 sub cadogha)

cillín, m. - treasure (Tyr. - ONL sub treasure); dá dtabhrainn dó cillín - if I were to

give him a large sum (Om. song - Din2)

cillín, m. - fate, destiny (Tyrone - Din2); form of cinneamhain?

Cinciseach – one born at Whitsuntide (Tyr. – SML:213)

cineachadh: tá na craoibhe ag cineachadh go maith - the trees are growing well

(Antr. - Din2)

cineadh: ag triall 's ag cineadh - dying and being born (Om. - Din2)

cineál: tá cineál (or nádúir) ocras orm - I am a little hungry (Tyr. - ONL sub little,
somewhat); fear dem cineál-sa[sic] - one of my relatives (Tyr. - ONL sub relative)

cinn-iúdaigh - the Jews (Om. tales - Din2)

cinnte, cinnteach: go cinnte - always, constantly (Meath agus Or. - Din2); cinnte
agus i gcómnaidhe - ever and always (Or. - Din2); go dearbh cinnteach, a dhuine
fuathasach iongantach, bha thu chomh deis do'n bhás an uair sin is tá thu indiu
(Rath. - SR 8.23)

cinnteacht: i gcinnteacht - constantly, as a fixture (Meath - Din2)

ciobarlán, m. - a lame person (Om. - Din2)

cionn - form of ceann, head; bhí sé cionn gearr - he was one short (Far. - SgÓir 13); i
gcionn na seachtmhaine - at the end of the week (Or. - SgÓir foclóir sub cionn); faoi
chionn - within or by the end of (a period of time), pronounced as if faoi 'nn (Or. -
SgÓir foclóir sub cionn); faoi cheann lae is bliadhna - within a year and a day (Far. -
SgÓir 20); dhá chionn na crannóige - the two ends of the mill (Arm. - SgÓir 112);
cionn-ocaide – instigator, beginner of harm (Der. – CS 17/08/1901 358); cionn-
graithe – person in charge of matters (Der. – CS 17/08/1901 358)

cionnóg, f. - an ear of wheat, barley or other cereal (Or. - ONL sub head); form of
ceannóg, uncut stalk of grass (Or. - Din2 sub ceannóg)

cíor-fhiacla: ar chíor-fhiaclaibh mo dhroma - on the serrated teeth of my back (Far. -

SgÓir 19)

ciorrbhú – shortage, need; tá ceithre uisge ort – you are short of water (Om. –
Doegen record LA1220); tá sin a chaithre ort i gcaonntigh - you always need that
(Antr. - Din2); cha robh fhios acu goidé bhí a cheithre orthu — they did not feel short
of anything (Tyr. – SML:170); sin a rabh a dheathir air — that was all he wanted
(Inish. – Béal 11:89); goidé tá a dheathir ort? — usual expression for ‘What do you
want?’ in Irish of Clonmany district (ibid.)

cios reachtála, m. - "the running year's rent" which went over Drummullagh about
70 years ago (i.e. c1834) (Omeath - Din1)

cioth: chá mbuan an cioth agus an ghrian in áirde - the shower will not last while the
sun is up (Or. - ONL sub as)

clábar, m. - the thick mud of the roads or lanes etc. (Far. - SgÓir 13); ní'l aon gheata
a dteachaidh siad amach air nachar fhág an fear bocht lorg na gcos ins an chlábar -
there was no gate they went out through that the poor man did not leave footprints
in the mud (Far. – SgÓir 13)

clabosc - form of cabluisce, swinging motion (Arm. - Din2 sub cabluisce)

cladach, adj. - nighean na sean-chaillighe cladaighe! - daughter of the dirty old

woman! (Om. - SgÓir 76); nuair a gheibhim-sa an brachán cladaighe (Arm. song -
SgÓir foclóir sub cladach)

cladaidhe, adj. - dirty (Or. - ONL sub dirty)

clagarnach, f.: tá sé ag clagarnach báislighe - it is pattering rain (Mon. - Din1, Din2)

cláirseach, f.: fear dhéanta na cláirsighe - the maker of the harp (Far. - SgÓir 12)

clais, f. - the channel in the byre (Tyr. - ONL sub byre); s.a. clas, clasaidh

claochrán, m. - stone-pecker, stone-checker, stone-chatter, stone-chatterer (a bird) -

the ch is silent (Far. - SgÓir 116); s.a. clochrán

claoidhte, adj. - weary, tired, wearied out (Om. - SgÓir 69)

clampa, m. - a heap of coal or turf for fuel, or ore for smelting (Or. - ONL sub clamp)

clár, m. - a lid (Far. - SgÓir 15)

clár tineadh – mantelpiece (Tyr. – PÓB:120)

cláróg, f. - a fore-tooth (Antr. - Din2)

clas, f., pl. clasaí - furrow, hollow between ridges (Far. - SgÓir 119); a furrow (Or. -
ONL sub furrow); a groove (Tyr. - ONL sub groove); the channel in a byre (Tyr. - ONL
sub groop); s.a. clais, clasaidh

clasaidh, f. - the channel in a byre (Tyr. - ONL sub channel); s.a. clais, clas

clatach, m. - a lath, a thin strip of wood (Tyr. - ONL sub lath)

cleachtaim: 'sé chleacht mé - it is what I was accustomed to (Far. - SgÓir 33)

cleamhnas, m.: an oidhche do rinneadh mo chleamhnas, mo chrádh agus m'amhgar

é – the night my match was made, my torment and affliction it has been (Or. song –
ONL sub marriage-arrangement)
clearhtú – pronunciation of cleachtú, practising (Tyr. – Tip2)

cleas - see clios

cleasaidhe, m. - a tugger (Om. - Din1, Din2)

cleiseach: seo a' tosach, seo a' cleiseach, seo a' deas, seo a' cúl - showing east,
north, south, west (Tyr. - Din2/Add.; Tyr. – SML:213)

cleith chrí – cloch chrí (Tyr. – PÓB:121)

cleothar, m. - a horse-fly (Meath - Din1, Din2)

cliabhán, m.: bhí na hocht gcinn i gcliabhán na móna - the eight heads were in the
turf basket (Or. elegy - ONL sub basket)

cliath fhuirsidhe[sic], f. - a harrow (Tyr. - ONL sub harrow)

cligim, clig, cligint - see tligim

clibeóg, f. - a filly; clibeóg de mo chuid-se - a filly of mine (Om. - SgÓir 77)

clibíní - dirty matted hair hanging from the backside of a sheep: go and cut the
clibeens off those sheep (Arm. - English, Seán Ó Cuinn)

clios - form of cleas, a trick or play-rhyme; déarfaidh sibh bhur gclios - you will recite
your rhyme (Om. - SgÓir 89)

clis, f. - a bounce (Or. - ONL sub bounce)

clisim - I bounce (Or. - ONL sub bounce)

cliseadh, m.: do bhain sé cliseadh asam - he took a rise out of me (Or. - ONL sub
rise)

cló, m.: tharraing siad a chló - they drew a portrait of him (Om. - Din2)

cloch, f.: cloch leabaidh, cloch rádail - upper and lower millstone (Om. - Din1); cloch
rádail - runner-stone of mill (Om. - Din2); cloch bróine – quern (Creggan(?) - ONL sub
quern); cloch fhaobhair - a sharpening-stone (Tyr. - ONL sub hone); cloch bhrocháin
– cloch bhró, cloch fhaobhair (Tyr. – PÓB:120); clocha carra – weighty stones (Tyr. –
PÓB:120); clocha corra – clocha coirnéil (Tyr. – PÓB:121); cloch corraigh – coping
stone (Tyr. – PÓB:120); cloch teinteáin – teallach (Tyr. – PÓB:121); clocha tinteáin –
hearth (Tyr. – PÓB:120)

clochrán: clochrán cinn duibh - the reed bunting (Antr. - Din2); s.a. claochrán

clódán, m. - an oar-guard (Antr. - Din2)

clódh, m.: tharraing siad a chlódh - they drew a portrait of him (Om. - Din1)

clogarán, m. - an empty, noisy person (Meath - Din1, Din2)

clóidhte – tame, domesticated, "used to people" (Tyr. – PÓB:14) (not certainly an
example of this word)

cloigiughadh: tá mo chluasa cloigighthe agat - you have me annoyed (Or. - ONL sub
annoyed)

cluadar, m. - form of cómhluadar, company (Der. - Din1 sub comhluadar); chatting,

talking; cead cluadair léithe - permission to converse with her (Der. - Din2 sub
cómhluadar); chat (Tyr. - ONL sub chat, but sub company and sub conversation,
cluadar is given as Or.); bhí clóduair acu – bhí comhluadar acu (Tyr. – PÓB:120) s.a.
cruadal

cluain, f. - trickery; an fear a chuir cluain ar an mbás - the man who cheated death
(Far. - SgÓir 16; Mon. - Din2)

cluas, f. - the treadle (of a spade etc.) (Or. - ONL sub treadle)

cluasán, m. - a shoe-latchet (Antr. - Din2)

clúdaigh: bhí spóca dearg sáite sa tine agus madadh beag ag méaradradh ar an
mhóin sa chlúdaigh (Tyr. – PÓB:125)

clumhach, m., gen. clumhaigh - plumage, feathers; ar liobaidh chlúmhaigh éin - on a

feather bed (Far. - SgÓir 32)

clutóg, f. - a clod, a dry sod of turf (Om., Or. - Din2); a dry clod (Or. - ONL sub clod)

cnadán, m. - burdock (Om., My. - Din2 sub min-bhriúgail); see also tuafal, leadán an
úcaire

cnádán, m. - a corn (on the foot) (Or. - ONL sub corn)

cnagarnach, m. - a bit, a morsel (Or. - ONL sub bit)

cnáimhín, m. - a little bone (Far. - SgÓir 58)

cnámharlach, m.: cnámharlach mairte - a bony cow (Om. - Din1, Din2)

cnéamhaire, m. - knave, rogue (Far. - SgÓir 72)

cneasda - see cniosda

cniosda - form of cneasda, even-tempered, pronounced as if criosda (Far. – SgÓir

foclóir sub clios; SgÓir 17)

cnuasach, m.: pota cnuasaigh - a pot of limpets (Om. - Din2); corrán cnuasaigh - a
sea-wrack hook (Antr. - Din2)

cnugaire, m. - a pot, a drinking vessel (pronounced crugaire) (Tyr. - ONL sub pot)

cnuimh – sty, sleamhnán (Tyr. – PÓB:120) – see also craobh

cnún - form of cnó, a nut (Or. - ONL sub nut)

cocas, m.: ag díol cocais - selling cockles etc. (Om. - Din2)

cochall: cuir cochall ort féin - bestir yourself (Or. - ONL sub bestir)

cód, m.: ar béal a códa - about to take her marriage-vows (Tyr. - ONL sub marriage
vow)

codladh, m.: tá sé n-a chnap chodlata - he is sound asleep (Or. - ONL sub asleep);
codladh drúraic - "pins and needles" (Mon. - Din1, Din2, ONL sub pins and needles),
codladh glúraic - "pins and needles" (Meath - Din1, Din2, ONL sub pins and needles)

codlatán, m. - a sleeper (Om. - Din1, Din2)

cófhra, m. - a press, cupboard (Far. - SgÓir 14,15)

cognaim - I chew; nuair a chognóchadh sé í ó fhéith go smuais - when he would

chew it from sinew to inner marrow (Far. - SgÓir 39)

coicthighis, f. - a fortnight (Far. - SgÓir 56)

coigeallach, m. - a simpleton (Or. - ONL sub ninny)

coigil: coigil dúinn, a Íosa - spare us, o Jesus (Oriel prayer book - ONL sub spare)

coigríoch, f.: ar choigrích - on a neighbour's land (Tyrone - Din1 sub coigcríoch

masc., Din2)

coim, f.: fuair cogar faoi choim ó ainspioraid - who got a secret whisper from an evil
spirit (Meath song - Din1, Din2)

coimirce, f.: cuir orm coimirce 'un tilleadh slán - wish me a safe return (Arm. - Din2);
s.a. coimrighe, cuimrighe

coimhdire, m.: coimhdire na cuaiche - the bird that follows the cuckoo (Der. - Din1;
ONL sub cuckoo); the bird that follows the cuckoo, gnly. the meadow pipit (Der. -
Din2)

coimhéad/coimheád, m.: arrangement for retaining the slinn or reed of a loom (Antr.
- Din2)

cóimhléin - form of coimhlint, strife, contest (Der. - Din2 sub coimhling); madadh
cóimhléin - a racing dog (Der. - Din1)

coimrighe: coimrighe m'anama ort - protection of my soul on you (Der. - Din1); cuir
orm coimrighe/comraighe 'un tilleadh slán - wish me a safe return (Armagh song -
Din1 sub coimrighe, tilleadh); cuir orm comraighe 'un tilleadh slán - wish me a safe
return (Om., Arm., sometimes Donegal - Din2 sub tilleadh); s.a. coimirce, comraighe,
cuimrighe

coinbheálaidhe - form of congbhálaidhe, holder (e.g. of plough) (Or. - Din2 sub

congbhálaidhe); s.a. condálaidhe

coineastar - form of coinfheascar, evening (Der. - Din1; Din2 sub coinfheascar); s.a.
coinfheasgar, coinirsce
coinfheasgar, m. - afternoon, evening, twilight (Om. - SgÓir 85; Ultach 39:11:10)); fá
choinfheasgar - in the evening (Om. - SgÓir 94); the common word in East Ulster,
known but rarely used in Donegal (East Ulster - SgÓir foclóir sub coinfheasgar); má's
fada an lá tiocfaidh an coinfheasgar - however long the day, evening will come (Or. -
ONL sub evening); bha iad cortha agus ag tabhairt suas fá choinfheascar is tuitim na
hoidhche (Rath. - SR 15.25); bha coin-fheascar dubh na hoidhche ag teacht nuair
thachair duine orra (Rath. - SR 5.18); s.a. coineastar, coinirsce

coingbheáil, f. - the act of keeping (Far. - SgÓir 14)

coinirsce - form of coinfheascar, evening (Glens of Ant. - Din1; Antr. - Din2 sub
coinfheascar); s.a. coineastar, coinfheasgar

coinne, m.: [an bháinseog] os coinne an dorais - [the green] in front of the door (Far.
- SgÓir 9); [chuir sé fear] i gcoinne an chloidhimh - [he sent a man] for the sword
(Far. - SgÓir 57); i gcoinne tol do a thigh - about to go home (Antr. - Din2)

cóir, f.: bíonn maide ar an doras agaibh go gceart ag tráthnóna agus maide ar muin
mhaide aghaibh, am theachta córa - you have a stick to the door every evening and
two sticks about mealtimes (Tyr. - ONL sub meal)

coirr-leannóg, f. - green seaweed(?) (Tyr. - ONL sub sea-weed)

coisighim: coisigh leat - move on (Antr. - Din2)

cóisir, f. - a feast; an sgadán, nár gabhadh ariamh i gcóisir - the herring, that never
was caught through (over)eating (Om. - SgÓir 120)

cois nfhios - secretly (Mon., Meath - Din2)

coispeán, m. - footstep (Far. - SgÓir 23; Or. - ONL sub footstep, step); na trí
coispeain fiúdais - the three paces of respect when one meets a funeral (provenance
unclear - Din2)

coispeán – a stile (Ulster - ONL sub stile)

cóitse - form of coiste, jury, committee (Om., Far. - Din2 sub coiste)

cóitse - form of cóiste, a coach (Om. - SgÓir 74; Om., Far. - SgÓir foclóir sub cóitse;
Or. - Din2 sub cóiste)

colbha, m.: colbha leaptha - the edge of a bed (Far. - SgÓir 23)

colg lín, m. - an earwig (Antr. - Din2)

colpa, m. - the bole of a rick etc (Antr. - Din2)

colpach – heifer from two years upwards (Der. – CS 17/08/1901 358); cf. beurach

colpóg, f. - the forefinger (Antr. - Din2)

coltach, adj. - similar; dar mo bheachd, bha an fheoil sin coltach cosamhail le muic-
fheoil (Rath. - SR 10.13)

colum, m., pl. columna - a dove, a pigeon (Far. - SgÓir 45)

comhadach - form of comhad, a cover, a file (?) (Om. - Din1)

comhair: a chomhair - near (Far. - SgÓir 1); goidé rug ag teacht a chomhair m'áite
thú – what brought you coming near my place (Far. - SgÓir 11)

comhair, adj.: urnaighe chomhair - joint prayer (Tyr. - ONL sub joint)

comhairc: gabhaim do chomhairc - I beg your pardon (Far. - Din2 sub gabhaim)

comhairle: fear do chomhairle fear d'fhuatha - you detest your adviser (Or. – ONL
sub adviser)

cómhardadh, m.: tá siad ar cómhardadh arís - they have made it up (Antr. - Din2);
recte córdadh?

comharsnach, m., gen. comharsnaighe - neighbour (Meath - SgÓir 114); the usual
form in Meath and Oriel (Or., Meath - SgÓir foclóir sub comharsnach); cómharsnach -
neighbour (E.U. - Din1; Din2 sub cómharsa)

comhgar, m., pronounced as if cómhngar - the waking and burial arrangements (Far.
- SgÓir 15)

cómhmóradh, m.: ag an gcómhmóradh - at the funeral (Om. - Din1)

cómhnuí: tá se 'na chônuí inniú – he is idle today (Tyr. – SML:213)

cómhnuighim: cómhnuighim fá bhealach - I delay on the road (Cav. - Din2)

comhursanacht, f. - neighbourhood, locality (Om. - SgÓir 85)

comóradh, m.: ag an gcomóradh - at the funeral (Om. - Din2)

compáin, f. - a company (Meath - Din2)

comraighe, f.: comraighe dhuid - protection to you, you are safe here (Far. – SgÓir
22); s.a. coimrighe, cuimrighe

conamhach — confach (Tyr. – PÓB:120)

condálaidhe - form of congbhálaidhe, holder (e.g. of plough) (Or. - Din2 sub

congbhálaidhe); s.a. coinbheálaidhe

con(f)adhmhar, adj. - stormy (the f is silent) (Om. - Din1); form of confadhamhail,

furious (Om. - Din2 sub confadhamhail)

congbháil - keeping; bha me i gcomhnuidhe ag dubhslánachadh claidheamh

leomhtha chum iad a chongbháil ar chúl (Rath. - SR 8.7); Thógthar a chlach so chun
cuimhne a chongbháil ar a mhuintir atá marbh (Antr. –McCambridge tombstone at
Layd)

connail-tráth - a friendly chat (Antr. - Din2)

connlamhain, f.: gealach na gconnlamhan - the harvest moon (Om. - Din2)

conlán – teaghlach (Tyr. – PÓB:120)

connradh, m.: connradh maith nó sochonnradh - a good bargain (Or. - ONL sub
bargain)

connsughadh, m. - act of noticing (Om., also Donegal - Din2)

connsuighim - I miss (= feel the want of) (Om., Arm. - SgÓir foclóir sub
crothnuighim); connsuighim de dhíth orm - I miss (Om., also Donegal - Din2); s.a.
crothnuighim

conntaisim, vn. conntas - I count (Far. - SgÓir 13)

contabhairt, f.: cuirim i gcontabhairt - I endanger (Far. - SgÓir 57)

copán, m. - a shallow dish used in butter-making (Der. - Din2); a saucer (Mon. -

Din2); tá mé diadheamhail ar chopán té - I am fond of a cup of tea (Antr. - Din2 sub
diadheamhail); s.a. capánach

cor, m.: cor mogaill - the finishing knot in a mesh, knot on thatch-rope (Der. - Din2)

cor, m.: féachamuidne cor - let us try a wrestle (Om. - SgÓir 76)

cor: ar aon chor - on any account (Or., also Connacht - ONL sub account); ar chor ar
bith - any account (Or., also Connacht, Ulster - ONL sub account); cor agus fiche
bliadhain ó shoin - more than twenty years ago (Tyr. - ONL sub more)

coraidh — see carraidh

coraidheacht, f. - wrestling (Far. - SgÓir 2)

corcaireach, adj. - impertinent (Tyr. - ONL sub impertinent)

corcán, m.: amach thar fheireadh an chorcáin - out over the rim of the pot (E.U. -
Din2)

corcas, m. - the trunk of a man (Om. - Din1, Din2)

corcur, m. - a lichen from which a violet or purple dye is obtained (Arm.? – ONL
Donnellan - sub cudbear)

córdadh: see cómhardadh

corm, m. - a double tree for ploughing (Mon. - Din2); s.a. greallóg

cornaí, pl. – corns (on feet) (Om. – Ultach 39:11:10)

coróg, f. - a faggot of straw rushes etc (Mon. - Din2); coróg slat - a bundle of rods
(Antr. - Din2)

corr, f.: corr mhóna - the heron (Tyr. - ONL sub heron); corr leathadach - the white
spoonbill (Meath - Din2)

corr: cha bhídhim ar a' mbaile mhór acht corr am - I am seldom in town (Or. - ONL
sub seldom)
corrach, m. - a turf bog (Mon. - Din2); a bog (but drier than portach or móin); tá an
corrach bog anois - the bog is soft now (Tyr. - ONL sub bog); land from which turf
has been removed, marsh (Tyr. — SML:213)

corrach, f.: an chorrach cómhraic - the challenge pole (Or. - Din2); buille ar an
chorraigh chomhraic - a blow on the chain of combat (issuing a challenge) (Far. -
SgÓir 23)

corrag: corrag aitinne - a bundle of whins (Far. - SgÓir 62)

corraic, m. – a top-knot, cockade: méirleach an chorraic dhuibh (Rath. – SR 4.1)

corr-am - an odd time (Far. - SgÓir 110)

corrán, m: corrán cnuasaigh - a sea-wrack hook (Antr. - Din2)

corr-aon, m. - an odd one or person (Meath - Din2)

corr-spiogad: ar a chorr-spiogad - on his hunkers (Om. - Din2 sub corra-giob)

córta, m. - a coat (Der. - Din1; Din2 sub córta, cóta): for cóta

corruidhe, f. - anger; dá mbéadh corruidhe uirthi - if she were angry (Om. – SgÓir
78); lán corruidhe - full of anger (Om. - SgÓir 89); ghlac Séamus corruidhe - James
became angry (Om. - SgÓir 89); corraidhe, anger (Om. — IG X 613); s.a. corruighe

corruighe, f. - anger; ná cuir corruighe orm - don't anger me (Or. - ONL sub anger);
s.a. corruidhe

corsac, m. - byre-door (Or. - ONL sub byre)

corshúgáin, m. - a twister (for ropes etc.) (Or. - ONL sub twister)

cortha, adj. - tired (Om. - SgÓir 68); bha iad cortha agus ag tabhairt suas fá
choinfheascar is tuitim na hoidhche (Rath. - SR 15.25); nuair d'éirigh mé glé-
chortha, chonnaic mé tigh mhadaidh i bhfad uaim (Rath. - SR 7.16); bhí siad cortha
sgálta ag éisteacht leis - they were tired and tormented listening to him (Om. - SgÓir
92); cia go rabh iad ag teacht orm ar aghaidh ar aghaidh go rabh iad cortha go
buileach (Rath. - SR 8.4)

cos, f.: cos crainn - a wooden leg (Sligo - Din1); cos chasaidhe, the threadle of a
spinning wheel (Der. - Din1, Din2 sub luastar; ONL sub treadle); cuir ar an chos
bheag iad - foot them (turf sods) (Antr. - Din2)

cosaim: cosfaidh mé suas - I will walk up (Rath. - Din2)

cosamhail, adv. - rather, middling, somewhat (Om. - Din1); cosmhail mall –

somewhat late (no provenance - Din1)

coschlárach, adj. - broadfooted (Tyr. - ONL sub broadfooted)

cosnochtthaí, adj. - barefoot (Far. - SgÓir 47); is fearr a bheith cosnochtuighthe ná

coslom - better be poor and free than hampered by a doubtful privilege (Or. proverb
- ONL sub barefooted)
cradán, m. - nagging (Or. - ONL sub nagging)

crág, f. - a handful (Or. - ONL sub handful)

cráibhtheog, f.: mo chráibhtheog ar son na hÉireann - my prayer for Ireland (Antr. -

Din2)

cráidhteán, m. - a cranky person (Or. - ONL sub crank)

cráin, f: cráin mhuice - a sow (Far. - SgÓir 2)

crainnrighte, adj. - obdurate, hard, shrivelled, stiff (Om. - Din1 sub crainnruighthe;
Din2 sub crainnrighthe, crannruighthe); obdurate (Or. - ONL sub obdurate)

cráiscín, m. - a late chicken (Om. - Din2)

craith - a shake; thug an t-each craith as é féin go dtearn cluiginí a (i)adhastair an

léithead de stráighlighe go músgail siad Ridire na nGleann (Rath. - SR 5.36)

cramhóg, f. - a worm, a still (Om. - Din1, Din2)

cránach, f. - form of cráin, sow (Meath - Din2 sub cráin)

crann, m.: crann tochairte - a reel for winding yarn (Meath - Din1); crann meadhóin -
mainmast (Antr. - Din2); crann deiridh - mizzenmast (Antr. - Din2); crann cinn -
bowsprit (Antr. - Din2); crann taomair - a pump (Om. - Din2); cranna Phádraig - a
pair of tongs (Tyr. - Din2/Add. sub iarann)

crann, m. - lot, destiny (Far. - SgÓir 102)

crannaiste - destroyed, ruined (Antr. - Din2)

crannóg, f, gen. crannóige - a mill; dhá chionn na crannóige - the two ends of the
mill (Arm. - SgÓir 112)

crannpheasan. m. - a brat (Or. - ONL sub brat)

crannruighthe - see crainnrighthe

crann-sgean – a homemade spoon (Der. – CS 17/08/1901 358)

crannta, adj. - wizened (Far. - SgÓir 112)

craobh, f. - tree (Antr - Din2); b'éigean domh dul suas ar bhárr na craoibhe sin (Rath.
- SR 7.38); tá na craoibhe ag cineachadh go maith - the trees are growing well (Antr.
- Din2 sub cineachadh); cha rabh áit idir i bhfugas domh-sa nó i bhfad uaim a
bhféidfidhe domh ag dul i bhfálach ann, acht craobh dosrach amháin (Rath. - SR
7.37); bha an buile fá dheireadh tarraingthe aige ar lós na craoibhe a leagadh síos
(Rath. – SR 8.21)

craobhannaí – creataí (Tyr. – PÓB:120)

craobhach: déanfar fíon de'n bhféar chraobhach - the knot-grass will become wine
(Om. song - Din2 sub féar)
craosán, m. - a flat place on the slope of a mountain (Antr. - Din2)

craobh fhabhra, f. - a sty (in the eye) (Or. - ONL sub sty) – see also cnuimh

craosan – a collection (of words etc.) (Der. – CS 17/08/1901 358)

crapaí – stól thrí gcos le eallach a bhlí (“creepy” i dTír Chonaill) (Tyr. – PÓB:121)

crapán, m: crapán feóla - a bit of meat (Tyr. - ONL sub bit)

crathadh: 'gá gcrathadh - over-ripe (Om. - SgÓir foclóir sub rómhadadh); cf

rómhadadh

crathadh síl - sowing (Tyr. - ONL sub sow)

cré – earth, soil; bhaineadh siad gráinnín beag cré de bhordaibh maide seisrighe –
they took some soil from the edge of a ploughshare (Tyr. – PÓB:18); tógadh an chré
thart orthu: the soil was built up around them (Tyr. – PÓB:20); cur cré ar phrátaí – cur
fód ar phrátaí (Tyr. – PÓB:120); chaith siad trí ghrainnín cré thaire leis na capaill
(Tyr. – PÓB:125); thóg sias cré suas le teas a choinneáil istigh (Tyr. – PÓB:21)

creagán, m. - hard or rocky ground (Far. - SgÓir 3)

créamaigheach, m. - a crow (Der. - Din1, Din2)

creapall, m. - a fetter (Or. - ONL sub fetter)

creathach, m. - a movable house made of wattles covered with "scraws" and rushes,
sometimes with straw (Or. - ONL sub house)

creata, m.: na creataí - the bowels (Om. - Din2)

creimneáil, f. - basting (in tailoring) (Mon. - Din1; Mon., Om. - Din2; Or. - ONL sub
basting)

criathrughadh, m. - act of sifting, sieving (Far. - SgÓir 102)

criathruiste, adj. - sifted (Far. - SgÓir 102; Or., also Ulster - ONL sub sifted)

críne, f. - the state of being withered through age etc. (Far. - SgÓir 10)

críochnuighim: chan mar a shaoiltear ach mar a chríochnuighthear - it is not as

expected that things finish (Or. - ONL sub finish)

criog, m. - a wiry little man (Mon., Arm. - Din2)

Críost, gs. Críosta – Christ (Or., also Connacht and Donegal - ONL sub Christ)

criothlag, f. - an ear of wheat, barley or other cereal (Tyr. - ONL sub head)

criothóg, f. - a fragment of a turf sod (Mon. - Din2)

crocán, m. - a crock; crocán ime - a crock of butter (Far. - SgÓir 103)

crocán, m. - a crook (Or. - Din2)

crochaim - I hang (Far. - SgÓir 44); croichte as téastar na leaptha - suspended from
the canopy over the bed (Far. - SgÓir 24)

crócharn, m. - a hearse (pronounced crodh-charn) (Om. - Din1)

crochóg, f. - hanging of a harrow (Antr. - Din2)

cródán, m. - purring (Tyr., also Donegal - ONL sub purring)

croglaidhe, m. - a weakling (of animals) (Mon. - Din2)

croiceann, m.: rinn mé naoi mála de'n chroiceann - I made nine bags from the hide
(Far. - SgÓir 52); chaith mé dhíom mo chroiceann - I made as much haste as I could
(Far. - SgÓir 24; Or. - Din2)

croidheog, f. - a milch cow (Om. - Din2); a core (Om. - Din2)

croisin, m. - a crutch (Om. - SgÓir 93)

croitcheacha, pl. - wings of plough (Meath - Din2)

cróleogach – weakness, i gcróilí an bháis (Tyr. – PÓB:120)

cromóg, f. - the crook of a plough (Antr. - Din2)

crónán díge, m. - a frog (Tyr. - ONL sub frog)

croróg – croithleog (heads of corn not gathered) (Tyr. – PÓB:121)

crothnuighim: is mór a chrothnuigh se an cat de dhíth air - he greatly missed the cat
(Meath - SgÓir 121); char chrothnuigh mé é - I didn't miss him (Mon. - Din1, Din2);
s.a. connsuighim

crothnughadh, m.: chuir mé crothnughadh ann - I took notice of him (Or. - ONL sub
notice)

cruach, f.: ag an chruaich mhónadh - at the rick of turf (Far. - SgÓir 15); cruach
siolláin - a beehive (Antr. - Din2)

cruadal, m. - form of cómhluadar; company, chatting, talking (Om. - Din1 sub

comhluadar; E.U. - Din1 sub cruadal; E.U. - Din2; Or. - ONL sub chat, but sub
company cruadal is given as Connacht, and sub conversation it is given as Connacht
and Ulster); sean-chruadal - old chat (Om. - Din2 sub cómhluadar); s.a. cluadar

cruadál, f. - hardness, cruelty (Der. - Din1); cruelty (Der. - ONL sub cruelty);
cruadá(i)l - adversity(?) (Der. - Din2 sub cruadháil)

cruadh-ae, m. - the liver (Om., also Donegal, Mayo - Din2)

cruadh-chás, m. - hardship, stait, difficulty (Far. - SgÓir 7)

cruadh-chomhrac, m. - hard fighting, severe combat (Far. - SgÓir 2)

cruadhdálach, adj. - hardy, wiry (Om. - SgÓir 84)

cruaidh, f., gen. cruaidhe - steel (Far. - SgÓir 55)

cruaidhe (crudh-ae), f. - hard liver (Far. - SgÓir 110)

crualaí – crualach (Tyr. – PÓB:121)

crúbánach, m. - a crab-fish (Om. - Din2)

crúca: maide crúca, the crane above the fire (Tyr. — RBÉ MS1215.208)

crudh - see úr-chrudh

crúdh chapaill - a brown hairy worm (Tyr. - ONL sub Hairy Mary or Hairy Molly)

cruidheog, f. - a milch cow; crúidheóg (Or. - ONL sub cow); bainne na cruidheoige -
the milk of the milch cow (Arm. - SgÓir 112)

cruime, f. - crookedness, being bent or stooped through infirmity etc. (Far. – SgÓir
19)

cruinnighim - I accumulate (Or. - ONL sub accumulate)

cruinniughadh, m.: gheabhaidh an cruinniughadh cumhang sgabadh fairsing – the

tight hoard will get a wide scattering (Or. - ONL sub hoard)

cruithneacht, f., gen. cruithneachta - wheat (Far. - SgÓir 53)

cruitín díge, m. - a frog (Or. - ONL sub frog)

crupaidhe, adj.: ní'l sé crupaidhe - he is nimble (Om. - Din1)

crupadóir, m. - a linen lapper (Antr. - Din2)

crústa, adj. - cranky (Or. - ONL sub cranky)

cruth: goidé do chruth air maidin? — how are you this morning? (Tyr. – SML:213)

cuachán, m.: cuachán an uachtair - the cream jug (Arm. - Din2)

cuachán, m. - straw, but formerly meaning oats (Or., also parts of Ulster - ONL sub
oat)

cuairt, f. - a round of stitches in knitting (Antr. - Din2); fá chuairt - round about

(Louth, also Ulster - Din1 sub mágcuaird), all around (Or. - ONL sub round)

cuartuighe, f. - act of searching for (Far. - SgÓir 102); also cuartughadh (ibid.); act of
searching (Or. - Din2)

cubhar, m.: cubhar léana - meadow-sweet (Om. - Din2)

cudán, f. - "cuddy", a coalfish up to one year (Antr. - Din2 sub cudainn)

cuibh - chaff (Antr. - Din2/Add.)

cuibhleann – form of cuibhreann (Tyr. – PÓB:120)

cuid, m.: mo chuid fíona - my wine (Om. - SgÓir 99); an cuid fíona - the quantity of
wine (Om. - SgÓir 101)

cuid, f.: dearbhráthair eile d'á cuid - the other of her brothers (Far. - SgÓir 29); grádh
mo chroidhe an sgadán nár gabhadh ariamh ar a chuid - I salute the herring for it
never was caught through eating (Far. - SgÓir 56; Breifne - SgÓir 120)

cuideachd - also; go rug é is a chuid fear ar na trí bálaigh agus Duine an chorraic
duibh cuideachd (Rath. - SR 6.2); agus ar son do dhílseacht leigfidh mé saor thú féin
cuideachd (Rath. - SR 12.2)

cuideachta, f.: tá me áthasach gur chas cuideachta orm - I am glad I met with
company (Far. - SgÓir 36); cuideachta shaighdiuir - a company of soldiers (Far. -
SgÓir 36); is fearr bheith leat féin 'ná le drochchuideachtain - it is better to be alone
than in bad company (Or. - ONL sub company)

cuideog, f. - a hand (of help) (Der. - Din1, Din2)

cuidighim (le) - I help, assist (Far. - SgÓir 7)

cuighir - form of cuingir, yoked team (Mon. - Din1 sub coingir; Din2 sub cuingir)

cuileannóg, f. - green-slime on wells etc (Om.. My. - Din2)

cuiléar – form of coiléar (Tyr. – PÓB:120)

cúilín, m. - shawl (Antr. - Din2)

cúilín, m.: gach aon chúilín a bhéas agat - ever little scrap you have (Far. – SgÓir 58)

cuimhne: níl sé i mo chuimhne (Johnny Bán Mac Giolla Uidhir) (Tyr. – PÓB:139)

cuimrighe, f.: faoi n-a chuimrighe - under his protection (Far. - SgÓir 11); s.a.
coimirce, coimrighe, comraighe

cuimseach: tá se cuimseach te – it is very warm (Tyr. – SML:213)

cuinnceach: tá cuinnceach air - it is blue-moulded (Tyr. - ONL sub blue-mouldy); s.a.

canncar

cuinnireach - careless; tá tú fuathasach cuinnireach - you are awfully careless (Antr.

- Din2)

cuirce - form of cuirc, a cap etc. (Om. - Din2 sub cuirc)

cuireadh: tabhair dó cuireadh isteach - ask him in (Or. - ONL sub ask)

cuirlinge, adj.: madadh cuirlinge - a curly-haired dog (Far. - SgÓir 58 whence Or. -
Din2)

cúirt - palace; "Matá," ars an t-aon ab' óige de na báilighibh leis an tsean-bhean
ríoghan, "cuirfidh mise fá pianas, agus mór-phianas na mbliadhnann go deachaidh
tú suas ar an chuid ab' áirde de chúirt mó athar, ar dóigh nach bhfuighidh tú giota le
hiththe, ach an oiread a séidfidh in do ionnsuidhe ar sopóig leis an ghaoith (Rath. -
SR 5.7)

cúis: ag teanamh cúis – making great progress (Der. – CS 17/08/1901 358)

cúiseamhail: sagart cúiseamhail - a well-educated priest (E.U.? - Din2 Seachrán), an

excellent priest (SCT 131)

cuiseogach: am cuiseogach – am maith (Tyr. – PÓB:119)

cuisne – drizzling rain (Der. – CS 17/08/1901 358)

cúl, m.: ní'l cúl cinn agam - I have nothing to fall back on (Der. - Din1, Din2); a
rachadh amach cúl éigin le rása - who would rush forth to defend a difficult position
(Om. - Din1, Din2); cúl mo láimhe leat - the back of my hand to you (I shall have no
further dealings with you) (Or. - ONL sub back); cúl fionn - one of the two sinews in
the back of the neck of mammals (Antr. - Din2); cúl dighe – a potion (Om., My. -
Din2); ar a chúlaibh - behind him (Far. - SgÓir 43); cf béal

culcais, f. - a spiritless person (Mon. - Din2)

cúl fás(?) - nettles (Antr. - Din2 sub cúlfáidh)

cúlóg, f. - one who rides behind another on horseback (Om. - SgÓir 91)

cuma, f. bhí cuma bunnóige aráin air annsin - it then had the appearance of a cake
of bread (Far. - SgÓir 50); cuma aosta - an aged appearance (Om. - SgÓir 93); tá
cuma na fearthanna air - it looks like rain (Om. - Din1); bhí cuma na bochtanachta
ortha - they had the appearance of poverty (Or. - ONL sub appearance)

cuma: cuireadh fios air le haghaidh chuma uirthi - he was sent for to keen her (Far.-
SgÓir 117)

cumaim - I keep: cum an báta ar ceann - keep the boat ahead (Antr. - Din2); theilg
mé í sa loch a bha ag cumáil éisg do'n fháthach (Rath. - SR 11.9)

cumann, m., gen. cumainn: mná cumainn - women mourners (Om. - SgÓir 94);
m'fhear cumainn - my beloved husband (now being mourned) (Om. - SgÓir 96); a
mháthair na gcumann 's a mháthair na páirte - dear mother (Or. - ONL sub
endearment)

cumannta, adj. - common (Rath. - Din2)

cumhal, f.: go dtí an chumhal bhuidhe - to the backbone (Der. - Din1, Din2, ONL sub
backbone); cf cabhail

cumhang-bhealach, m. - a defile (Antr. - Din2)

cumhartha, m.: i bhfeabhas mo chumhartha is eadh théighinn i gcion - I became

popular through my pleasing ways (E.U.? - Din2/Add. Seach sub cumhra)

cumhdach, m.: ag cumhdach an pháiste - guarding the child (Far. - SgÓir 25)

cumhradh, m. - a competition (Or. - ONL sub competition)

cumhradh, m.: cumhradh ar an airgead - bad cess to the money (Far. - SgÓir 120);
cumhradh ar an bpoitín seo - bad cess to this poitin (Meath - SgÓir 121)

cunntas, m.: tá mo chunntas ag éirghe goirid - my time left alive is getting short
(Om. - SgÓir 96)

cúpla: cúpla ceathramha tuiridh – a couple of verses of lamentation (Om. - SgÓir 96)

cur, m.: goidé bhí ag cur air? - what was annoying him? (Om. - SgÓir 77); goidé tá ag
cur ort? - what is troubling you? (Om. - SgÓir 101); bhí se ag dul a chuartughadh
cáirdeas' Chríosda le aghaidh a chur faoi n-a mhac - he was going to look for a
godfather for his son (Far. - SgÓir 16)

cur: ní'l dul on gcur - there is no hope from the grave (Or. - ONL sub grave)

cúradh, m.: cúradh a chroidhe ar an bpósadh! - confound marriage! (E.U. - Din1,

Din2); cúradh ar an bpoitín seo - woe betide this poteen (Meath - Din1); curadh a
chroidhe ar an mbás nár fhan amach is abhfad uainn – confound death for not
staying far away from us (Or. - ONL sub confound)

cúrainn, f.: cúrainn ghlas - a variety of coarse woollen plaid, formerly common in
Antrim (no provenance - Din2)

curanta, adj. - valiant (Tyr. - ONL sub valiant)

dabhd, f. - a nightcap, cap worn in bed (Der. - ONL sub nightcap)

dachaidh - home(wards); is d'imthigh í a bhaile. Nuair ráinig í do-a-tigh (Rath. – SR

19.41)

dadadh, m.: ní chuirfidh sí dadadh amudha ort - she will not put anything to loss on
you (Tyr. - ONL sub anything)

dadagach, adj. - bald (Arm. - Din2)

dadaidh: níl aon dadaidh ann (Máire Uí Mhianáin) (Tyr. – PÓB:126,155)

dáil - delay; gan tuilleadh dála (Rath. - SR 10.10)

dailtín, m. - a term of contempt for a migratory workman (Meath - Din2)

dairt – cnocán a bhfuil píce air (Tyr. – PÓB:121) (NB is féidir gur ainm ar chnoc
áithrid atá annseo)

dalladh mulladh, dalla-mullog(?) - delusion, confusion (Om. - Din2 sub dall-amlóg)

dallán, m. - a "wight" (Om. - Din2)

dallán lín, m. - earwig (Or. - ONL sub earwig)

dalldramán, m. - a dull fellow (Om. - Din1, Din2); a dullard, dunce (Or. - ONL sub
dullard, dunce)

dallóg, f.: dallóg na fuinneoige - the window-blind (Der. - Din1, Din2)

dallradh: tá dallradh im ladhraibh - my hands are benumbed (Tyr. - ONL sub

benumb)

damh, m. - the heart of a harrow in which the teeth are set (Antr. - Din2)

damh - to (etc.) me (North Leinster, also Ulster - Din1)

damhsaí coiscéim – sean damhsaí (Tyr. – PÓB:121)

dána: go sturramhail dána - bold and brazen (Meath - Din2 sub starramhail)

danar, adj. - shy (Der. - Din1, Din2)

danaracht, f. - shyness (Der. - Din1, Din2)

daoire, f.: ar daoire - angry (Mon. - Din1); ar daoire - furious (Meath, Mon. - Din2); ar
a' daoraidh - furious (Rath., also Donegal - Din2)

dar-daoil - a long black beetle supposed to have a sting in its tail (Or. - ONL sub
beetle)

darna: gach dárna lá - on alternate days (Or. - ONL sub alternately)

daróg, f. - oaktree (Om. - SgÓir 112; Tyr. – PÓB:121)

de (partitive), often reduced to a or elided: a shaidhbhreas (Far. - SgÓir 10);

'bhodach (Far. - SgÓir 54)

dealán, m. - the live point of a burning stick etc. used in children's play (Mon. - Din2)

dealán Dé - a butterfly (Antr. - Din2 sub dallán)

dealbh, f.: dealbh an dreoilín - the size of the wren, with neg., nothing (Mon. - Din2)

dealgán, m. - the white of an egg (Der. - Din1, Din2); form of gealachán?

deamhanlach, m. - a playboy (Tyr. - ONL sub playboy)

dean: rinne siad a meadhon lae - they ate their dinner (Far. - SgÓir 60)

deanamh: deanamh gan a sháith bídh - to do without sufficient food (Om. – SgÓir
66); deanamh replaces proper teacht in this idiom

déanta, adj.: cailín déanta - a fully-developed girl (Der. - Din1)

dear: thug mé fá ndear é - I observed him (Tyr, as in Munster - Din2/Add.; Tyr. –

SML:214) Ó Tuathail comments that ‘fa dear (faidear) does not seem to occur
outside of N Donegal.’
dearáir, m., gen. dearár - form of dearbhráthair, brother (Meath - SgÓir foclóir sub
dréir; Or. - ONL sub brother); s.a. dréir

dearbhtha: go dearfa – indeed (Om. – Ultach 39:11:10)

dearc, f.: dearc fiodha - juniper berry (Antr. - Din2)

dearcaim (ar) - I look at; dhearc se ar Chonn - he looked at Conn (Far. - SgÓir 62)

dearcaint - act of looking (Om. - Din2 sub dearcain)

deargatán - a flea (Antr. - Din2 sub deargnaid)

deárnaid, f. - a flea (Far. - SgÓir 52)

dearnóg, dearnaid(?) - a flea (Antr. - Din2 sub deargnaid)

deas, adj. - comely, applied to a girl (Or. - ONL sub comely): s.a. dóigheamhail

deas, adj. - near (Or., also Donegal - ONL sub near)

deasachán, m. - a toy (Or. - ONL sub toy); a toy, a plaything (Om. - Din2)

deathir – see ciorrbhú

deilseog, f. - a slap with the open palm (Arm. - Din2)

deirbhfhios, m.: tá deirbhfhios agam - I am certain (Or. - ONL sub certain)

deireadh, m.: an fear fá dheireadh - the last man who was there (Om. - Din2)

deis, f.: ar deis - in good order (E.U.? - Din2 Seachrán)

deis, adj. - close (to); bha thu chomh deis do'n bhás an uair sin is tá thu indiu (Rath.
- SR 8.24)

deiseabhar, m.: ar dheiseabhar na gréine - exposed to the sun (Om., also Donegal -
Din1, Din2); in the beams of the sun (Or. also Donegal - ONL sub beam); s.a. eisear

deór, adj. - nach deór na madaidh nach ndéin an dadaidh acht 'na luighe ar na
casáin 's a mbolg le gréin - isn't it well for the dogs that do nothing but lie on the
road sunning their bellies (Far. - SgÓir 112; Or. - Din2); nach deór me atá annseo -
how happy I am here (Far. - SgÓir foclóir sub deór); is deor thú, is deor duit - you are
in luck (Arm. - Din2)

deorach, adj. - happy (Or. - ONL sub happy); is deorach dhuit - it is happy for you (no
provenance - ONL sub happy)

deorachtach, adj.: duine deorachtach - a strange man (Der. - Din1, Din2)

deóruidhe, m. - a weakling (Arm., Tyr. - ONL sub weakling)

dhá - form of dá, if, usually gá: dhá dtiocfadh duine - if a person came (Far. – SgÓir
3)
diadheamhail, adj.: tá mé diadheamhail ar chopán té - I am fond of a cup of tea
(Antr. - Din2) cf Scottish déidheil

diasóg, f. - an ear of corn (Antr. - Din2)

dícheallta: deán do dhícheallta — do your best (Der. — IG X 612)

díleastrach, m. - a minnow (Antr. - Din2)

dílinneach – bhí sí ann ón díle (Tyr. – PÓB:121)

díoga(idh), f. - form of díog, ditch (Meath - Din2 sub díog)

díoghbhálach, adj. - guilty (Om. - Din1, Din2)

díol: gheobha tú díol ann sul a dtí maidin - you will be paid for it before morning
(Mea. - Din1 sub sul); ní raibh díoladh ar bith air (Tyr. – PÓB:124)

díomdha, m.: cuirim fá gheasaibh 's fá dhíomdha na bliadhna thú - I put you under a
solemn obligation (Far. - SgÓir 20)

díomhaoin, adj. - single, unmarried (Or., also Mayo - ONL sub single; Tyr. – SML:213)

díomhaoineach, adj. - idle (Far. - SgÓir 113)

díomhaoineas, m.: mac ar díomhaoineas - a natural son (Om., etc - Din2)

díomhas, m. - act of frisking (Arm. - Din2)

díomhdha, m.: fá dhíomhdha na bliadhna - throughout the year (Mon. - Din2)

diomuite: tá go leór agad diomuite de – you have enough without it (Tyr. – SML:213)

díosc, f.: an bhfuil díosc ann? - is it getting fine? (Om. - Din2)

díth: a dhíth - wanting (Far. - SgÓir 1)

diúgaireacht, f. - begging, craving for pity's sake (Or. - ONL sub begging); tá sé ag
diúgaireacht orm le dhá lá - he has been canvassing me for two days (Or. – ONL sub
canvassing); means "coaxing" in Donegal (ONL sub coaxing); means "draining" in
unspecified places (ONL sub draining)

diúgán – a little of anything; diúgán beag Gaedhilge (Tyr. – Tip1)

diúrnadh, m.: ag diúrnadh na gcopán is ag deargadh an phíopa is ag leagadh na

drúchta go mall 'san oidhche - draining the drinking cups and lighting pipes and
walking abroad late at night (Or. caoine - ONL sub draining)

dobhrán, m.: tá mé 'mo dhobhrán le codladh is le déideadh - I am stupified by

sleepiness and tooth-ache (Om., also Mayo etc. - Din2)

dóchain, f. - form of dóthain, enough, sufficiency (Mea., also Ulster - Din1, Din2 sub
dóthain)
dócrach: dócrach buaidheartha - terribly troubled (Far. - SgÓir 7); dócrach tinn - very
ill (Far. - SgÓir 45); dócrach dona leis an déideadh - very bad with toothache (Far. -
SgÓir 115); s.a. dóclach

dócrach, adj. - very troubled (Om. - Din2/Add.)

dochrach, adj. - excessive (Tyr. - ONL sub excessive)

dóchrach, adj - very (Om. - Din2 sub dochrach)

doimhin, adj.: tá mé an-doimhin ar an luibh - I am very fond of tea (Om. - Din1)

doineannta - see soineannta

dóclach - form of dócrach, very (Meath - SgÓir foclóir sub dócrach); s.a. dócrach

dodagach, adj.: caora dhodagach - a hornless sheep (Or. - ONL sub bald)

doghrainn, f.: le doghrainn daoi - through a fool's pains (Far. - SgÓir 1)

doghrainneach, adj.: duine doghrainneach - an obstreperous person (Mon. - Din2)

dóideog, f.: fuinneog dóideog - a window built up with sods (Tyr. - Din2/Add. Sub
fóideog); as dóideog mónadh tarraingtear éigean (Tyr. – PÓB:125)

dóigh, f.: go bhfuigfeadh se dóigh bheathadh air - that he would provide him with a
livelihood (Far. - SgÓir 17); dóigh a shábháilfeadh é - a plan to save him (Far. - SgÓir
48); ar dhóigh go - so that (Far. - SgÓir 48, 109); bhí dóigh mhaith orthú - they were
well off (Far. - SgÓir 105); ar dóigh - in excellent condition, right (Far. - SgÓir 55);
exactly (Or. - ONL sub exactly); sin an dóigh - all right so (Or. - ONL sub all); ar
dhóigh ar bith - at all events (Or. - ONL sub at); ar dóigh ar bith - at all hazards (Or. -
ONL sub all); dóigheannú, iolra (Tyr. – PÓB:121)

dóigheamhail, adj. - comely, applied to a boy (Or. - ONL sub comely); s.a. deas

dóigheamhlacht, f. - comeliness (Or. - ONL sub comeliness)

doimhin ar, adj. - addicted to (Or. - ONL sub addicted); tá mé an-doimhin ar an luibh
- I am very fond of tea (Om. - Din2)

doineannta, adj. - see soineannta

doire, m. - a thicket on a steep incline (Antr. - Din2); s.a. friot

dois-liath, f. - blue mould (Mon. - Din2)

dol, m. - a loop or noose (Arm. used in English - Din2)

dolaidh, f., gen. dolaidhe: a lán dolaidhe - a lot of harm, damage (Far. - SgÓir 25);
cia an dolaidh - what harm (Or. - ONL sub harm)

dológ, f. - the band that ties a sheaf (Arm. - Din2); a straw rope tied round the knees
(Arm. - Din2)

domblasach, adj. - full of gall, scornful (Far. - SgÓir 111)

donóg, f., gen. donóige - an unfortunate woman (Far. - SgÓir 102)

doraca, adj.: slaitín doraca draoidheachta - a (harmful) magic wand (Far. – SgÓir
24,29,30,31); a magical druidical wand (Or. - Din2)

doras ard – fardoras (Tyr. – PÓB:121)

dorn: troid dorna - boxing (Or. - ONL sub boxing)

dornán, m. - a lock of hair (Om., My. - Din2)

dósta - form of ósta, severe (of weather) (Om. etc. - Din2 sub ósta)

dothairne, f.: mo dhonas is mo dhothairne orm - I'll be damned (if I don't...) (Far. -
SgÓir 30)

dráchaidh, adj. - wet, dirty (of weather) (Meath, also North Connacht - Din1, Din2)

draed — see droichead

draéití – wattle drains (Tyr. – PÓB:121)

dragh: ná cuir dragh orm - do not annoy me (Antr. - Din2)

dramhdán, m. - growling, muttering (Or. - ONL sub growling, muttering)

dranncghail, f. - snarling (Or. - ONL sub snarling)

dranndán, m. - a hum (Tyr. - ONL sub hum)

dreachmhar, adj. - comely, beautiful (Om. song - Din2)

dreacht - form of dreach, countenance (Meath - Din2)

dreall - form of treall, in particular, a short period of illness (S.U. - Din2)

dreallóg, f. - a swingle-tree (Tyr. - Din2/Add.; Tyr. – PÓB:121); s.a. greallóg

dreas, f. - amount (Or. - ONL sub amount); má's maith pras de (praiseach) is leor
dreas de (Mon. - Din1, where given as masculine); má's maith praiste (praiseach) is
leor dreas de - if brocolli is good one serving of it is enough (Mon. - Din2); má's
maith praiseach bhuidhe is leór dreas de - even if wild kale be good, one bout of it is
enough (Or. proverb - ONL sub bout); s.a. dreis, brais

dreasadóir, m. - a plough-team driver (Or. - Din2)

dreasóg, f., gen. pl. id. - a briar (Far. - SgÓir 110; Om. - SgÓir 112);
dreasóg is the usual northern form but driseog (which see) in Fingal and Tuath
Éadair (Dublin – SgÓir foclóir sub dreasóg)

dreasuighim: ná dreasuigh an madadh air - do not set the dog at him (Or. - ONL sub
set)

dreidearacht, f. - act of dredging (Om. - SgÓir 92 whence Or. - Din2)

dréir, m., gen. dréar - form of dearbhráthair, brother (Om. - SgÓir foclóir sub dréir);
mo dhréireacha – my brothers (Om. – Ultach 39:11:10); s.a. dearáir

dreis, f. - a bout, a turn (Or. - ONL sub bout); s.a. brais, dreas

dreis, f. bhí dreis mhór airgid is óir leobhtha - they had a great deal of silver and
gold with them (Far. - SgÓir 105 whence Or. - Din2)

driseog – form of dreasóg (Tyr. – PÓB:121), which see

droch-amharc: thug siad droch-amharc ar ghamhna – they bewitched/cursed calves,

by looking at them while thinking covetous thoughts (Tyr. – PÓB:17, uimh 6, 13)

droch-dhóigh, f.: bhí droch-dhóigh ortha - they were badly off (Far. - SgÓir 12)

droch-shúil (same as droch-amharc) (Tyr. – PÓB:17 — uimh 6, 12)

drogad, f. - form of drogóid, drugget (Antr. - Din2 sub drogóid); s.a. drogóid

drogóid, f., gen. drogóide - drugget (a kind of cloth) (Om. - SgÓir 92,96); s.a. drogad

droich-dheor, m.: téigheann an droich-dheor go dtí seacht nglúin déag - an evil

hereditary quality comes down to the seventeenth generation (Om. - Din2)

droichead — fuaim draed atá leis, chomhair a bheith (Om. — IG XI 186);

drait, droit in Tyrone place-names (Tyr. – PÓB:101 — Cathal Ó Diolúin, Tyr. –
PÓB:121); pronounced dréat, gs dréit (Tyr. – Tip1, Tip2); seems related to Gaelic
spelling drochaid

droich-mhiotalach, adj. - bad-tempered (Tyr. - ONL sub temper)

drola - form of drol, hoop (Antr. - Din2 sub drol)

dromán, m. - horizontal board or rail at back of a door etc. (Mon. - Din2)

dromán, m. - backband (in harness) (Or. - ONL sub backband)

droo-il – the crane above the fire, South Derry form in English (Der. — RBÉ
MS1215.79); the Muinntir Luinnigh form is maide crúca (Tyr. — RBÉ MS1215.208)

druim, m.: druim an bháta - keel of boat (Antr. - Din2); chuaidh se ar druim - he
failed away (Far. - SgÓir 11) whence chuaidh sé ar dhruim ná... - he declared that ...
not [sic] (Or. - Din2); druim trasna - middle deck (Antr. presumably - Din2 sub stráic)

druimleag - a curve (Om., My. - Din2)

druim-thaisde - some high point of a ship; thug se léim árd acfuinneach i mullach
dhruim-thaisde na luighe (Far. - SgÓir 21)

duadh, m. - anxiety (Or. - ONL sub anxiety)

duais, f. - a bribe; chá nglacann an bás duais - death takes no bribe (Or. - ONL sub
bribe); cha ghlacann tú duais ó aon dhuine - you will take no bribe from anyone (Far.
- SgÓir 17)
dual: chan dual grian gan scáile — you don’t expect sunshine without shadow (Antr.
— Fullerton, Robert: Irish News 17/12/1912 7; id.
An Chraobh Ruadh (Béal Feirste, Bealtaine 1913) 41.

dubachta, adj.: uisce dubachta - bog water, from dubh+bachta (Tyr. – SML:213);
uisce dubhachta (Tyr. - Din2/Add.)

dubhach, m.: tá dubhach ar mo shúile - my eyes are dim (Om. - Din2)

dubhan alla – spider (Tyr. – SML:213)

dubhdán – dúidín (Tyr. – PÓB:121)

dubhlanachadh - challenging, threatening; bha me i gcomhnuidhe ag

dubhslánachadh claidheamh leomhtha chum iad a chongbháil ar chúl (Rath. - SR
8.6)

dubh-lia, m.: do shásuigh mé dubh-lia mo ghoire (ghoile) - I satisfied the craving of

my stomach (Or. - Din2)

dubh-lomán, m.: dubhlomán fada, dubhlomán Gaedhealach - varieties of channelled

wrack (Om. - Din2); dubhlomán na beanna buidhe - used in dyeing (Om. - Din2)

dubhrach, m.: dubhrach a thighe - the shade or dark side of his house (Antr. - Din2)

dubhragán, m. - a cloud (Om. - Din2)

dubh-shacannán, m., gen. dubh-shacannáin: léinidh dhubh-shacannáin - a shirt of

black sack-cloth (Far. - SgÓir 53 whence Or. - Din2)

duid – pronunciation of duit (Tyr. – Tip1)

dúil, f. – with verbal noun = intention, with conjunction = hope or expecation (Or. –
SgÓir foclóir sub dúil); bhí dúil agat - you intended (Far. - SgÓir 15); go rabh dúil
aige nach rachadh se a bhaile - that he hoped not to go home (Far. - SgÓir 35); gan
dúil le - unlooked-for (Or. - ONL sub unlooked-for); bhain mé dúil de - I ceased to
expect him (Or. - ONL sub appertain, hope); nuair a phós mé chá raibh dúil agam an
teaghlach uilig a phósadh - when I married, I did not intend to marry the whole
family (Or. - ONL sub marry)

duine, m. - man; "má tá," arsa Duine an chorraic duibh, ["]chan fheil sin furas a
dhéanadh..." (Rath. - SR 5.26); duine suain - a slumberer (E.U.? - Din2 Seach.); bha
coin-fheascar dubh na hoidhche ag teacht nuair thachair duine orra (Rath. - SR 5.19)

duinne - see dúinne

dúinne: is dúinne bhí gach fear aca ag iarraidh a dhícheall a dhéanamh - like that,
every man of them was striving to do his best (Or. - Din2); also duinne: is duinne - to
be sure (Far. - SgÓir 59 whence Or.- Din2)

duirceán, m.: duirceán scine - a half-worn knife (Antr. - Din2 sub duirc)

duircín, m. - a young pig (Antr. - Din2)

dúisgighim - I awaken (Far. - SgÓir 104)

duit: s.a. duid

dulchuma, f. - appearance (Or. - ONL sub look)

dúnasaíocht – clamhsán (diúnas – cosúil le Tír Chonaill) (Tyr. – PÓB:121)

dún-fhód, m. - the upper sod when ploughing across a hill (Om. - Din2)

duragán, m. - a mote in the eye (Tyr. - ONL sub mote)

é - he (as subject); agus phós é bean eile (Rath. - SR 4.3)

eabar, m.: abar na gcapall - the puddle of the horses (Der. - Din1, Din2); tá mé i n-
obar, tairrinn amach mé — I am in a bog, draw me out (pron. in yubbar, with slender
n) (Der. — IG X 613)

Eabhrais – Hebrew language (Tyr. – SML:213)

each - see feum; thug an t-each craith as é féin go dtearn cluiginí a (i)adhastair an
léithead de stráighlighe go músgail siad Ridire na nGleann (Rath. - SR 5.36); agus
dubhairt iad ris go raibh iad ar son eich Ridire na nGleann na mBeann is na
Réidhlean réidh a ghoid (SR 5.24); feumaidh iad each Ridire na nGleann, na mBeann
is na Réidhleán réidh a ghoid (Rath. - SR 4.33)

éadach buird - table-cloth (Far. - SgÓir 35)

éadach mara, m. - breeches as opposed to trousers (Tyr. - ONL sub breeches); s.a.
falacha maruidhe

éadáil: a plentiful supply, esp if fortuitously obtained; siubhal oidhche gan éadáil -
unprofitable night-walking (Din. I Mea.); ní'l éadáil tarsainn againn – we haven't
much kitchen (Mon. - Din1, Din2)

éadan, m.: as an éadan - entirely, altogether, one after another (Far. – SgÓir 17,18);
fully, entirely (Mon. - Din1); for as éadan (Mon. - Din2)

eadar - between; eadar dhá chloich - between two stones (Far. - SgÓir 53); eidir -
between (?Far. - SgÓir 119); s.a. eadra, idriú

eadarlinn, f.: pósta le fear seistreach na cruaiche móna bhéarfadh cead codlata
damh-sa go h-eadarlinn na mbó - married to a master of plough teams with his turf-
rick who would let me sleep till milking time (Om. - Din2)

eadartha – see eadradh

eadra - form of eadar, between; tá mé eadra bracach agus liath mar bhíonns na
frogannaí ins an bhfóghmhar - I am 'twixt speckled and grey like the frogs in
Autumn (Meath - Din1, Din2); form used before possessive adjectives and before
sin: eadra n-a bhean agus a chlann - between his wife and children; eadra sin is
maidin - between that and morning (Far. - SgÓir 7); s.a. eadar, idriú
eadradh, m. - milking-time (Tyr. - ONL sub milking-time); cf. mid-day break (ONL
sub time); eadrú – about 11am (Tyr. – SML:213); tá se an t-eadrú – it is
milking-time (Tyr. – SML:213); bhearfa me an t-eallach 'n a n-eadartha – I'll bring the
cows (home) to be milked (Tyr. – SML:213)

eadrascán, m. - form of eadráin, intervention etc (Om. - Din2 sub eadráin); déanamh
eadrasgán - arbitrate (Or. - ONL sub arbitrate); chá dtig fear eadarasgáin slán - the
man who goes between does not escape (no provenance - ONL sub go between);
see also idiriscín

eadrú – see eadradh

éadtrom: is éadtrom aerach siubhlann sí - light and airy she trips along (Or. - ONL
sub airy)

éag, m.: cha chreidim go héag - I'll never believe (Mea. - Din1); a bhéarfadh solas
don ghréin is chuirfeadh éagaibh an earraigh ar gcúl - which would give light to the
sun and disperse the fatal darkness of spring (Om. song - Din2); chuaidh an teine i
n-éag - the fire is out (Or. - ONL sub out)

eagal, m.: ghlac mac an ríogh eagal - the king's son got afraid (Om. - SgÓir 76);
nach mbéadh eagal air roimhe leis - that he would show no fear of him (Om. - SgÓir
76); char leig an t-eagal dó - fear did not allow him to (Om. – SgÓir 80); eagal mór -
great fear (Om. - SgÓir 97)

eagán, m.: chuaidh an bád/long go tóin eagáin - the boat/ship sank/went to the
bottom (Om. - Din1 sub eagán, tón; Din2; Or. - ONL sub abyss, sank - éagáin);
possibly form of aigéan

éagcaoineadh: tá fir is mná ag greadadh lámh is ag éagcaoineadh go cruaidh - men

and women wring their hands and bitterly bewail (Or. - ONL sub bewail)

éagnais - form of éagmais, absence (Or. - Din2 sub éagmais)

eagna, f.: chan fheil eagna agam ort - I do not pity you (Om. - Din2)

ealannú: bhí a lán eallanú eile acu — cleasannaí i dtoigh faire (Tyr. – PÓB:24,124)

eallach: bhí mé amuigh leis na heallaigh (Johnny Bán Mac Giolla Uidhir) (Tyr. –
PÓB:125,138); bhearfa me an t-eallach 'n a n-eadartha – I'll bring the cows (home)
to be milked (Tyr. – SML:213)

éanlaith - birds, used as a plural noun; éanlaith beaga na hÉirinne - all the little birds
of Ireland (Far. - SgÓir 8)

earc, m.: ná tóg cró roimhe leis na hearca - don't build the stye before you have the
pigs (Farney proverb - Din1 sub earcán; no provenance - Din2 sub earc)

earcán, m. - a young pig not thriving which has to be hand-fed (Tyr.- ONL sub pig);
the smallest piglet of a litter (no provenance - ONL sub piglet); earcán an bhalláin
deiridh - the piglet that sucks the last teat (Der. - ONL sub piglet; Din1)

éarnáil, f. - act of complaining, lamenting (E.U. - Din2)

earnais – arles, a small sum of money paid to confirm a contract when buying cattle,
etc. (Tyr. – SML:213)

earráid, f.: gurb é bás mo leannáin a thug mé i n-earráid - my love's death caused
me to rove (S.U. song "An tUltach Beadaidhe" - Din1, has thóg for thug; Din2)

earráideach, adj.: bhí mé seal aerach earráideach - I was frivolous and errant for a
time (Meath song - Din1, Din2)

easca, f. - a sedgy bog (Om., also Connacht - Din2)

éibhéal, m. - a (burning) coal; is beag an t-éibheal lasas teine mhór - a small coal
often lights a great fire (Or. - ONL sub coal); cf. same saying using sméaróid (no
provenance - ONL sub light)

eidhneachán, m. - form of eidhneán, ivy (Der. - Din1, Din2, ONL sub ivy)

eidir - see eadar

éifeacht, f.: 's go mb'fhéidir go dtiocfainn i n-éifeacht - and that perhaps I might get
better off (S.U. song - Din1, Din2)

éigean – strife; as dóideog mónadh tarraingtear éigean (Tyr. – PÓB:125)

eighinteach - some; rud eighinteach - something (Om. - SgÓir 68); rud einteach (Om.
– Ultach 39:11:10); fear éigheantach - somebody (Om. - SgÓir 72)

eilteog, f. - form of eiteog, wing; ar eilteóig, a flying; an luighe ar eilteóig – the

flying-ship (Far. - SgÓir 57); tháinig siad ar eilteóig - they came a-flying (Far. - SgÓir
63; Or. - Din2); cf. eiteog

éireog – ice (Der. – CS 17/08/1901 358); form of oidhreog

eirfidh - form of athrughadh, as in athrughadh a mbárach, athrughadh aréir,

athrughadh indé (Meath, South Ulster - Din1); form of arbhú, (the day etc) before
(Meath, Or. - Din2 sub arbhú); s.a. airfi, arfa, armhughadh, athrughadh

Éirinn - form of Éire, Ireland (Om.- Din2 sub Éire); gs. pronounced as if Éirionna (Or. -
SgÓir foclóir sub ceannfhionn); éanlaith beaga na hÉirinne - all the little birds of
Ireland (Far. - SgÓir 8)

éis: i n-éis a bheith aige duine uasal d'á léigheas - after having been with a
gentleman, healing him (Far. - SgÓir 18); 'ndeis an damhsa – after the dance (Der. –
CS 17/08/1901 358)

eisear: form of deiseabhar, sunny side, which see (Om. - Din2 sub deiseabhar)

eisgir – a gravelly hill (Tyr. – SML:213)

eite, f.: m'eite eiteóige - my feather wing (a term of endearment) (Or. - ONL sub
endearment); scian eite - a pen-knife (Cav. - Din1)

eiteach, f. - arms, grip (S.U. - Din1); grip (S.U. - Din2)

eiteagán, m. - a quill (Tyr. - ONL sub quill)

eiteóg, f.: i n-innimhe ar eiteóig - capable of flying (Om. - SgÓir 78); ghlac sí eiteóg -
she took wing (Om. - SgÓir 79); thug sí eiteóg aríst - she took wing again (Om. -
SgÓir 79); tá an t-éan ar eiteoig - the bird is flying (Arm. – SgÓir foclóir sub eiteog)

éitheach, m.: thug tú th'éitheach - you have lied, you are lying (Far. - SgÓir 50)

eitrin, eitrinn m. - forms of eitre, a furrow, groove (Mon. - Din1; Din2 sub eitre; Or.
eitrín - ONL sub furrow, trench; Tyr. – SML:213); naoi n-eitrin - (the distance of) nine
furrows (Far. - SgÓir 6); nine ridges or furrows (Mon. - Din2 sub adhtra); also found
as eitrighe?

éurog – chicken, never sicín (Der. – CS 17/08/1901 358)

eusog – a he-weasel (Der. – CS 17/08/1901 358)

fá: fá'n tigh - about the house somewhere (Or. - ONL sub about)

fabhairt, f. - form of fabhar, favour (Der. - Din2 sub fabhar); tá fabhairt agam leis - I
am sympathetic (Der. - Din1)

fághail - act of getting or finding (Far. - SgÓir 11); cha ngeobhann tú bonnóg aráin
ins an tigh (Tyr. – PÓB:124)

fágaim - I leave; fut. & cond. fuigfidh/fuigfeadh (Far. - SgÓir 14); fut. rel. fhágfas: a
fhágfas mise ann thú - which I shall leave you in (Om. - SgÓir 72), preferred in Or. to
more usual indirect relative construction (Or. - SgÓir foclóir sub fhágfas); d'fhág sí ar
an mhnaoi eile gur mharbh sí é - she blamed the other woman for killing it (Om. -
Din1; Din2, with ar an mnaoi); ná bí fágtha - don't be slack (Mon., also Donegal -
Din2 sub fágtha); bhí sé fágtha orm – I was charged with it (Antr. - Din2 sub fágtha)

fagháltán – Din2 has confusing reference to faghaltán and to Duanaire na Midhe

(Din2 sub stuaire)

faicir - form of feicfidh tú, you will see (dependent); cha n-fhaicir - you will not see
(it) (Far. - SgÓir 54); s.a. tchifir

faididheacht, f. - loneliness (Or. - ONL sub loneliness); tá faididheacht orm - I feel

lonely (Tyrone, Om. - Din1, ?also G.J.; Din2)

fáighe - form of páighe, pay (Mon. - Din1 sub páighe, Din2 sub pádh)

faill: ósníos ós árd nó ar faill - publicly or privately (Or. - ONL sub privily)

fáilte, f.: char fhan tú faill na fáilte amuigh - you did not remain long enough away to
be welcomed back (Or. - ONL sub away)

faire, f. - a waking of the dead (Om., also Donegal etc. - Din2); an fhaire, pron. an
yura as if n were slender (Om. — IG X 612)

fair-chluais – eavesdropping; bhí sé ag fair-chluais i bpluic na h-ursana - he was

eavesdropping beside the doorway (Arm. - Din2 sub pluc)
faireann – form of fóireann, which see; cha fhaireann siad orthu – ní fhóireann siad
daofa (Tyr. – PÓB:124)

fairighim - I wake, as a corpse (Or. - Din2); ar fhairigh siad an corp ann - in which
they had waked the body (Om. - SgÓir 95)

fairsing: gheabhaidh an cruinniughadh cumhang sgabadh fairsing – the tight hoard

will get a wide scattering (Or. - ONL sub hoard)

fairsinge, f. - breadth (Or. - ONL sub breadth)

faisnéidh, f. - inquiry; ag cur faisnéidhe do thimcheallta - inquiring about you (Der. -

Din1, Din2)

faisneoir – fear eolais (Tyr. – PÓB:121) (NB. in úsáid mar leas-ainm ar dhuine áithrid)

faitcheasach, adj. – backward, shy (provenance unclear, poss. Or. - ONL sub
backward)

fálach: cha rabh áit idir i bhfugas domh-sa nó i bhfad uaim a bhféidfidhe domh ag
dul i bhfálach ann, acht craobh dosrach amháin (Rath. - SR 7.36); falach,
pronunciation of folach (Der. — IG X 613)

falacha maruidhe - breeches, as opposed to trousers (Tyr. - ONL sub breeches); s.a.
éadach mara

falbh - leave, go away; thug í an tagan dó, is do fhalbh é an tigh (Rath. - SR 18.13)

falc, m. - a flood (Mon. - Din1); form of balc, downpour (Mon., also Mayo - Din2 sub
folc); chuir se a bhéal roimh an fhalc - he placed his mouth so as to drink from the
flowing water of the current (Far. - SgÓir 50)

falcarnach, adj. - billowy, flooding; 'san fhairrge folcarnaigh falcarnaigh - into the
billowy sea (Far. - SgÓir 21); s.a. folcarnach

fallsacht, f.: is trom an t-ualach an fhallsacht - slothfulness is a heavy load (Or. - ONL
sub slothfulness)

fallus, m. - form of allus, sweat (Rath. - Din1, Din2)

falmaire, m. - a slasher, one who acts with "dash" and "go" (Sligo, also Mayo – ONL
sub slasher)

falmatar, m. - the tiller of a rudder (Antr. - Din2)

fál-móine - turf-spade; theilg an triúr síos a bhfálcann móna agus i ndiaidh an

bhannaigh (Rath. - SR 14.8)

fanach - from of fanacht, act of remaining; acht fanach agam - if you would only
remain with me (Far. - SgÓir 21)

fanadh, m. - rowing slowly in fishing (Antr. - Din2)

fanadh: is iomdha holc le fanadh mé - it is many an evil deed I'd wait for (?) (Far. -
SgÓir 119)

fánaidh: imtheacht le fánaidh - to be carried away by the flood (Far. - SgÓir foclóir
sub casaidh)

fanaim - I remain; fan agam - remain in my house (Om. - SgÓir 68); 1sg. Fut.
fanóchad, pron. faná-ad (Far. - SgÓir 35)

fánas, m.: Cnoc na bhFánas (Om. place-name - Din2); 'sí is deise ghnídh gáire le
fánas a béil - she laughs most beautifully through her teeth-gap (considered as a
beauty) (Arm. song - Din2)

fanca, m. - a sheep-pen (Antr. - Din2)

fann, adj. - bleak (Or. - ONL sub bleak)

fannán, m.: fannán aniar don fhear liath - a gentle zephyr for the greybeard (Antr. -
Din2)

faobhar, m.: cloch fhaobhair - a sharpening-stone (Tyr. - ONL sub hone)

faobhtha, adj. - worn, spoiled (Om. - Din1); form of fadhbhtha, worn bare (Om., but
faobhthaidh in Donegal - Din2 sub fadhbhtha)

faofadán, m. - form of feochadán, thistle (Om. - Din2)

faofóg, f. - form of faochóg, a periwinkle (Om. - SgÓir 118; Om. - Din1, Din2 sub
faochóg)

faoi: cha bhím ar ais faoi trí seachtmhaine - I'll not be back in less than three weeks
(Om. - SgÓir 72); béidh siad foghlumtha agat faoi mhaidin i mbárach – you will have
learned them by tomorrow morning (Om. - SgÓir 86); tá sé aige faoi seo - he has it
by now (Om. - SgÓir foclóir sub faoi)

faoileadán, m. - form of faoileann, a sea-gull (Om. - Din1, Din2 sub faoileann); a gull
(Or. - ONL sub gull); s.a. faoileannán, faoileog

faoileannán, m. - form of faoileann, a sea-gull (Om. - SgÓir 108; Mon. - Din1, Din2
sub faoileann); pron. as if faoileadán (Om. - SgÓir foclóir sub faoileannán); a gull
(Mon. - ONL sub gull); s.a. faoileadán, faoileog

faoileog, f. - form of faoileann, seagull (Antr. - Din2); s.a. faoileadán, faoileannán

faoisceog, f. - a hazel (Om. - Din2)

farsainneach, f. - room, space (Far. - SgÓir 14); s.a. farsnach

faróg, f. - a natural terrace on shore or hill (Antr. - Din2); form of farragán?)

farsnach - form of farsainneach, space (Om. - SgÓir 94 whence Or. - Din2 - sub
farsainneach); s.a. farsainneach

farthadh, m. - form of faradh, a hen-roost (Or. - Din2); farthadh cearc - a hen-roost

(Far. - SgÓir 58)
fás: tá sé ag fás geal, fuar, etc. - it is growing white, cold etc. (Antr. - Din2)

fascadh, m. - shelter (Tyr. - ONL sub shelter)

fáscadh, m. - fásgadh, squeezing, pressing (Far. - SgÓir 3)

fascnóg, f. - a winnowing apparatus made of hide (Antr. - Din2)

fáslaigh – fáslach portaigh (Tyr. – PÓB:121)

fásta, adj.: duine fásta - adult (Tyr. - ONL sub adult)

fathast - still, yet; agus beidh Duine an chorraic duibh againn fóst (Rath. - SR 8.15)

fé: a rush (plant) (Mea. - Din2/Add.)

féachadh - see iara ruadh (Om. - Din2)

féachaim - I try, test (Far. - SgÓir 12)

féadaim - I can: d'fhéad tú do sháith 'ithe - you could have eaten enough (Far. –
SgÓir 40)

feadalach, f., dat. feadalaigh - act of whistling (Om. - SgÓir 90)

feadánta, adj. - cold, shy, backward (Om. – Din1, Din2); reserved, spiritless,
indifferent (Or. - ONL sub cold); backward, shy (Or. - ONL sub backward) – these
meanings shared by faitcheasach, of unclear provenance, possibly Or.; lá fuar
feadánta - a sharp cold day (S.U. - Din2)

féadar: b'fhéadar go muirbhfinn thú fhéin indiu - I might kill you today (Far. – SgÓir
5); b'fhéadar soin - that might be (Far. - SgÓir 8); b'fheadtar (Der. – CS 17/08/1901
358)

feadarnach, f. - ambuscade (Or. - ONL sub ambuscade)

féadfaidhe: b'fhéadfaidhe - perhaps (Far. - SgÓir 103); b'fhéadfhaidhe (Om. - Din2

sub b'fhéidir); féadfaidhe, p'fhéadfaidhe (Arm. - SgÓir foclóir sub b'fhéadfaidhe)

féadhm, m.: thug sé féadhm mór dó - he gave him great praise (Om. - Din1, Din2);
from English fame?

fealach - form of folach, covering, often found in Omeath (Om. - SgÓir foclóir sub
folach); s.a. folach

feam, m.: feam ruadh - a kind of sea-wrack (Om. - Din2 sub feamnach); see also
feamnach

feamnach, f.: feamnach Mhuire - a kind of sea-wrack (Rath - Din2); see also feam

feann - form of feannadh, act of flaying, skinning; thug me feann ar phocán air – I
flayed him and made bags from his skin (Far. - SgÓir 52 whence Or. - Din2 – sub
feannadh)
fear, m. leig mé an Ghaedhilg as mo cheann coshmhail[sic] leis an chéad fhear eile -
like another I forget the Irish (Or. - ONL sub another)

féar, m.: déanfar fíon de'n bhféar chraobhach - the knot-grass will become wine
(Om. song - Din2)

féarach, m.: tá na ba ar féarach - the cows are out at (hired) grazing (Tyr. - ONL sub
grazing)

fearbán, m. - any buttercup (Om., also Spiddal - Din2); (fearabán) a buttercup (Or. -
ONL sub buttercup)

féarr - form of feárr, better, best (Om. - Din2 sub feárr)

fearann, m. - arable land (Or. - ONL sub arable)

fearnóg – alder tree (Tyr. – PÓB:121)

feart, m.: ná cuir feart air - do not heed it (Antr. - Din2)

fearthaine - form of fearthain, act of raining (Om. - Din2 sub fearthain)

fearthainn: tá cuma na fearthanna air - it looks like rain (Om. - Din1 sub cuma)

féasóg, f.: féasóg liath - a grey lichen used in dyeing (Antr. - Din2)

feicinn: feidhmfidh mé an pigín sin a fheicinn (Rath. - SR 22.17); s.a. feicsinn,

feicsint, feiscint

feicsinn: cha rabh duine le feicsinn seacht in a thimcheall (Rath. - SR 9.7); s.a.
feicinn, feicsint, feiscint

feicsint: tá geoin orm tú fheicsint - I am glad to see you (Antr. - Din2 sub geoin); s.a.
feicinn, feicsinn, feiscint

feidil, f. - a wooden yoke tied to the horns of oxen (Om. - Din1, Din2)

feidhm, f.: tá feidhm agam air sin - I have need of that (Om. - Din2); chá raibh tú
annso an tan ba mhó a bhí feidhm leat - you were not here when you were most
wanted (Or. - ONL sub want)

féigion: form of éigean used in place of féidir (Or. - Din2); an féigion dúinne a
feiscint - can we see it (Far. - SgÓir 54)

feil - form of fuil, is (Or. - SgÓir passim); an bhfeil (Om. - Ultach 39:11:10); ["]chan
fheil sin furas a dhéanadh..." (Rath. - SR 5.26); chan fhuil, pron. with slender n (Om.
— IG X 613) cf Scotland

féile, f.: lá fhéil' Seoin Dic, lá nach dtáinig 's nach dtig - Tibb's Eve (Or. - Din2)

féileagán, m. - butterfly (Far. - SgÓir 116)

feireadh, m.: amach thar fheireadh an chorcáin - out over the rim of the pot (E.U. -
Din2)
féirín, m.: féirín Nodlag - a Christmas box (Arm. - Din2)

feiscint - form of feiceáil, act of seeing (Far. - SgÓir 54); s.a. feicinn, feicsinn, feicsint

feitheamh, f.: chan fheil pighinn aige ach a feitheamh le n-'athair - not a penny has
he and only depends on his father (Om. - Din2)

féitheamh - form of feitheamh, act of waiting (Om. - Din2)

feum; feumaidh iad - they must; feumaidh iad each Ridire na nGleann, na mBeann
is na Réidhleán réidh a ghoid (Rath. - SR 4.32); feidhmfidh mé an pigín sin a fheicinn
(Rath. - SR 22.16); d'fheumadh an deich is da fhichid ceathramha de'n lon dubh a
thabhairt uaidh (Rath. - SR 17.20)

fhéin - form of féin, self (Om., also parts of Munster - Din2 sub féin); muinn héin -
ourselves (Om. - Din2 sub muid)

fiach: chan fhiach é bídeog - it is worth nothing (Antr. - Din2)

fiachtach, adj. - wicked, peevish (Or. - Din2); go fiachtach - amain (Or. - ONL sub
amain)

fiadh, m.: fiadhna na carraige (na cloiche) - crickets (Om., also Ulster - Din2)

fiadhnaise, f. - witness, testimony; fágamuidne fiadhnaise ar Niall Luimneach - let us

ask N.L. to testify (Om. - SgÓir 86)

fiadhrach, adj. - ferocious (Or. - ONL sub ferocious); s.a. fíochrach, fíothrach

fiadhtach, adj.: is fuath liom bean tighe atá fiadhtach - I hate a peevish housewife
(Or. - ONL sub peevish)

fiafruighe, f.: thean th'fhiafruighe ort - how inquisitive you are! (Cavan - Din1, Din2);
id. - mind your own business (Cavan - ONL sub asking, inquisitive); tá an fhiafruí ort
(pronounced tan hiafruí ort) – go and look! mind you own business (Tyr. – SML:214);
fiostraighe ort - mind your own business (Mon., J.H[annon?] - ONL sub asking); dhŭn
hae-free orth – Hannon, quoted in SML:214

fiagáin, fiagán - forms of fiadhain, wild(ness) (Om. - Din2 sub fiadhain, n and adj)

fiagar, m.: talamh fhiagair - lea (Om., also Ulster - Din2)

fial, adj. - clever (Antr. - Din2); duine fial - a clever man (Antr. - Din2)

fiar, m.: tá fiar beag ann - there is a flaw in it (in glass etc.) (Der. - Din1, Din2)

fiata, adj. - wicked, evil (Tyr. - ONL sub wicked)

fíd - tweed (Rath. - Din2)

fíochrach, adj. - fierce, ferocious, biting (of steel) (Far. - SgÓir 55 whence Or. - Din2);
s.a. fiadhrach, fíothrach

fiodh-chearc, f. - female of woodcock (Antr. - Din2)

fíor - see míorc

fios: fios (not lenited) (Om. – Ultach 39:11:10); chuir an rí fios air - the king sent for
him (Far. - SgÓir 11)

fhios: chan fheil(stress) fhios agham – I don't know (Tyr. – Tip1)

fiosach: go fiosach damh - to my knowledge (Mon. - Din1 sub go)

fiostruighim - I ask, enquire (de, of) (Far. - SgÓir 1)

fíothrach, adj. - fierce (Or. - ONL sub fierce); s.a. fiadhrach, fíochrach

fír-ghein, f.: an fhír-ghein - the Pretender (Om. song - Din2)

fithir, f. - lea (Tyrone - Din2)

fiúbhach, adj.: mór-fhiúbhach - very worthy (Om. - Din2)

fiúdach, adj. - form of fiúntach, worthy (Om. - Din2)

fiúdas, m. - honour, respect (Om. - Din2); na trí coispeain fiúdais - the three paces of
respect when one meets a funeral (provenance unclear - Din2)

fláflach, adj. – plentiful; cha rabh an Ghaeilg chomh fláflach – Irish was not so
plentiful (Om. – Ultach 39:11:10)

flanóg, f. - form of flannóg, a weasel (Om. - Din2 sub flannóg)

fleascach, m.: fleasgach - a youth, lad (Far. - SgÓir 11); a young peasant (Or. – ONL
sub peasant)

fliuchán, m. - a frog (Der. - Din1, Din2; ONL sub frog); cf. fliuchán - wetness (no
provenance - ONL sub wet); an frog nó an fliuchán mar |
deirtear i gcorr-áit ins an chúigeadh seo (S 'ac Meanman, An Toradh 12)

fliuch-bhórd, m. - the plank next the keel of a boat (Antr. - Din2)

flústar, m. - fawning (as a dog) (Tyr. - ONL sub capering); s.a. lústráil

flústaireacht, f.: ná bí ag flústaireacht leis - don't be flattering him (Om. - Din1, Din2)

fóbair: fhóbair - almost (Tyr., also Donegal, Connacht - ONL sub almost); s.a. thóbair

fóbraim: bláth bán na finne ar fhobair mo phósadh léi - the fair blossom to whom I
had nigh been married (Meath - Din2)

fochmaidim - I mock (Tyr. - ONL sub mock); elsewhere fochmhaidim

fód fainneog – curling turf of the stack (Tyr. – PÓB:121)

fódán, m. - a green, lawn, land (Far. - SgÓir 53)

fogha, m.: fogha fuilteach - a bloody assault (Or. - ONL sub assault)
foghann - gets (Om. - SgÓir 91; E.U. - SgÓir foclóir sub foghann)

fóghantach, adj.: tá culaidh fóghantach[sic] ar an bhfear sin - that man has a well-
fitting suit of clothes (Or. - ONL sub fit)

foghluimt, f. - act of "learning" (= teaching, here) (Far. - SgÓir 19); char fhoghail mé
– I did not learn (Om. – Ultach 39:11:10)

fóghnaim: d'fhóghnóchadh an péire bróg so go maith air - this pair of boots would
suit him well (Or. - ONL sub fit, suit)

fogus: i bhfogus dó – i ngar dó (Tyr. – PÓB:122); i bhfogus Abhainn Coilleadh (Tyr. –

PÓB:7); i bhfogus do dearg – almost read-hot (Tyr. – PÓB:21)

foillseanta - form of foillsighthe, made manifest (Arm. - Din2 sub foillsighthe)

fóireann - becomes, suits (Or. - ONL sub become); fóiridh fear odhar do bhean
riabhach - a swarthy woman only deserves a sallow husband (Or. - ONL sub
deserve); chan (fh)oireann (sé) sin i dteach an óil - that does not do in an ale-house
(Or. - ONL sub do, suit) S.a. faireann

foirseadh – form of fuirseadh (Tyr. – PÓB:121) See fuirsigh.

fóis, f.: bíodh fóis agat - have patience (Antr. - Din2)

folach, m. folach taois - a covering of dough (Far. - SgÓir 50); s.a. fealach

folaighiste – covered (Tyr. – Tip2)

folár - form of foláir, superfluous : chan folár dó sin a dhéanamh - he can do that
(Antr. - Din2 sub foláir); see foráil, forál

folamhaim: d'fholamh na fir ar son seamróige - the men went off for clover (Antr. -
Din2 sub folmhuighim)

folcarnach, adj. - flooding, billowy (Far. - SgÓir 21); s.a. falcarnach

forál - form of foláir, superfluous (Antr. - Din2 sub foláir); see folár, foráil

foráil: form of foláir, superfluous (Om., also parts of Ulster - Din2 sub foláir); char
bh'fhoráil duid - it was necessary or lucky for you (lit. it was not excessive for you)
(Far. - SgÓir 5); s.a. folár, forál

forradh, m. - a breeze (Tyr., also Donegal - ONL sub breeze)

fos – i b-fhus – always pronounced thus in Omeath (Om. – Ultach 2:7:3)

fosta - also (Or. - ONL sub also)

fósta: fan agam anocht fósta - stay with me tonight too (Om. - SgÓir 70); gheobha tú
thairis sin fósta - you'll overcome that too (Om. - SgÓir 79)

fostuighim: fostuighidh - be ye silent (Om. - Din2)

fraigh-shnoighe - dampness in house walls or roof (Antr. - Din2 sub fraigh-fhliuchas)

fraochaingidheacht, f. - peevishness, anger arising from sourness of temper
(pronounced fríngíneacht) (Or. - ONL sub anger)

fraochóg – roundtree (Tyr. – PÓB:121)

fraofóg - form of fraochóg, a bilberry(?) (Mon. - SgÓir foclóir sub faofóg)

fraoilleach - a house-rafter (Om. - Din2 sub fraighleach)

fras – a shower of rain; gan deór uisge le ól aghad acht an oiread a bhéirfidh tú ar
bharr do theangan as fras ar bith ag dul seachad (Rath. – SR 5.11)

freagairt, f.: is gairm sin a fuair freagairt - that call produced an immediate response
(Om. - SgÓir 68)

fríd: ag stáirrfigh fríd an toigh - prancing about the house (Arm. - Din2 Henry Morris
sub stáirrfeach)

friot, m. - a thicket on level ground (Antr. - Din2 sub doire; Arm. [recte Antr.?] - Din2/
Add.); s.a. doire

friothamh - slanting rays of morning or evening sun (Om. - Din2)

frithir, adj. - sore (Far. - SgÓir 102; Om. – Ultach 39:11:10); the usual word in E.U.
(E.U. - SgÓir foclóir sub frithir); cos fhrithir - a sore foot (Om. etc. - Din1, Din2)

frog, m - frog; tá mé eadra bracach agus liath mar bhíonns na frogannaí ins an
bhfóghmhar - I am 'twixt speckled and grey like the frogs in Autumn (Meath - Din1,
Din2)

frú, frá, féasóg - an exclamation (= fee, fi, fo, fum) (Far. - SgÓir 8,9)

fuaidh: used for chuaidh from Inishowen to Cooley (IG X 612) (Tyr. – Tip1)

fuailceas, m. - mirth, frolic (Om. - Din2)

fuair-lith - a poultice (Rath. - Din2)

fuarán, m. - a spring (of water): tobar fuaráin - a spring well (Om. - Din1, Din2)

fuaras - past aut of gheibhim, I find (Far. - SgÓir 14)

fuathasach, adj. - very, extremely;: fuathasach fuar - terribly cold (Rath. - Din2); bha
an bhainríoghan nuadh seo fuathasach dona do chlann an ríogh (Rath. – SR 4.4);
b[h]a corrach fuathasach dubh ar an dhuine céadna seo (Rath. – SR 5.20); s.a.
cuinnireach (Antr. - Din2), cinnteach

fudar – fudar, mar atá i dTír Chonaill (Tyr. – PÓB:121)

fugas: cha rabh áit idir i bhfugas domh-sa nó i bhfad uaim a bhféidfidhe domh ag
dul i bhfálach ann, acht craobh dosrach amháin (Rath. - SR 7.35)

fuighinn - 1sg cond dep of gheibhim, I find; dhá bhfuighinn-se aríst - if I could get
back again (Far. - SgÓir 3)
fuil — blood: an fhuil, pron. an yel, as if n were slender (Om. – IG X 613)

fuil — part of verb be: see feil

fuinneamhach, adj. - insignificant (Der. - Din1, Din2); elusive (Tyr. – PÓB:121)

fuireach: dá mb'áil leat fuireach – if you were willing to stay (Tyr. – SML:213)

fuirsigh: is fada go bhfuirseóchaidh sé oiread is threabh mise - it will be long before

he shall have accomplished as much as I have (Or. proverb; Henry Morris - ONL sub
accomplished)

fuil: ag tligint fola - bleeding (Om. - Din1 sub teilgim; Or. - ONL sub bleeding)

fuir - form of fir, man: ag caoineadh a fir, ag caoineadh a fuir - mourning her
husband (with varied repeat for emphasis) (Far. - SgÓir 27,32)

fuirealt - form of fuireacht, staying, abiding (Tyr. - ONL sub staying)

fuirm - form of feirm (Tyr. - ONL sub farm)

furnáil, f. - the act of rolling (Der. - Din1)

furtuighim: furtuigheann béal na h-uaighe béal na truaighe - the mouth of the grave
relieves the mouth of the miserable (Or. - ONL sub relieve)

fúsaigh - a warm drink (Mon. - Din2 sub súsaigh); s.a. súsaigh

fúthadán, m. - thistle (Tyr. - ONL sub thistle)

gá, pron. - who, which; gá hé? - who, who is it? (Far. - SgÓir 13); gá leis e? - whose is
it? (Or. - SgÓir foclóir sub gá); gá hé thusa? - who are you? (Far. - SgÓir 17); gá thú
féin?- who are you? (Far. - SgÓir 42); béidh fhios againn gá hagainn a' fear is fhearr -
we will know which of us is best (Om. - SgÓir 76); is cuma gá hacú bhí nó nach rabh -
it doesn't matter whether it was or it wasn't (Far. - SgÓir 1); ga h-é thócfas an ofráil?
– who will lift the (funeral) offerings? (Om. – Ultach 2:7:3)

gá, adj. - which, what; gá hainm atá ort-sa? - what is your name? (Far. - SgÓir 63);
gá hainm duid? - id. (Far. - SgÓir 54)

gá, interr. part. - where? gá bhfeil? - where is? (Om. - SgÓir 99); s.a. gá'il

gá - form of dá, if; see dhá

gabáiste: beidh sí 'na tarsann do'n ghabáiste - it will be kitchen for the cabbage
(Far. - SgÓir 104; Mon. - Din1, Din2 sub tarsann)

gabh – catch: má théidh tú amach anocht gabhthar ort go dearbhtha - if you go out
tonight you will surely be apprehended (Or. - ONL sub apprehend); caidé dhéanfadh
nighean an chuit acht luchóg do ghabháilt - what should the cat's daughter do but
catch rats (Or. - ONL sub catch; s.a. sub cat); gabhaim i ndol - I catch (hares, rabbits)
with a wire loop (N. Sligo - ONL sub ensnare, entrap)

gabh – sing: ghabh [siad] ceóltaidhe Gaedhilge (Der. – CS 17/08/1901 358)

gabhaim: gabhaim do chomhairc - I beg your pardon (Far. - Din2); see also soir,
srúbadh

gabhlán, m.: gabhlán puill - a sand-martin (Antr. - Din2)

gabhtha: tá mé chómh gabhtha le mo bhás is le bheith beo - I am as contented to

die as to live (Antr. - Din2)

gach: thart gach dtaoibhe de, pron. hart ga dhivă dhe — all around (Om. — IG X 613)

gachan — usual form of gach aon, achan; see also gán

gad - form of cad, what; ársóchaidh mise gad dhéanfaidh tú léithi - I will tell you
what to do with her (Far. - SgÓir 15); s.a. god

gad as — why?: gad as nach gcathainn tú culaith mhaith síoda? Why don't you wear
a fine silk outfit? (Arm. — Ultach 5:3:8)

Gaedhlag, m. - the Gaelic language (Om. - Din2 sub Gaedhealg) See also Ultach
44:8:10 (Gaelag) and 45:9:17 (Gaolag), both Om.

gafann, f.: crann gafainne - henbane plant (Mon. - Din1, Din2 sub gafann; Or. – ONL
sub henbane)

gág, m.: hata gáige - a cleft hat (E.U.? - Din2 Seachrán)

gaibhlean, m. - the abdomen (Or. - ONL sub abdomen); the groin (Or. - Din2 sub
gaibhleach)

gaibhleóg, f. - the groin (Or. - ONL sub groin)

gaibhneoir – blacksmith (Tyr. – PÓB:14)

gaibhte, adj.: tá tú gaibhte - you are caught (Or., also Donegal - ONL sub caught)

gáid, m. - a father (Mea., also Ulster - Din1, Din2); a gháid, o father (Far. – SgÓir
110); cailín a rachadh sé go tigh a gháid ar a chéilidhe go minic - a girl to whose
father's house he'd often go a-visiting (Far. - SgÓir 39); a gháid agus a mháthair - his
father and mother (Far. - SgÓir 18); ba ghnathach le mo gháid mhór – my
grandfather often… (Om. – Ultach 2:7:3)

gaididh, m. - daddy; mo ghaididh - my daddy (Om. - SgÓir 105)

gá'il - form of gá bhfeil, where is (Om. - SgÓir 101)

gaileach, m. - steam, smoke (Om., also Donegal - Din2)

gailleog, f. - a servant maid (Ferm. - Din2)

gairmneach, m. - sea-bream (Rath. - Din2)

gairteál, m - a garter (Om. - SgÓir 73); s.a. gáirtneál

gáirtneál, m. - a garter (Far. - SgÓir 21); s.a. gairteál

gaisgidheach, m. - an antic, a buffoon (Or. - ONL sub antic)

gaisgidheacht, f. - an antic, a trick (Or. - ONL sub antic)

gaiste, f.: in plural, tricks (Om. etc. - Din2)

gaistidhe - antics (Tyr. - ONL sub antics)

gála, m. - noise, confusion (Om. - Din2)

galar, m.: galar clúimh - moulting (Om. - Din2)

gállacht, f. - affectation (Or. - ONL sub affectation)

gallagún - a tadpole (Mea. - Din2/Add.)

gallaidheacht, f. - flattery, affectation (Or. - Din2)

Galldacht, f.: má's giobacht Galldacht táim i gcló na huaisle - if it be fashionable to

be in rags then I am of the nobility (Arm. - Din2)

galltacht, f. - pedantry (Or. - ONL sub pedantry)

Galltacht - form of Galldacht, foreign ways (Arm. etc. - Din2 sub Galldacht)

galruigheas, m.: ghlac mé galruigheas - I took sick (Cav. - Din1)

gamairle - form of gamarall, a gomeril (Mon. - Din2 sub gamarall); see also
gomaráil, gomach

gán – form of gach aon, every; gán seort – all kinds of things (Om. – Ultach
39:11:10); see also gachan

gann, adj.: is gann dam - I shall scarcely (E.U.? - Din1 Neilson); gann ionntú – short
of them (Far. - SgÓir 52); cf gearr

gannabuidhe, m. - weakness (Der. - Din1, Din2)

gann-chuid, gen. gann-choda: ar ghann-chuid - in poverty (Far. - SgÓir 17); tigh na

gann-choda - hungry house (Far. - SgÓir 39)

gaobhar, m. - neighbourhood, vicinity (Or., also Peadar Ó Laoghaire - ONL sub

neighbourhood, vicinity)

gaoisead, f. - a horse hair used in fishing (Antr. - Din2); marbhóchaidh tú bradán ar

ghaoisid - you'll work wonders! (Antr. - Din2)

gaoisean, m. - nostril (Tyr. - ONL sub nostril); s.a gaosán

gaol, m. - love: is tú mo ghaol - you are my darling (Antr. - Din2); thuit Oisín i ngaoil
léithe ar an ball (Rath. - SR 16.19); d'fhiafruigh an deich is da fhichid de, na'm
b'urrainn ris an cloch a thógail suas ar an chaiseal go mbeidheadh gaol acu air go
bráth (Rath. - SR 17.18)

gaorfach - form of guairfeach, fluttering (Mon. - Din2 sub guairfeach); gaorfaigh -

form of guairbre, fluttering, waving (of flags) (Mon. - Din1 sub guairbre); s.a.
guairbre, guairfigh

gaosán, m. - a nostril (Far. - SgÓir 62); s.a. gaoisean

gaothannú – lungs (Tyr. – PÓB:19)

gaothsánaí – windpipes (Tyr. – PÓB:19)

gar, m. - a favour, good turn (Far. - SgÓir 35); an ndéanfair gar dom? - will you do
me a favour? (Or. - ONL sub favour, oblige)

gar – tá rud einteach iontu [oidhsteirní] a dheanas gar duit – there is something in
them [oysters] that is good for you (Om. – Ultach 39:11:10)

gárb: gárb áird duid? - what direction do you belong to? (Far. - SgÓir 54); gárb áird
b'as duid ná gárb ainm duid? -what direction do you belong to or what is your name?
(Far. - SgÓir foclóir sub gárb)

garbhán, m.: garbhán bodaigh (praiseach) - wild kale (Der., also Donegal - Din1; no
provenance - Din2); garbhán creagach - soapwort (Der., also Donegal - Din2)

garbhlach, m.: garbhlach Bhaile' Cliath - the rocky road to Dublin (Antr. - Din2)

gargán, m. - a ship rope (Antr. - Din2)

garranta, adj. - cramped, stunted (Om. - Din1, Din2; Or. - ONL sub cramped);
Gaedhealg gharranta - cramped Irish (no provenance - Din1, Din2)

gasta, adj.: go gasta - soon (Om. - Din2)

gasun - little boy (Om. - SgÓir 80; Meath - SgÓir 114); Louth and Meath form (Louth,
Meath - SgÓir foclóir sub gasún); gahson, form in English (Arm. — RBÉ MS1215.3);
s.a. gasur

gasur - little boy (Mon. - SgÓir foclóir sub gasún); s.a. gasun

gasúr: gasraí - youths (Der. - Din1 sub gasraidhe; Din2 sub gasradh); tarthán gasúir
(Ulster, but not Donegal - Din1 sub tarthán)

geab, m. - enchantment (Der. - ONL sub enchantment); fá gheabaibh – under

enchantment (Der. - ONL sub magic); enchanted (Der. - Din1, Din2)

geabhfaidh - fut of gabhaim, I go or pass (Far. - SgÓir 4); see lámh

geafta, m. - a gate (Der., also Donegal - Din1)

géag, f. - the image of a girl made on Patron Day (Aug. 10) and the May festival
(Om. - Din2)
gealbán, m. - a nice bright fire (Antr. - Din2)

gealbhan, m.: gealbhan liath - linnet (Antr. - Din2)

geall, m.: i ngioll báire - in charge of the goal (Mon. - Din1); i ngeall báire – in charge
of a goal (Mon. - Din2)

geall, m.: a gheall na min' eorna - as a pledge for the barley meal (Om. - SgÓir 118)

gealltas, m. - a pledge (Tyr. - ONL sub pledge)

gealsach - rainbow's end (N. Co. Dublin - Din2 sub gilseacht)

geamach, adj. - blear-eyed (Meath - Din1, ONL sub blear-eyed; Meath, Om. etc. -
Din2)

geanncanach, m. - a leprechaun (Mea., also parts of Ulster - Din1; Or. - ONL sub
leprechaun)

geant - yawning (Tyr. - ONL sub yawn)

géarait, adj. - warlike, heroic (Antr. - Din2 sub géaraid)

gearr, adj.: gearr as mhálaíbh - short of bags (Far. - SgÓir 52); bhí sé cionn gearr - he
was one short (Far. - SgÓir 13); cf gann

geárr, m. (pl. geárraidheanna) - a cockroach (Om. - Din2)

gearradh éagórach – hungry tax (Tyr. – PÓB:122)

gearraidhe: tinneas gearraidhe - diarrhoea (Or. - ONL sub diarrhoea)

gearraim: ghearr sé an-léim - he took a great leap (Der. - Din1)

gearrán, m. - a horse (Louth, also Connacht and Ulster - Din1, Din2); vs. capall, a
mare

gearr dromaidh: bhuail sé buille ar a ghearr dromaidh - he struck a blow on the

gearr dromaidh (to gain admittance to a castle) (Om. - SgÓir 66)

gearróg, f. - a short or impertinent answer (Antr. - Din2)

geata - a gate; thochaiseochainn me féin ar na geataíbh agus d'fhuigfinn mo chuid

fionnaidh ortha - I would scratch myself against the gates and leave my hairs on
them (spoken by a horse) (Far. - SgÓir 24); ní'l aon gheata a dteachaidh siad amach
air nachar fhág an fear bocht lorg na gcos ins an chlábar - there was no gate they
went out through that the poor man did not leave footprints in the mud (Far. - SgÓir
13)

géillbheailt, f. - form of géilleadh, submission (Mon. - Din2 sub géilleadh); act of

obeying, obedience (Far. - SgÓir 11)

géilleadh, m.: gan ghéilleadh dó sin - without paying attention to that (Far. - SgÓir 1)

geillic, f. - an earwig (Om., Down - Din2)

geimheal, f.: tá an long ar an gheimheal - the ship is moored (Antr. - Din2)

geireacha - [exact meaning unclear] (Om. - Din2 sub geir)

geoin, f.: tá geoin orm tú fheicsint - I am glad to see you (Antr. - Din2)

geonalach, adj. - ostentatious (Louth - Din2)

geonalacht, f. - ostentation (Louth - Din2)

gheibhim - I get, find; nach ngeobhadh rí ar bith le pósadh í - that no king would get
her for his bride (Om. - SgÓir 82); but chan fhaghann tú - you will not get (Om. -
SgÓir 83)

gibléideach – a slovenly person (Tyr. – PÓB:122)

gidh: gidh nach mbíonn - although there be not (Or. - ONL sub although)

giobach, adj. - untidy (Or. - ONL sub untidy)

giobacht - raggedness; má's giobacht Galldacht táim i gcló na huaisle - if it be

fashionable to be in rags then I am of the nobility (Arm. - Din2)

giobal, m. - a handkerchief (Arm. etc. - Din2; Or. - ONL sub kerchief)

giobhal [sic], m. - a clout, a rag (Tyr. - ONL sub clout)

giodal: bíonn giodal ar dóigh orthu [na cailíní] anois (Tyr. – PÓB:25)

giodróg, f. - a slightly-built girl (Or. - ONL sub girl)

giolach, m. - form of giolcach, broom (plant) (Or. - ONL sub broom)

giolcach – reeds (Tyr. – PÓB:121)

giolla, m.: giolla gan aire - Paddy-go-easy (Or. - ONL sub easy); gur mheasa léithi
Giolla Beag na dTrí gCeathramha nó'n ceathrar fear d'fhág sí i nÉirinn thall - that
she feels worse about (the loss of), i.e. that she would rather have G.B.T.C. than the
four men she left behind in Ireland (Far. - SgÓir 27; Or. - Din2 sub measa); a ghiolla
na dtaod - o headstrong youth (Om. song - Din1 sub taod)

giomanach – a lump of a lad (Tyr. – SML:214)

gionc, m. - a dog (slang) (Mon. - Din2)

giorrsanta, adj.- short and thick-set (Far. - SgÓir 112) whence giorsanta - short and
thick-set (of a person) (Or. - Din2)

giorróg, f. - see giúlanta (Antr. - Din2); or a form of gearróg, something cut short,
which see

giorsanta - see giorrsanta

giortach: tomhas giortach – ar a’ ghannchuid, short measure (Tyr. – PÓB:123)

giosán, m. - a sock, man's stocking (Or. - ONL sub sock)

giostaire, m. - a crab (i.e. an old-fashioned youth) (Or. - ONL sub crab); an giostaire
agus an chailleach - the old man and the old woman, the name of a children's game
(Om. - Din1); an giostaire agus an tsean-chailleach - id. (Om. - Din2); gistra, form in
English, male equivalent of kess-ug, an old-fashioned or cute girl (Arm. — RBÉ
MS1215.10)

gipís, f. - giblets, offal (Or. - ONL sub giblets, offal); entrails, giblets (Om. - Din2)

girrfhiadh: pis ghirrfhiaidh - wild vetch (Mon. - Din2 sub pis)

girrseach: tarthán girrsighe (Ulster, but not Donegal - Din1 sub tarthán); gesha, form
in English (Arm. — RBÉ MS1215.3)

giúlan, m. - act of behaving, behaviour, conduct (Antr. - Din2); mí-ghiúlan -

misconduct (Antr. - Din2 sub mí-)

giúlanaim: giúlan tú féin - behave yourself (Antr. - Din2)

giúlanta, adj.: cha bhíonn giorróg ar pháiste ghiúlanta - a well-behaved child is

always fortunate (Antr. - Din2)

giúsán, m., gen giúsáin - shortness of breath (Far. - SgÓir 112) whence panting(?)
(Or. - Din2 sub gaiseá); shortness of breath (Or. - ONL sub breath); méin mhór
ghiúsáin - a great disposition to shortness of breath (Far. - SgÓir 112)

giústach, m.: giústach gan mhothughadh - an unfeeling brute (Mon. - Din2)

glabaire, m. - one who talks too much (Tyr. - ONL sub open-mouth)

glacaim - I take; gan glacaint le n-a léigheas - not to accept or have anything to do
with healing him (Far. - SgÓir 17); é ghlacadh le n-a léigheas - to accept or take him
in order to heal him (Far. - SgÓir 18); ghlac mac an ríogh eagal - the king's son got
afraid (Om. - SgÓir 76)

glafarnach, f.: ag glafarnaigh - barking viviously (Or. - ONL sub barking)

glagaram gré - a foolish nonsensical talker (Meath - Din1)

glagram gré, m. - a foolish prater (Meath - Din2)

glaic, f. - a hollow place (Der. - Din1)

glaic, f. - form of glac, grasp, handful (Der. - Din2 sub glac); lán glaice – a handful
(Tyr. – SML:214)

glaicín, m. - a fetter (Or. - ONL sub fetter); a "cross-langle" on a horse or cow (Tyr. -
ONL sub langle)

glaiseog, f - form of glasóg, wagtail; glaiseog gabhail - water or pied wagtail (Antr. -
Din2 sub glasóg)

glaodh: ní'l glaodh aige - he has not a spark of wit (Tyr. - ONL sub spark)
glasán, m. - a coal-fish two-year old or over (Antr. - Din2)

glas-ghaibhlinn - very green grass through which water generally runs (Der. - Din1)

glas-sheile, f. - acidity of the stomach with a fluid discharge from the mouth (Om.,
also Mayo etc. - Din2)

glé - very; tá go maith, is glé-mhaith (Rath. - SR 6.39); aon de oidhcheibh bhá mé

amuigh glé-mhall agus ró-mhall (Rath. - SR 7.14); nuair d'éirigh mé glé-chortha,
chonnaic mé tigh mhadaidh i bhfad uaim (Rath. - SR 7.16)

gleamhsán, m. - act of toying with, courting (with le) (Om. song - Din2)

gleann, m.: tá mé ag dul síos an gleann - I am going down the hill (Meath - Din1,
Din2), I am going downhill (dying) (Mea. - ONL sub hill); na Glinne - the Glens of
Antrim (Antr. - Din2)

gléas, m.: goidé 'n gléas atá ort? - how are you? (Sligo - Din1); goidé 'n gléas a
ndeárna tú é? - how did you do it? (Sligo - Din1); goidé an gléas atá ort? goidé an
gléas a bhfuil tú? - how are you? (Sligo - ONL sub how)

gleidearnach: tá se a' gleidearnaigh – it is raining heavily (Tyr. – SML:214)

gleisneach, adj. - tricky (Om. - Din2)

glicín, m. - a spancel for the front legs of a cow (Der. - Din1); a spancel for the
forefeet of a cow (Der. - ONL sub spancel)

glionnda - form of glinn, frame of which fishing line or measuring line is folded (Sligo
- Din1 sub glinn)

gluicín, m. - form of glaicín, small handful (Der. - Din2 sub glaicín)

gnaithe, m.: ní'l aon ghnaithe bhéidheadh le teanamh fá'n tigh nach gcaithfinn a
dheanamh - I had to do everything around the house (Far. - SgÓir 24); go rabh
gnaithe aige leis - that he wanted to see him (Far. - SgÓir 37); glan leat le do
ghnaithe - be gone about your business (Om. - SgÓir 86); fan go seadh! chan fhuil
mo ghnaithe réidh go seadh! - wait a while! I haven't yet finished what I'm doing
(Far. - SgÓir 47)

gnaithe, f. - business (Or. - ONL sub business); s.a. cionn graithe

gnaitheach, m. - business (Mon. - Din1)

gnó: do rinne an solas so gnó na gréine - this light did the office of the sun (Or. -
ONL sub office)

gnog: "tig anuas ar ghnog mo dhroma," ars an sionnach (Rath. - SR 14.36)

gobadán, m.: chá dtig leis an ghobadán friotháil ar a' dá thráigh - the gobadan
cannot attend both strands (Or. proverb - ONL sub attend)

gobóg, f. - female character with hanging lip (Mon. folklore - Din2/Add.)

god chuige - why? (Far. - SgÓir 57); s.a. gad

gogaille, m.: gogaille gaoithe - a weather-cock (Arm. - Din2)

goic, f. - haughtiness (Or. - ONL sub hauteur)

goidé: goidé 'fhios agam-sa gá thú fhéin? - how would I know who you are? (Far. -
SgÓir 42); goidé an aois atá agat? - what age are you? (Or. - ONL sub what); s.a. cá

goil: ghoileadh siad é i bpota – they used boil it in a pot (Tyr. – PÓB:19)

goile, f.: goile gaisgidh - battle skills, battle valour (Far. - SgÓir 53); pron. appar.
galla (Far. - SgÓir foclóir sub goile)

goile - ? form of goire, nearness (Om. - Din2 sub r)

goill: tá cruadhas na haimsire ag goilleadh air - the severity of the weather is

affecting him (Or. - ONL sub affecting)

goirge, m. - a dolt (Mon. - Din2)

goirgeach, m. - foolish person, one who has plenty of sense but does not know how
to use it (Or. - ONL sub foolish person)

goirid, adj.: is goirid go dtiocfaidh [sé] - he will soon come (Far. - SgÓir 28)

góiséis, f. - a stocking (Mon. - Din2)

gomach - a booby (L[einster], also Donegal - Din2 sub gomaráil); see also gamairle,
gomaráil

gomaráil, m. - a fellow with his mouth wide open (Der. - Din1; gomach in Leinster
and Donegal); a booby (Der. - Din2); gomarail - a booby, dunce (Der. - ONL sub
booby; no provenance - ONL sub gawk); s.a. gamairle, gomach

gómh - form of cómh, as, so (Farney - Din2 sub g)

gomlaíocht – fagháil locht (Tyr. – PÓB:122)

gópan – a handful (Tyr. – SM:214)

gorb, m. - a glutton (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

go seadh - yet, up to the present, as yet, still; bíonn sé ag ceol go seadh (Tyr. –
PÓB:155); (Tyr. – PÓB:2,14,20,48); fan go seadh! chan fhuil mo ghnaithe réidh go
seadh! - wait a while! I haven't yet finished what I'm doing (Far. - SgÓir 47);
pronounced as if go séith, go seamh, go teamh in Oriel, go seich (sheih) in N
Donegal (Or. - SgÓir foclóir sub go seadh); chuala PÓB ‘go seadh’ ag sean fhear ar
an Tearmann, Tír Chonaill (Tyr. – PÓB:121)

gotach, adj. - stammering (Brefny - Din2)

gotán, m. - a harvester, harvest-worker (Or. - ONL sub harvester)

gothadh, m.: tá an gothadh sin air - he has the appearance of it (Or. - ONL sub
appearance)

grabach, adj. - gapped, as the teeth (Mon. - Din2)

grác: cuirim grác ar - I frighten (as a child by frowns) (Antr. - Din2 sub grác, grág)

gragarnach, f. - act of shouting in a craving manner; bhí sé ag gragarnaigh ag

iarraidh a thuillidh dighe - he was calling for more drink (Far. - SgÓir 63 whence Or. -
Din2); growling (Mon. - Din2)

gráice - comparative of gránna (Om. - Din2)

gráileach - smut (Arm. - Din2/Add.)

gráinne, m. - granite (?); Cabhán an Ghráinne (Om. place-name - Din2)

grainnín: chaith siad trí ghrainnín cré thaire leis na capaill (Tyr. – PÓB:125)

gráisc, f. - a crowd of little boys (Antr. - Din2)

gráiscealach, adj. - form of gráisceamhail, vulgar etc. (Om. - Din1; Din2 sub
gráisceamhail); gráisceamhail, gráiscealach - obscene (Or. - ONL sub obscene)

grápa – graeipe (Tyr. – PÓB:121)

greadán, m.: 'sé mo mhíle milleadh agus mo ghreadán cráidhte gan mé féin agus
cailín an Tighe Bháin a bheith seal ar a'n iúl - I am bitterly sad that I cannot spend a
while with the girl of the White House (Or. - SgÓir foclóir sub iúl)

greagairim: ag greagar gach lá gan léan - enjoying each day without worry (Or. –
ONL sub enjoy)

greallóg, f. - the swingle-tree in ploughing (Mon., also Donegal - Din2); s.a. corm,
dreallóg

gréasán, m.: chan fheil eadrainn is flaitheas Dé acht gréasán damháin alla - only a
spider's web separates us from heaven (Om. - Din2)

greideal, f., gen. greidle (pron. greille), dat. greidil - a griddle (Far. – SgÓir 35,50; Or.
- ONL sub griddle)

greimighim - I fix, fasten (pron. as if grimighim) (Far. - SgÓir 57)

grian: chá mbuan an cioth agus an ghrian in áirde - the shower will not last while the
sun is up (Or. - ONL sub as)

grioba, m.: caidé an grioba atá ort? - why are you worried, anxious? (Tyr. – ONL
uneasiness)

gríodar, m. - sediment (Tyr. - ONL sub sediment)

gríosgán, m. - a grillade, that which is grilled (Or. - ONL sub grillade)

groiseog, f. - a gooseberry (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

gruagach, m. - an antic, a buffoon, an artful dodger; also, a champion (Or. - ONL sub
antic, artful, champion; s.a. sub brownie)

gruamdha, adj. - gloomy, sullen (Far. - SgÓir 54)

grud buidhe - biestings (Or. - ONL sub biestings); s.a. gruth

grúgam, m. - a kind of bivalve shell-fish (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

gruid, f. - thick stuff called "wastings" in stilling (Der. - Din1)

gruig, f. - an angry or sulky appearance (Or. - ONL sub angry, sulky)

gruth, m.: gruth bán - curds (Om. - Din2); gruth buidhe - biestings (Om. - Din2); s.a.
grud buidhe

guairbre, f. - fluttering, waving (of flags) (Om. - Din1, Din2); s.a. gaorfach, guairfigh

guairfigh - fluttering, waving (of flags) (Der. - Din1 sub guairbre); s.a. gaorfach,
guairbre

guamach, adj. - neat, comfortable, in good circumstances (Antr. - Din2); cómh

guamach le guamóig cois na teineadh - as comfortable as a neat little girl beside
the fire; cailín guamach - a girl with a good dowry (Antr. - Din2)

guamóg, f. - a neat little girl (Antr. - Din2); cf guamach

guarna, f. - an ugly woman (Arm. song - Din2)

gucarnach, f. - cackling (Om. - Din2; also Mon. - Din2 sub scolagnach)

gug - form of gog, sound (Mon. - Din2 sub gog)

guibhe, f. - form of guidhe, prayer (Meath, also Ulster and Connacht - Din1 sub
guidhe; Meath, also Ulster, Connacht, Munster poet - Din2 sub guidhe)

guilpín, m. - an unmannerly person (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

gul - going; this is normal Oriel form (Or. - SgÓir foclóir sub teanamh); s.a. tul

gúngach, m. - malformation of nostrils as evinced in speaking (Mon. etc. - Din2); táir

chomh gungach le Punncán - you are as nasal as a Yankee (Or. - ONL sub nasal); cf.
gungach - narrow-shouldered (no provenance - ONL sub shoulder); gungach -
snivelling (no provenance - ONL sub snivelling)

guth, m.: a ghuth ó Ghaillimh aniar - (he had) a Galway accent (Far. - SgÓir 112)

hataí ceastair – tall hats (Tyr. – PÓB:122)

heagmhadh: an chaint a heagmhadh eadorra - the conversation that took placed

between them (?Far. - SgÓir 119); char heagmhadh damh bheith istigh - I did not
happen to be in (Om. - SgÓir foclóir sub heagmhadh); nár heagmhadh ins an láthair
iad - that they did not happen to be present (Om. - SgÓir foclóir sub heagmhadh)

héamaí – hames (of harness) (Tyr. – PÓB:122)

heat: cha raibh hate air — i dTír Chonaill fosta (Na Cruacha, Tearmann) (Tyr. –
PÓB:120); cha raibh hate ar an sath ach craiceann agus sciana — bhí slad déanta ar
an iasc san abhainn (Tyr. – PÓB:124)

í - she (as subject); smuainigh an tsean-bheanríoghán go ndéanfadh í ar shiubhail

leobhtha (Rath. - SR 4.5); chuaidh í ionnsuidhe an mac budh sine (Rath. - SR 4.6)

iad - they (as subject); d'imrigh iad de na cárdaíbh (Rath. - SR 4.16)

iara ruadh, f.: ag féachadh na hiara ruaidhe - hunting the red hare (Om. - Din2 sub
iar, iora)

iaraga, pl.: is caol a thig na hiaraga - it's slyly the arrears gather (Om. - Din1, Din2,
Or. proverb - ONL sub arrears)

iarraidh, m. - aim (Mon. - Din1, Din2)

iasacht, f. - loan (Far. - SgÓir 43)

íce: chuir sí íce le n-a sgiorta - she put an addition to her skirt (Or. - ONL sub
addition)

idir - at all; cha dtug é freagra idir do (Rath. - SR 5.22); cha rabh áit idir i bhfugas
domh-sa nó i bhfad uaim a bhféidfidhe domh ag dul i bhfálach ann, acht craobh
dosrach amháin (Rath. - SR 7.35); cha d'fhuair é idir í (Rath. – SR 21.30); chan fheil
airgead idir agam chum an chíos a reic (Rath. - SR 18.36)

idiriscin - form of eadarscain, interposition (Mea., also Donegal - Din1 sub

eadarscain); idirscín (Tyr. – PÓB:122)

idriú – form of eadar; idriú na cnoic (Tyr. – PÓB:122); bhí lá breitheamhnais idriú iad
ag an eaglais — a day of decision or judgement (Tyr. – PÓB:125) s.a. eadar, eadra

imrigh - play; d'imrigh iad de na cárdaíbh (Rath. - SR 4.16)

-in - form of -ín (Or. - Din2/Add.)

inchurtha: tá aithne agam ar Phadaí Láidir, níl aonduine inchurtha leis (Pádraig Mac
Culadh – Padaí Mhicí Bhriain) (Tyr. – PÓB:126)

ine - form of i, in (Ulster folktales - Din2 sub i); ine dtigh - into a house (Far. – SgÓir
115); is mór liom ine ngreim thú, 's is beag liom ine ndá ghreim thú - you are too big
to eat in one bite but you are too small to make two bites of (Far. - SgÓir 2); s.a.
ionna

íneadh, m.: cuir Dia hAoine is bain Dia hAoine is chá bheidh íneadh ort go bráth -
sow on Friday and reap on Friday and you will never be in want (Or. – ONL sub want)
íneadh: gan íneadh - shameless (Om. - Din2)

inneal, f. - anvil (Or. - ONL sub anvil)

innimhe: i n-innimhe ar eiteóig - capable of flying (Om. - SgÓir 78)

innleán, m.: innleán meathlaidheachta - a reaping machine (Der. - Din1, Din2)

innseir - form of ionns'ar, towards (Or. - Din2 Sg. Oir. **** not in foclóir)

inteacht: leigheasann achan luibh rud inteacht (Tyr. – PÓB:125)

inntean - form of eighinteach, some; rud inntean - something (Far. - SgÓir 115)

inntint, f. - ingenuity (Tyr. - ONL sub ingenuity)

iocshláinte, f. - anodyne (Or. - ONL sub anodyne)

íochtar, m. - the lower part, the north (Far. - SgÓir 3)

íochtrach, adj. - lowly; má tá mo chulaith íochtrach, go bhfuil mo sgéal árd - though I

may be of mean appearance, I have an important message (Far. - SgÓir 45 whence
Or. - Din2)

iolach: tá na fir ag iolach - the men are shouting (Antr. - Din2)

iolar, gender mixed - eagle; an iolar - the eagle (Om. - SgÓir 78); nead an iolair – the
eagle's nest (Om. - SgÓir 83.84)

iolcaim - form of adhlaicim or adhlacaim, I bury (Sg.Óir foclóir whence Far. - Din2);
d'iolc se - he buried (Far. - SgÓir 15); an oidhche chéadna d'iolcadh í – the same
night she was buried (Far. - SgÓir 15); tá [sé] le hiolcadh - [he] is to be buried (Om. -
SgÓir 87)

iomad: an iomad saidhbhris - too much riches (Far. - SgÓir 12); iomad airgid – too
much money (Or., also Munster - ONL sub excess, gender given as masculine)

iomadaigh - form of iomata, too much; an iomadaigh - too much (Om. - Din2)

iomáil - form of iomáin, hurling (Om. - Din1; Or. - ONL sub hurling)

iomar, m. - a boat-shaped straw satchel (Mon. - Din2)

iomardas, m. - a dispute, a conbtroversy (?Far. - SgÓir 119); a contest, emulation

(Mon. - Din1, Din2)

iomchraim - I carry; d'iomchróchainn - I would carry (Far. - SgÓir 19); iompairt mé – I

carried (Om. – Ultach 39:11:10)

iomra: iomra a' bád - row the boat (imperative) (Om. - SgÓir 87); d'iomramh siad a'
bád – they rowed the boat (Om. - SgÓir 87)

ionganlach: tá ionganlach 'n-a mhéaraibh - his fingers are benumbed (Or. - ONL sub
benumb)
iongantas, m.: iongantaise mhóra - great wonders (Far. - SgÓir 35)

ionn - form of ann, in existence, there (Far. - SgÓir 16, etc.); see smuaiseach

ionna - form of i, in (Ulster folktales - Din2 sub i); cf ine

ionnsaigheann: ionnsaigheann sé ar Bhrian - he attacks Brian (Or. - ONL sub attack)

ionnsuidhe - to(wards); chuaidh í ionnsuidhe an mac budh sine (Rath. - SR 4.6);

chuaidh mé d'ionnsuidhe a thigh (Rath. - SR 6.20); thosuigh iad ag teilg clochan in
mo ionnsuidhe (Rath. - SR 8.1); chuaidh mé ionnsuidhe coille na tseilge ar los tuircín
fhagháil (Rath. - SR 9.29);
"Matá," ars an t-aon ab' óige de na báilighibh leis an tsean-bhean ríoghan, "cuirfidh
mise fá pianas, agus mór-phianas na mbliadhnann go deachaidh tú suas ar an chuid
ab' áirde de chúirt mó athar, ar dóigh nach bhfuighidh tú giota le hiththe, ach an
oiread a séidfidh in do ionnsuidhe ar sopóig leis an ghaoith (Rath. - SR 5.8); chuaidh
Fionnghuala Ceathair Cráin ionnsuidhe an teampuill, agus í deisighthe chomh deas
le té ar bith a bha ann (Rath. - SR 21.20)

ionthar - form of ionathar, intestines (Om. - Din2 sub ionathar)

iorbal, m.: tá iorbal óir ar dheireadh gach seanmóire - there is a gold end to every
sermon (Or. - ONL sub end)

iorradh, m. - form of urradh, apparel (Ferm. - ONL sub apparel; but this may really
be from Ferriter; see ibid sub furniture, tagged Fer.)

is - form of ins an, in the; is-talamh - into the ground (Far. - SgÓir 4); is-Triúcha - in
Trough (Or. - SgÓir foclóir sub is-)

íseal, adj.: 'cos íseal - privately (Far. - SgÓir 50)

-iste - form of -ighthe, verbal adjective termination, e.g. malluiste, criathruiste (Or.,
also Ulster - ONL sub sifted, anathematised)

istigh: bhí na trí seachtmhaine istigh - the three weeks were up (Om. - SgÓir 72)

iúl, m., dat. of eól, knowledge: ar a(o)n iúl le, together with; ar a n-iúl (Om., also
Ulster - Din1, Din2); chuadar amach ar an n-iúl - they went off together (?
provenance - Din2); chan fhiú duid mo leithid-se i bhfad a bheith ar aon (pron. a'n)
iúl leat - it's not worth your while that the like of me should be long in your company
(Far. - SgÓir 7); go gcuirfeadh siad na sé chéad ar a'n iúl - that they would put the
six hundred (pounds) together (Om. - SgÓir 73); bhí sé ar a'n iúl le daoinibh ag baint
seagail - he was with people cutting rye (Far. – SgÓir 111); cha leigeann tú a leas a
gcur ar a'n iúl - you need not put them together (Or. - SgÓir foclóir sub iúl); 'sé mo
mhíle milleadh agus mo ghreadán cráidhte gan mé féin agus cailín an Tighe Bháin a
bheith seal ar a'n iúl - I am bitterly sad that I cannot spend a while with the girl of
the White House (Or. - SgÓir foclóir sub iúl); cuirfidh tú na rudaí seo ar an iúl, you
gather these things [ingredients] together (Tyr. — cf caint Phadaí Láidir); tháinig na
daoine, beirt nó triúr ar an iúl, the people arrived two or three at a time, in twos and
threes (Tyr. — cf caint Jane Nic Ruairí); ag dul ar an iúl – ag dul le chéile (Tyr. –
PÓB:119)
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kess-ug — an old-fashioned or cute girl, form in English (Arm. — RBÉ MS1215.10)

lá, m.: má's fada an lá tig an oidhche ach chá dtig an óige fá dhó choidhche - even if
the day be long the night comes, but youth never comes twice (Or. - ONL sub day,
twice); is mo mhuirnín bheith i n-aice liom char bhfada liom an lá - were my true
lover near me I would not think the day long (Or. song - ONL sub near); lá Luain -
Midsummer Day (Or. - ONL sub bonfire); cf. Lá an Luain - judgment day (no
provenance - ONL sub judgment); lá fhéil' Seoin Dic, lá nach dtáinig 's nach dtig -
Tibb's Eve (Or. - Din2 sub féile); s.a. meadhon lae

lábaire, m. - a plasterer (Arm. etc. - Din2); see lábaireacht, láibim

lábaireacht, f. - plastering (Arm. - Din2); see lábaire, láibim

lábán, m. - a rotten egg (Mon. - Din2)

lach, f. - form of lacha, duck (Antr. - Din2 sub lacha; also Torr)

lacha, f. - a duck (pl. lachanaí - Der. - Din1, Din2); a wild duck (Antr. - Din2); cf
tonnóg

lachar, m. - ducks (collectively); lachar na tíre - the ducks of the country (Mon. -
Din1, Din2)

lachtar, m. - a brood of chickens (Der. - Din1, Din2; Tyr. — SML). SML xxv asserts
that the ‘ch’ in this word is so pronounced in Tyrone, a pronunciation also given in
Hughes ZCP 46 152. However, the expected Tyrone Gaelic pronunciation, ‘larter’, is
used (in English) in 2008 by Mrs O’Neill of Gortin (née Mary Barney Charlie Bradley,
Glenlark), who glosses the word as ‘a clutch of eggs’, in agreement with FGB.

ladar, m.: ná bí ag teannamh muileann an ladair duid féin - don't be making so

much racket (Mon. - Din1) (muileann an ladair - a mill with scooped wheels, hence
noisy)

ladar(?), adj: sraoilleach, bratógach, scifleogach (Tyr. – PÓB:102 — Cathal Ó Diolúin)

Made into Anglicised nickname as if "laigir".

ladhar, f.: ladhra do chos - your toes (Der. - Din1 where masculine, Din2)

ladusach, adj.: is duine ladusach é - he is a determined man (Or. - ONL sub

determined); cf ladúsach - important, powerful (no provenance - ONL sub
important, powerful), ládús - might (no provenance - ONL sub might)

lag, m.: lag salainn - salt pan, for making salt from sea-water (Antr. - Din2)

láibim - I plaster, cover with mud; láib sí ins an chlábar - she went spattering along
in the mud (Arm. - Din2); see lábaire, lábaireacht

laidhricín, m. - little finger (Arm. - Din2 sub méar); cf laighdicín, laighdrín

laighdicín, m. - little finger (Arm. - Din2); cf laidhricín, laighdrín

laighdrín, m. - little finger (Arm. - Din2 sub méar); cf laidhricín, laighdicín

laighe, f.: ní'l aon chrann 'sa choill is lugha ort ná crann na laighe - there is no tree
in the wood you hate more than the spade-handle (Or. - ONL sub spade)

láimh-réidhte, adj. - open-handed, generous (Tyr. - ONL sub open-handed)

láimh-scitheach, adj. - left-handed (Antr. - Din2 sub lámh)

laingean - form of langal, a fetter (Or. - ONL sub fetter)

lairic - form of láirg, thigh (no source yet)

lámh, f.: geabhfaidh me láimh leat - I shall pass near you (Far. - SgÓir 4)

lámhfradh - form of lámh-thoradh, manufacture (wool, flax, cotton, silk etc.) (Arm. -
Din1 sub lámh-thoradh); handiwork (Arm. - Din2 sub lámh)

lámhthóir, m. - a handworker, a cloth-maker (Om. - Din2)

lán, m.: tá sé 'n-a lán árd, tá sé 'n-a árd-lán - it is high tide (Sligo, also Donegal -
Din1)

lancal - form of laincis, spancel (Om. - Din2 sub laincis)

lán-lúthgháireach, adj. - overjoyed (fá, at) (Far. - SgÓir 10)

lanntrach, m. - the scales of a fish (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

lán-treadhach, adj. - "torn and sore, covered with wounds" (Far. - SgÓir 18)

laomdha, adj. - brilliant (Or. - ONL sub brilliant)

lapadánacht, f. - creeping on all fours (Mon. - Din2)

lár: tá do Thighearna chomh láidir anois agus bhí an lá thug sé Iónas as lár an éisg
leis (Or. song - ONL sub as)

lasóg, f.: Liam na lasóige - Jack o' the Lantern (Mon. - Din1, Din2); torch (Tyr. –
PÓB:122)

le: má's leat - form of má's mian leat, if you wish (Om. - Din2 sub mian)

leabaidh: comhla leaptha - bedstead (Tyr. - ONL sub bedstead); s.a. liobaidh

leabhar: dar an leabhar - (I swear) by the book (= begod) (Far. - SgÓir 35)

leadán, m.: leadán an úcaire - burdock (Om., My. - Din2 sub min-bhriúgail); s.a.
cnadán, tuafal

léadhb - form of leadhb, a hide (skin), a strip etc. (Om. - Din2 sub leadhb)
leadramach, m. - a clumsy fellow (Om. - Din2); see ludramach

leagan: leagan tighe - house furniture (Antr. - Din2 sub troscán)

léagsa, m. - a lease (E.U. - Din1; Or. - ONL sub lease)

léana: nuair tháinig sé 'san léana thlig sé de/dhe a léine - when he entered the
meadow he cast off his shirt (Or. song - ONL sub cast, fling)

leanbhaidhe, adj. - virgin (Om. song - Din2)

leannán, m. - a chronic ailment (Om., also Ulster etc. - Din2)

léar: tá mo shúile gan léar - my eyes are sightless (Om. song - Din2)

learg – tract of rising ground (Tyr. – PÓB:122)

leargach – sloping (Tyr. – PÓB:122)

léaróg, f. - the winkers of a horse (esp. in plural) (Om., Arm. - Din2 also sub réasún)

leas, m.: cha leigeann tú a leas - you need not (Om., E.U. - Din1, Din2; Or. - ONL sub
need); cha leigeann tú a leas a gcur ar a'n iúl - you need not put them together (Or.
- SgÓir foclóir sub iúl); s.a. rigim

leas: má ghnídh tú a leithéid sin chan é do leas é - if you do such a thing it will not
be to your advantage (Or. - ONL sub advantage); má ghnídh tú a leithéid sin
déanfaidh tú aimhleas duit féin - if you act like that you will do yourself a
disadvantage (Or. - ONL sub disadvantage)

leascán, m.: leascán cogaidh - a wounded soldier (Antr. - Din2)

leath-bhreac, m.: leath-bhreac an lae indiu bhí ann - it was a day just like today
(Om. - Din2)

leath-luighe: ina leath-luighe - reclining (Tyr. - ONL sub reclining)

leathróg, f. - form of leathóg, a flounder (Om. - Din2 sub leathóg)

leathtaoibh: cuir i leathtaoibh é - set it apart (Or. - ONL sub apart)

leathtrom, adj. - pregnant (Tyr. - ONL sub pregnant)

leice, m. - a rustic, churl, clown (Or. - ONL sub boor, clown)

léice, m. - an awkward person (Louth - Din1, Din2)

leideog, f. - a plaice (Om. - Din2/Add.); ag teanamh leideog de'n iarann do'n

ghaisgidheach - flattening the warrior with blows of the iron (Far. - SgÓir 55)

léigheasaim - I heal (Far. - SgÓir 45); leigheasann achan luibh rud inteacht (Tyr. –
PÓB:125)

léigim - I let, allow; léig m'anam liom - grant me my life, give me quarter (Om. -
SgÓir 77); char leig sí aon dadamh uirthi - she did not reveal anything of her
thoughts (Om. - SgÓir 98); vowel is either long or short in Oirel, former being chiefly
poetic (Or. - SgÓir foclóir sub léigim)

léine, f.: comhadh chroidhe ar an phósadh is ar bhuachaillí óg an tsaoghail dob'

fhearr bean 'n-a léine dóbhtha ná bean a bheadh púnta léi (Or. song - ONL sub
shift); rachainn-se leis i mo léine (Or. song - ONL sub shift)

léirsinneach, adj. - watchful, over-exact (Antr. - Din2 sub léirsteanach)

leith: chá gcuirfinn i do leith é - I would not attribute it to you (Or. - ONL sub
attribute, account)

leitheid, f. - like, such, always preceded by possessive pronoun; a leitheid seo – such
a one (Far. - SgÓir 28); mo leitheid fhéin eile - another like myself (Far. - SgÓir 54);
léithid (Om. - Din1; Om., also Donegal - Din2; Or. - ONL sub equal, kind)

léithid - see leitheid

leith-leanbh, m. - a twin (Om. - Din2 sub leath)

leith-mhíle: fá leith-mhíle do Bhaile Átha Cliath - within half a mile of Dublin (Om. -
SgÓir 105)

leitreagán, m. - edible shell-fish (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

leóca: dar a leóca – indeed (Der. – CS 17/08/1901 358)

leoithne, f.: leoithne (lóithne?) bhreágh gaoithe in do thriall - may success attend
your journey (Om. - Din2 sub lóithne)

leónaim - I strain (Tyr. - ONL sub dislocate)

leora - really, indeed (Rath. - Din2); leora nach maith nach eil - really is it not well
that it is not (Rath. - Din2)

lí, f. - colour, hue; ar lí báis - the colour of death (Far. - SgÓir 11)

liabhóg, f. - a bog-lark or tit-lark (anthus pratensis) (Tyr. - ONL sub lark)

liacht, f.: gá liacht d'amannaibh a rinne tú é? - how many times did you do it? (Mon.
- Din2)

liag, f. - the blade of an oar (Antr. - Din2)

Liam na lasóige - Jack-o'-lantern (Mon. - ONL sub Jack-o'-lantern)

liath-thruisc, m. - snow bunting (Antr. - Din2)

liobaidh - form of leabaidh, a bed; faoi'n liobaidh - under the bed (Far. - SgÓir 28);
chóirigh sí liobaidh dó - she made him a bed (Om. - SgÓir 68); s.a. clumhach,
leabaidh

lioca: bhí a lioca 's a smaois éagsamhalta - his (Death's) cheek and nose were awful
(Mea. song - Din1, Din2 sub smaois)
líog: oighrí an Fheadha gan seaghais faoi líog d'ar gcomhair - the heirs of the fews
without joy under the flag[stone] near us (Art MacC. - Din1, Din2 sub seaghais)

líogach, m.: - green sea-slime adhering to rocks (Antr. - Din2)

líomhtha, m.: ag teacht leis an líomhtha - coming with great swiftness (Om. - Din2)

líon, m.: líon buaice - unbleached flax (Antr. - Din2); tá na builg ar an líon – the seed-
pods are on the flax (Antr. - Din2); lint (Tyr. – PÓB:122)

líonán, m. - an oyster-bed (Om. - Din2)

lionn buidhe, m. - waterbrash, pyrosis (Tyr. - ONL sub waterbrash)

lispín, m. - a frog (Sligo - Din1; ONL sub frog)

lóbán - see lúbán

locaíocha – locks of hair (Tyr. – PÓB:122)

locaim: bhí sé ag imtheacht acht loc sé mar bhí an lá fliuch - he was going but he
jibbed as the day was wet (Or. - ONL sub jib)

lochán – piebald; préachán lachán – a magpie (Der. – CS 17/08/1901 358)

lóda, m . - form of lód, a load (Om. - Din1 sub lód, Din2 sub lód)

lógtha, adj. - beautiful; is lóghtha an t-earradh é (an t-airgead) - (money) is a fine

commodity (Far. - SgÓir 120) whence lovely (Or. - Din2)

lóin, f.: lóin sneachtaidh - a snowflake (Antr. - Din2)

loinneog, f. - a lay (song) (Rath. - Din2)

lointhín, m. - form of loinithe, a churn-dash (Meath - SgÓir 114 whence Or. - Din2
sub loinithe); loinithín (Or. - ONL sub churn-dash)

loiste, m. - a latch (Om. - Din2)

lóiteas, m. - a company of fairies (Om. song - Din2)

lóithne - see leoithne

lom: cuir do bhróga ar lom ort - put on your boots without stockings (Arm. - Din2)

londubh, m. - a Jacobite, a rapparee, a hero (E.U. - Din2)

long - see luighe

lonn, f.: eadar lonn agus tonn rachamuid trasna - we will cross over by hook or by
crook (Antr. - Din2)

lonnán, m. - a grassy recess running up into high basaltic cliffs; Lonnán Chuilm
Bacaigh in Rathlin
lóntaibh: d'ár lóntaibh féin - of our own accord (Or. - ONL sub accord)

lorht – pronunciation of locht (Tyr. – PÓB:122)

los: ar los - for the purpose of; bha an buile fá dheireadh tarraingthe aige ar lós na
craoibhe a leagadh síos (Rath. – SR 8.20); chuaidh mé ionnsuidhe coille na tseilge ar
los tuircín fhagháil (Rath. - SR 9.30)

losad, f. - a well-laid-out field (Cavan, in English - Din1, Din2)

losaid – a flat basket for eating potatoes off (Der. – CS 17/08/1901 358)

luach: iolra, luachannú (Tyr. – PÓB:122)

luadhóg, f. - a pollock (fish) (Antr. - Din2)

luaidhe: bhí luaidhe ar cheann na sagart – there was a price on the head of a priest
(Tyr. – PÓB:61); bhí luaidhe ar cheann na sagartaigh le linn na bPéin Dlíthe (Tyr. –
PÓB:124)

luaireog, f. - a species of sea-gull (Om. - Din2)

luaithre, f. - ashes; tharraing thríd an luaithridh e - (he) dragged it through the ashes
(Far. - SgÓir 8); mhill se an tuirtin thríd an luaithridh - he ruined the oatmeal cake
through the ashes (Far. - SgÓir 41)

Luan: lá Luain - Midsummer Day (Or. - ONL sub bonfire); cf. Lá an Luain - judgment
day (no provenance - ONL sub judgment)

luascain: i luasgain - in a fix (Or. - ONL sub fix)

luascanach - act of rocking (Arm., Mon. - Din2 sub luascánach)

lúb, f.: lúb ar lár - back seam in knitting (Der. - Din2)

lúbán, m: lúbán (lóbán?) na ngéadhna - the goose-pond (Antr. - Din2 sub lóbán)

lúbán díge, m. - a frog (Or. - ONL sub frog)

lúb, f.: lúb ar lár - the back seam in knitting (Der. - Din1)

lúbarnach, f.: lúbarnach na n-easgann - the wriggling of the eels (Far. - SgÓir 21)

luch - form of ulcha, a beard, pronounced lúth, with ú a little shortened by following
th (Mon. - Din1 sub ulcha); a luch liath - his beard [was] grey (Far. – SgÓir 112); s.a.
lúth

luchóg, f.: luchóg Fhranncach - a rat (Tyr. - ONL sub rat); luchógaí Franncach – rats
(with weak ch in luchóg, and lack of plural agreement in adjective) (Tyr. – Tip2)

lucht: lucht anairthe - "soupers" (Cavan - Din2/Add.); lucht na gceann beag – the
fairies (Om. - SgÓir 69)

ludramach - form of leadramach, a clumsy fellow (Tyrone - Din2); see leadramach

ludramach, adj. - awkward (Tyr. - ONL sub awkward)

luibh, f.: an chéad luibh a ghlac Muire na láimh - the first herb the Virgin Mary
plucked (Om. - Din2)

lúideacán, m. - the little finger (Mon. - Din2 sub lúdóg); see lúideog

lúideog, f. - the little finger (?) (Antr. - Din2 sub lúidín); see lúideacán

luighe - form of long, a ship; or luinge, of a ship (Far. - SgÓir 21,58); an luighe – the
ship (Far. - SgÓir 57,63); thug se léim árd acfuinneach i mullach dhruim-thaisde na
luighe (Far. - SgÓir 21);
an luighe ar eilteóig – the flying-ship (Far. - SgÓir 57)

luigheatar, m. - a gaff (barbed spear) (Tyr. - ONL sub gaff); a gaff or leister for
catching fish (Tyrone, My. - Din2)

luinneog, f. - a lay (song) (Rathlin GJ - Din1)

lúirín - toe; tháining deagh-bheachd orm, agus gheárr mé díom mo lúirín mhór
(Rath. - SR 11.8)

lumpán - see -án

lurán, m. - "a baby"; ní'l ionnad acht lurán úr óg - you are only a young child (Far. -
SgÓir 119)

lústráil, f. - fawning of dogs (Tyr. - ONL sub fawning); s.a. flústar

lúth - form of ulcha, a beard (Mon. - Din2 sub ulcha); bhí a lúth liath agus a ghuth ó
Ghaillimh aniar - his beard was grey and he spoke with a Galway accent (no
provenance - Din2 sub ulcha); s.a. luch

lúth: ar lúth - swiftly (Far. - SgÓir 55)

luthróg, f. - name of a fish (Om. - Din2/Add.)

má - if; má budh mhoch - though it was early (that...) (Far. - SgÓir 21); s.a. má tá

mac, m. - mhac in surnames (Om. - Din2 sub mac)

macánta, adj. - honest (Far. - SgÓir 42; E.U., also Munster - Din1)

macasamhail, m. - the like of (Meath, also Ulster - Din1 sub macsamhail)

macnaidh - kindred (S.U., Louth - Din1 sub maicne); clan, descendents (Or. – ONL
sub clan); mo mhacnaidh bhí croidheamhail, aigeanta, líomhtha - my young men
who were hearty, active and swift (Or. song - ONL sub active)

madadh, m.: madadh gabhlóige, a bitch (Antr. - Din2); nach deór na madaidh nach
ndéin an dadaidh acht 'na luighe ar na casáin 's a mbolg le gréin - isn't it well for the
dogs that do nothing but lie on the road sunning their bellies (Far. - SgÓir 112; Or. -
Din2 sub deor); nuair d'éirigh mé glé-chortha, chonnaic mé tigh mhadaidh i bhfad
uaim (Rath. - SR 7.16); thug an madadh scrog orm - the dog bit me (Antr. - Din2 sub
scrog); madadh ar son raftáin - a dog after a rat (Antr. - Din2 sub son); comh
práidhneach le madadh ag baindheis – as busy as a dog at a wedding (Or. - ONL sub
as)

madóg, f. - a lamprey (Om. - Din2)

maide, m.: maide cam corrach - a see-saw (Arm. - Din2); maide seisrighe – a plough
(Tyr. - Din2/Add.); maide seistrighe - beam of a plough (Mea. - ONL sub beam); leig
sé a mhaide leis an t-sruth - he let his business drift (Or. – ONL sub business); maide
briste - tongs (Tyr., also Mayo - ONL sub tongs); maide crúca – the crane above the
fire (Tyr. — RBÉ MS1215.208); maide cocharsaidh – tugs (of horse harness) (Tyr. –
PÓB:122)

maidin: gheobha tú díol ann sul a dtí maidin - you will be paid for it before morning
(Mea. - Din1 sub sul)

maidín, f. - form of maidin, morning (Om. - Din2 sub maidean)

maighre, m.: maighre cailín - a fine handsome girl (Om. - Din1); maighre buachalla -
a handsome strong lad (Om. - Din1)

mainistir, f.: chómh cinnte le iasc na mainistrean - as sure (or scarce) as the
monastery fish (Antr. proverb - Din2)

maistreadh, m. - a churning (Meath - SgÓir 114)

maith, adj.: is maith agam thú - I am glad to have you (Far. - SgÓir 7)

maithim - I forgive (do, to); go maithfeadh se a rabh [de] chíos air - that he would
forgive the rent he owed (Far. - SgÓir 37)

malaí, m. – hill (in the road) (Om. – Ultach 39:11:10)

malaidh, f. - (eye)brow; a bhfuil reimhre do mhéir i sileadh gach deoir le n-a malaidh
ghléigil - whose every tear from her fair eyebrow is as large as your finger (Far. -
SgÓir 27)

malairt, f. - an exchange, a swap; 's fhearr duid malairt a dheanamh liom - you had
better swap with me (Far. - SgÓir 36)

málchraigh - a cavalcade, a wedding procession on horseback (Far. - SgÓir 52); also

found in Farney as málchrach, márchlach (Far. - SgÓir foclóir sub marclach); s.a.
marclach

mall, adj. - late; char mhúsgail sé go rabh sé mall - he did not waken until it was late
(Om. - SgÓir 68)

mall, m., gen. moill - lateness; an tráth moill - the late hours (Far. - SgÓir 8)

mallárd, m. - a drake (Meath - Din2)

malluiste - form of malluighthe, anathematised (Or. - ONL sub anathematised)

manlán – balbhán (Tyr. – PÓB:122)

manntach, adj. - boozy, fuddled (Or. - ONL sub boozy)

maoidhim: chan fhuil mé ghá mhaoidheamh air - I do not grudge it to him (Or. – ONL
sub grudge)

maoil, f. - a heap; píopa mór fada bán is é lán fá n-a mhaoil tobac - a great long
white pipe heaped up to the brim with tobacco (Arm. - SgÓir 117; E.U. - Din1, Din2)

maolán, m. - a corner-mirror (Arm. - Din2)

maor, m.: maor cirt - an arbitrator (Tyrone - Din1; Tyr., Arm. - Din2); maor na mbó -
the "gripper" (Tyr. - ONL sub bailiff)

mar: tá sé mar tá sé agus chan fhuil sé gan locht - he is as he is and he is not

faultless (Or. proverb - ONL sub as); amhail agus mar - as if (Or. - ONL sub as)

mar' - form of mura, unless (Far. - SgÓir 30)

marbh-: marbh-fhuacht - numbness from cold (Meath - Din1, Din2); marbh-shruth -

turning-point of tide (Antr. - Din2)

marbhadh, m., gen. marbhtha - killing; am marbhtha na hoidhche - the dead of night
(Om. - SgÓir 69)

marc, m.: marc uistreail - an oyster-mark on the skin (Om. - Din1)

marcaigheacht, f. - the act of riding (Far. - SgÓir 25)

marclach, m. - a cavalcade, esp. of a wedding (Far. - SgÓir 113); a wedding party

mounted (Or. - Din2); s.a. málchraigh

mart: usual word for "cow"; sean-mhart mo mháthara — my mother's old cow (Om.
— IG X 613); úras na mairte - new milk (Der. - Din1 sub uaras, Din2 sub úras)

Márta: cibé ar bith bhéas an síon cuir an síol annsa Mhárta - whatever the weather,
sow in March (Rath. - Din2)

má tá - however (Far. - SgÓir 54); if so, in that case; "Matá," ars an t-aon ab' óige de
na báilighibh leis an tsean-bhean ríoghan, "cuirfidh mise fá pianas, agus mór-
phianas na mbliadhnann go deachaidh tú suas ar an chuid ab' áirde de chúirt mó
athar, ar dóigh nach bhfuighidh tú giota le hiththe, ach an oiread a séidfidh in do
ionnsuidhe ar sopóig leis an ghaoith (Rath. - SR 5.4)

máthair, f.: tá seacht ngrádh ag an mháthair don mhac is gan aige dhí acht aon
cheann amháin - the mother has seven loves for her son but he has only one for her
(Or. song - ONL sub mother)

meabhair, f. - senses, mind (Meath - SgÓir 121); pronounced as if meóbhair in Ulster

and Meath (Ulster, Meath - SgÓir foclóir sub meabhair)

meadar, m. - a bucket (Or. - ONL sub bucket)

meadhon lae, m. - dinner (Om. - SgÓir 68 etc.); meadhón lae (S.U. - Din1; Or. – ONL
sub dinner cf. sub mid-day); rinne siad a meadhón lae - they dined (S.U. - Din2)

meagán, m. - a fly which affects the pea in July (Om. - Din2); mí meagán - the month
of green flies (July) (no provenance - Din2 sub mí)

meagnadh, m. - joy, sport, pastime (Der. - Din1, Din2)

meallóg, f. - substance (Antr. - Din2)

méalú – to mell or pound rushes (Tyr. – PÓB:74)

meanaithe, m. - an awl (Or., also Munster - ONL sub awl); chá raibh ann acht sagart
's an gréasuidhe acht goideadh an meanaithe - there were only a priest and the
cobbler but the awl was stolen (Or. proverb - ONL sub awl); amaideacht Mháire ag ól
cáthbhruith le meanaidh - the folly of Mary drinking flummery with an awl (Or. - ONL
sub flummery)

méanar, adj. - happy, well off, pleasant (Om. - SgÓir foclóir sub méanthrach; is
méanar dó - he is happy (Om. - Din1); méanair - happy (Or. – ONL sub happy); s.a.
méanthrach, mréar

meangadh, m.: bhá mé ag meangadh na dtor - I was trimming the bushes (Antr. -
Din2)

méanthrach - form of méanar, happy, well off, pleasant (Breifne - SgÓir 112; Cav. -
Din1); s.a. méanar

méar, m.&f.: méar láir - middle-finger (Antr. - Din2)

méaradradh: bhí spóca dearg sáite sa tine agus madadh beag ag méaradradh ar an
mhóin sa chlúdaigh (Tyr. – PÓB:125)

mearughadh, m.: bhí mo chéadfaidh ar mearughadh - my senses were wandering

(Or. song - ONL sub sense)

measa, adj. - worse; gur mheasa léithi Giolla Beag na dTrí gCeathramha nó'n
ceathrar fear d'fhág sí i nÉirinn thall - that she feels worse about (the loss of), i.e.
that she would rather have G.B.T.C. than the four men she left behind in Ireland
(Far. - SgÓir 27; Or. - Din2)

measadóir, m. - a man appointed to settle disputes between farmers who had

grazing in common in the mountainous districts (Tyr. - ONL sub arbitrator); a bailiff
(Om. - Din2)

meathaim - I fade away, wither (as of a plant or tree) (Tyr., also Donegal - ONL sub
fade)

meathlaidhe, m. - a reaper (E.U. - Din1); meathluidhe (Or. - ONL sub reaper)

meathlaidheacht, f. - reaping (Or. - ONL sub reaping); innleán meathlaidheachta - a

reaping machine (Der. - Din1, Din2 sub innleán)

meathluidhe - see meathlaidhe

medra – meadar (Tyr. – PÓB:122)

meadrú cafraith – measure of sowans (Tyr. – PÓB:122)

meigeadan breac – a magpie (Der. – CS 17/08/1901 358)

meigidh, f. - a small cap (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

meildear - form of mealldar, a kiln-cast etc. (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce sub mealldar)

meilim – I grind (Tyr. – PÓB:122)

meiltire – spoiler (Tyr. – PÓB:122)

méin, f. - disposition, inclination; méin mhór ghiúsáin - a great disposition to

shortness of breath (Far. - SgÓir 112)

méirleach, m.: méirleach na mara - the Arctic skua, often seen over Rubha an Fhir
Liaith (Fair Head) (Din2)

mí, m.&f.: mí Fó Cháisc - April (Om. - Din2)

mí-: mí-ghiúlan - misconduct (Antr. - Din2)

mian adv. - see le

mian f.: mian práis nó umha - a brass or copper mine (Astr. ?recte Antr - Din2)

mias, f. - a basin (Or., also Donegal - ONL sub basin)

Michil - form of Mícheál (Om. - Din2)

milceadán, m. - a band on the lower jaw to prevent lambs from sucking (Fánaid -
Din2 Boyce)

millebhrughail, f. - burdock (Or. - ONL sub burdock); s.a. mille-riúgail, min-bhriúgail,

mionbhrughail

mille-riúgail - a burr (Om. My. - Din2 sub min-bhriúgail); s.a. millebhriughail, min-
bhriúgail, mionbhrughail

millte, adj. - bad (Or. - ONL sub bad)

milseog, f. - the clover flower (Antr. - Din2)

min-bhriúgail, f. - burdock (Om. - Din1); s.a. millebhrughail, mille-riúgail,

mionbhrughail

míne, f.: a dhearbhráthair na míne - my dearest brother (Louth - Din1)

mínleach, m. - a grassy sward (Or. - ONL sub sward)

míochmhar, adj. - form of míofar, ugly (Or. - Din2); s.a. míofar

míofar, adj. - ugly (Tyr. - ONL sub ugly); s.a. míochmhar

míogadán breac, m. - the magpie (Om. - Din1, Din2); see also péan

miona-luaith: ag déanamh miona-shluaigh de - making mincemeat of it (Der. -

Din1); do-ghním miona-luaith dhe - I make mincemeat of it (Der. - Din2); miona-
shluagh, m. - mincemeat (Der. - ONL sub mincemeat)

mionaid, f. - a minute (Rath. - Din2); tá é deich mionaidean do a sé - it is ten

minutes to six (Rath. - Din2)

miona-shluagh - see miona-luaith

mionbhach: Mí na Mionbhach - the month of March (Tyr. - ONL sub March)

mionbhrughail, f. - burdock (Or. - ONL sub burdock); s.a. millebhrughail, mille-riúgail

mionn, m.: gach aon mhionn aca a leagfadh tigh - every oath of them would knock
down a house (Or. - ONL sub oath)

míorc - indeed (from m'fhíor, my truth); m'fhíor go bhfuil me liath go leor - indeed, I
am white-haired enough (Far. - SgÓir 104); tá, míorc - yes indeed (Or. – SgÓir foclóir
sub fíor)

ar mire – red hot (Tyr. – PÓB:155)

míreog, f. - a portion, a share, used by children asking a share of sweets etc. (Antr. -
Din2)

miteog, f. - a glove (Om. - SgÓir 74)

mo: used in vocative, e.g. mo chara, my friend (Om. - Din2)

moch, adj. - early (in the morning); má budh mhoch - though it was early (that...)
(Far. - SgÓir 21)

móchas - see mothachas

moch-thráthach, adj. - early, early-rising (Antr. - Din2 sub moch-)

modh: ní dhéanfad ar mhodh ar bith é - I will not do it at all (Or. - ONL sub all)

mogadh - form of magadh, act of mocking etc. (Louth etc - Din1 sub magadh; Louth
- Din2 sub magadh)

mogán, m. - a footless stocking; Mór na mogán - Mór of the "gaiters" (Rath. - Din2)

móide - more likely; cha mhóide - it is not likely (Far. - SgÓir 19); nach móide –that
it's not the more; ní'l dhá mhéid a thaithighe nach móide a spéis - there is no time
he experiences it that he does not like it more (Meath - SgÓir 121); the more one
gets accustomed to it, the more one enjoys it (Meath - Din1)

móiridhe, f. - a grandmother (Om. - SgÓir 93,96; Om., Or., etc. - Din2; Or. - ONL sub
grandmother); mo mhóiridhe – my grandmother (Om. – Ultach 2:7:3); cf Manx
mwarree S.a. muaraí
moirneach, adj. (1) form of muirneach, beloved; a mhic mhoirnigh - my dear son
(Far. - SgÓir 1); (2) anxious about, fond of (ar): budh mhaith liom a bheith
moirneach ar an áit i rabh d'anam - I would like to take care of the place where your
soul is (Far. - SgÓir 9)

mong, f. — mane (of horse); [bhí] muighe bhán air — it had a white mane (Om. — IG
X 612)

mór: cha mhór nar leagadh mé - I was almost knocked down (Or. - ONL sub almost)

mór, adj. - big; is mór liom ine ngreim thú, 's is beag liom ine ndá ghreim thú – you
are too big to eat in one bite but you are too small to make two bites of (Far. - SgÓir
2); go mór - loudly (Rath. - Din2 sub go); s.a. beag

mór-ochtar - nine persons (Far. - SgÓir 53; Or. - Din2)

mórtas, m. - arrogance (Or. - ONL sub arrogance)

mothachas, m.: tá an bhearach ag mothachas - the heifer is springing (Meath, etc. -

Din2); also módhachas - springing (Mea. - Din2 sub tórmach); biorach móchais – a
springer (Mea. - Din2/Add.)

mothas, m. - pregnancy, as in cattle (Mon. - Din2); ag déanamh mothais, ag mothas

- pregnant, as cattle (no provenance - Din2)

mréar: nach mréar duit? - are you not happy or lucky? (Tyr. - Din2/Add.); s.a.
méanar

muaraí – form of móraidhe, which see (Tyr. – PÓB:122)

muc, f.: muca rónta - seals (Far. - SgÓir 21; Or. - Din2); chan urra le na mucaibh
deoch a ghabháil gan srúbadh - pigs cannot help making a noise (gulping?) when
drinking (Antr. - Din2 sub srúbadh)

mudharna, mudhairne, f. - ankle (Or. - ONL sub ankle)

muid - we (Far. - SgÓir 25); s.a. muinn, muinne

muighe — see mong

muilead - sadness, etc. (Antr. - Din2 sub mulaid)

muilteoir, m. - a miller (Far. - SgÓir 39); muillteóir (Tyr.- ONL sub miller)

muillteóir - see muilteoir

muinchilte, f. - sleeve (Far. - SgÓir 13)

muinilte - form of muinchille, a sleeve (Or., also Ulster - ONL sub sleeve)

muinn - form of muid, we (Om. - SgÓir 105); emphatic form muinne (Om. – SgÓir
107); used in Meath, Louth and Armagh, whereas muid is used in Farney (Meath,
Louth, Arm. - SgÓir foclóir sub muinn); támuinn (uilig) go léir go maith - we are all
well (Or. - ONL sub all); muinn héin - ourselves (Om. - Din2 sub muid); tá muinn
creachta ag an ghearrán ins an tseamair gach aon oidhche, bearaidh muinn síos a
bhaile linn é agus ceanglochaidh muinn ins an chró é go maidin — we are tortured
with the horse in the clover every night, we will take it home and tie it in the shed
until morning (Om. — IG X 612) s.a. muid, muinne

muinne - form of muid-inne, we (Meath, Or. - Din2 sub muid); s.a. muid, muinn

múireach - form of múrach, limpets, cockles etc. (Rath. - Din2 sub múrach);
muarach in Mac Meanman

muirean - bent grass (Antr. - Din2 sub muiríneach)

muirighin, f. - a family (i.e. one's children); muirighin mhór chloinne - a large family
of children (Far. - SgÓir 16)

muirighneach, adj.: bean mhuirighneach - a pregnant woman (Arm. - Din2)

muirleach, m.: muirleach caoch - a dog-fish (Antr. - Din2)

muirnín, m.: is mo mhuirnín bán am' aice char bh'fhada an lá - with my darling
beside me not long seemed the day (Or. - ONL sub darling); is mo mhuirnín bheith i
n-aice liom char bhfada liom an lá - were my true lover near me I would not think
the day long (Or. song - ONL sub near)

muirthilín, m. - any shapeless lump, as dough, also an awkward person (Tyr. - ONL
sub lump)

múisgan [sic], m. - a goat's beard (Tyr. - ONL sub beard)

mulcadh, m.: tá mulcadh orm - I am sorry or sad (Antr. - Din2)

mullach, m., plur. mullaigh - top, roof; i mullach ar bhinnse - on top of a bench (Far. -
SgÓir 57); i mullaigh Shléibhe gCuilinn - on top of Slieve Gullion (Far. - SgÓir 38)

mullán, m. - an unfinished stack (Antr. - Din2)

múnadh, m. - good behaviour (Tyr., also Donegal - ONL sub behaviour)

mura - see amar, amar' bhé

múrnán, m. - the ankle (Or. - Din2)

mursanach, m. - one lorded over, a subject (Rath. - Din2)

na - form of dá, if; acht [da] na'n rithfadh iad uilig i ndiaidh an bhannaigh.. cha
bheirfadh iad uirre (Rath. - SR 14.2); na'n tabhrochadh sibh mo sháith le ithe dhom
(Rath. - SR 17.11); d'fhiafruigh an deich is da fhichid de, na'm b'urrainn ris an cloch
a thógail suas ar an chaiseal go mbeidheadh gaol acu air go bráth (Rath. - SR 17.16)

na b'ó - form of ní budh mhó, more, anymore (Om. - SgÓir foclóir sub ní b'easa); s.a.
ní 'mhó
nach - often followed by present tense in Ulster: sin rud nach dtig a choidhche – that
is something that will never happen (Far. - SgÓir 10)

nachar - alternative to nár: ní'l aon gheata a dteachaidh siad amach air nachar fhág
an fear bocht lorg na gcos ins an chlábar - there was no gate they went out through
that the poor man did not leave footprints in the mud (Far. – SgÓir 13)

nádúir: tá cineál (or nádúir) ocras orm - I am a little hungry (Tyr. - ONL sub little,
somewhat)

nádúrtha, adj. – “used in Omeath exactly as it is explained by Father O’Leary and by

Mr. Doyle”, ie. kindly, amenable; not used (in negation) for unusual or grotesque, as
of a calf born with two heads, which might more readily be described as rud
iongantach or rud miorbhúilteach. From Pádraig Mac an Bháird, Árdachadh (Om. –
CS 20/12/1902 693)

naoidheanacht, f. - a christening (Mon. etc. - Din2)

naoscán, m. - the larger kind of snipe, gallinago major, having 16 (instead of 14) tail
feathers (Antr. - Din2)

nar - form of ár, our; leagfar nar sáith aráin agus ime fúinn - we will be given plenty
of bread and butter (Far. - SgÓir 39)

nasc, m. - a shirt-collar (Mon., Arm. - Din2)

neamairt - form of neamart, negligence (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

neamartach – neamartach, mar atá i dTír Chonaill (Tyr. – PÓB:122)

neanntóg, f. - the dead nettle (Antr. - Din2 sub cúlfáidh); neantóg loisneach –
stinging nettle (Tyr. – PÓB:122); thug sé neantóg dó – a deadly blow (Tyr. –
PÓB:122)

neart, m.: tá mo neart agam - I have enough (Sligo - Din1)

neoch: neoch fir nó mná - anyone, man or woman, used with negative (E.U. - Din1
sub neach)

ní b'easa - form of ní ba mheasa, worse (Om. - SgÓir 80)

nighean, f., gen. nighne, dat. nighin - daughter (Far. - SgÓir 1 etc.); s.a. bráth, gabh

ní 'mhó - form of ní budh mhó, anymore (Far. - SgÓir 37); s.a. ná b'ó

ninc, m. - a rogue (Mon. - Din2)

niost: go niost - stealthily, unawares (Louth - Din2)

Nioth - the River Dee (Louth - Din2)

noigin, m. - a wooden vessel holding nearly a quart (Far. - SgÓir 41); a porringer
(vessel from which porridge is eaten) (Tyr. - ONL sub porringer)
nuaidheacht, f.: bhain tú do nuaidheacht as - you satisfied your curiosity (and got
tired of it ) (Mon. - Din1)

ó: ó agus fionn-ó - first [recte, second?] cousins once removed (Der. - Din1)

ó – from; dé tá uait? – what do you want? (Tyr. – Tip1); uaim, uait – pronounced with
initial w (Tyr. – Tip1)

obar — see eabar

ocaid – harmful cause (Der. – CS 17/08/1901 358); s.a. cionn ocaide

ochar – form of urchar (Tyr. – PÓB:122)

ochtach, m. - courage, heart (Om., also Ulster - Din1); form of uchtach?

ocras: tháinig siad go Beltrim ar a n-ocras (Tyr. – PÓB:2) (destitute?)

óg: seacht n-óige na coilleadh, an aeir, srl. - the seven -ógs of the wood, the air, etc.
(Om. - Din1); seacht n-óige na coille: faoisceog, fuinnseog, sciathóg, beathóg,
rudóg, fearnóg, daróg (vars. dreasóg, aileog); seacht n-óige an aeir: amhlóg, ailleog,
luaireog, fuideog, truideog, spideog, seabhóg (vars. buidheog, uiseog, fionnóg,
tonnóg); seacht n-óige na mara: madóg, hadóg (cad-), luthróg, leideog, faofóg,
bairneog, claosóg (vars. gobóg, crainneog); seacht n-óige na talmhan: iaróg, flanóg,
namhóg, luchóg (incomplete) (Om., My. - Din2)

oibrealann, f. - loom-treadles, tread-mill (Arm. - Din2 Henry Morris)

oibridhe spáide - a spade labourer (Louth, etc. - Din2)

oidhche: is gearr geamhoidhche id' fhochair - short is a winter's night in your

company (Or. - ONL sub night)

oidhsteirní, pl. – oysters (Om. – Ultach 39:11:10); s.a. oisre

óir - form of fóir, rim etc. (Antr. - Din2)

oiread: a oiread - as much, as many; a dhá oiread - twice as much, twice as many
(Om. - SgÓir 70); in Oriel, always takes le, not is, before a noun, e.g. a oiread le focal
- even a word (Or. - SgÓir foclóir sub oiread)

oireann - see fóireann

oirid - form of oiread, amount etc (S.U. - Din1 sub oiread, Din2 sub oiread)

oisre, f., plur. oisreannaí - an oyster (Om. - SgÓir 92; Or. - Din2, the feminine gender
is perculiar to Oriel); s.a. oidhsteirní

ollgháirdeas, m. - rejoicing (Tyr. - ONL sub rejoicing)

oncal, m. - an uncle (Far. - SgÓir 23)

onórach, adj. - proud, haughty (Om. - SgÓir 90); proud, conceited (Om. - Din1); tá sé
ró-onórach - he is too proud (no provenance - Din1); pocán bréan onórach – a proud
conceited puppy (no provenance - Din1)

órd, m., plur. uird - sledge-hammer; téidh de'n órd 'sa chloigeann orthú - go at them
in the head with the sledge (Far. - SgÓir 55)

orm, ort: see arm, art

ós, prep.: ós an bháta - over the boat (Antr. - Din2); ós fairrge - over or across the
sea (Fews, also Ulster - Din2); dul ós fairrge - go overseas (Fews - Din1); 'cos 'n
fhios, 'gois 'n fhios - privately, unknownst (Or. - SgÓir foclóir sub íseal); 'cos íseal -
privately (Far. - SgÓir 50)

osclán, m. - an armful (Or. - ONL sub armful); cf. osglán, a gusset, a sleeve-gusset
(no provenance - ONL sub gusset, sleeve-gusset)

oslóir - see srub

paclach, m. - a flock, etc. numbering from 2 to 12 animals (Antr. - Din2); s.a.

sealbhán, sluagh

páideóg, f. - a thin candle formerly made by dipping the pith of rushes in melted
tallow (Or., also Munster - ONL sub candle)

pailt: bhá na h-éisc chómh pailt sin go raibh mé 'gá srúbadh - the fish were so
plentiful I was literally baling them in (Antr. - Din2 sub srúbadh)

páilteas, m. - form of pailteas, abundance (Antr. - Din2 sub pailteas; also O'Reilly's
Dictionary)

pairín, m. - sandpaper (Or. - ONL sub sandpaper)

páirt, f.: cúpla páirt - a pair of breasts (Om. - Din2)

páirt, f.: blood relationship (Din1 Der.); tá páirt damh leis - I am related to him (Mon.
- Din1); relationship by blood (Der., Mon. - ONL sub blood); a mháthair na gcumann
's a mháthair na páirte - dear mother (Or. - ONL sub endearment); ní raibh páirt ar
bith aige leis — ní raibh gaol ar bith aige dó (Tyr. – PÓB:125)

páiste díomhaoin - illegitimate child (Tyr. - ONL sub bastard)

pamhsin, m., plur. pamhsiní - a posy (Far. - SgÓir 9); goidé an sgéal do'n mbáinseoig
a bheith lán rósaí is pamhsiní - why is the green full of roses and posies (Far. - SgÓir
9)

pancán, m. - a grassy bank (Arm., Far. - SgÓir foclóir sub bancán); a bank (of earth)
(Mon., Arm. - Din1 sub pancán, Din2 sub pancán); panncán - a bank in a field etc
suitable for sitting on (no provenance - Din1 sub bancán, Din2 sub banncán); An
Pan(n)cán Fraoich (Om., Mon., etc. name of song - Din1 sub bancán; Mon. etc - Din2
sub banncán); s.a. bancán
párlus, m., gen. párluis - a parlour (Far. - SgÓir 55)

parrdóg - see barrdóg

pé - punishment (Om. - SgÓir 99)

pean, m. - a magpie (Der. - Din1); éan peana - a magpie (no provenance - Din1);
éan péan - magpie (Om. - Din2); s.a. míogadán breac

peasán, m. - a protuberant stomach, one having a large stomach (Mon. - Din2)

péataidhe - form of b'fhéadtaí, for b'fhéidir, perhaps (Om. - Din1, Din2)

peiceallach, adj. - conceited (Or. - ONL sub conceited)

peillic, f. - small flat oval basket made of untanned hides (Or. - ONL sub basket); cf.
peillic, a raw hide (no provenance - ONL sub pelt)

peiriaclach, adj.: uair pheiriaclach an bháis - the dread hour of death (Der. - Din1)

péisteog, f. - a worm (a term of abuse) (Far. - SgÓir 117)

peithriughadh - form of peiriughadh, act of panting, being out of breath, fussing

(Om. - Din2 sub peiriughadh)

piacar, m. - name of a small fish (possibly that called saodhán in the Rosses?)
(Inishowen - Din2)

pianas: is urrainn liom pianas ar bith de shalach a chur ort (Rath. - SR 4.11)

pigín: feidhmfidh mé an pigín sin a fheicinn (Rath. - SR 22.16)

piléar leaptha - bolster (Or. - ONL sub bolster)

pilleadh - act of returning (Far. - SgÓir 13); ar a philleadh - on his return (Far. - SgÓir
17); nár thárla dhuit pilleadh - may you never come back (Or. – ONL sub back)

pilleán, m. - a part of a spinning-wheel (Om. - Din2)

pille-ráca: form in English, possibly cognate with southern pléaráca (Tyr. — RBÉ
MS1215.479)

píochán, m. - hoarseness (Or. - ONL sub hoarseness)

pionna, m. - a pin; pionna a brollaigh - her breast-pin (Far. - SgÓir 38)

pis, f.: pis ghirrfhiaidh - wild vetch (Mon. - Din2)

piseag, f. - kitten; cha rabh mé i bhfad ag déanamh mo sgíth nuair chonnaic mé trí
piseogann ag teacht (Rath. - SR 7.19); cha rabh mé i bhfad ar mo bhealach nuair
chuala mé na píseogan ag teacht ar mo chúl (Rath. - SR 7.33); nuair cha b'urrainn le
na piseogaibh ag teacht in mo chomhair ar an dóigh sin (Rath. - SR 8.10)

pitir, f. - a pitcher (Mon. - Din1, Din2)

placáil thirim: placáil thirim uilig a bhí linn chun na scoile (Johnny Bán Mac Giolla
Uidhir) (coitianta ag an tsean dream i dTír Chonaill) (Tyr. – PÓB:125)

plaidín, m. - a blanket (Mon. - Din2)

plásán, m. - a green spot (Mea. - SgÓir foclóir sub báinseog)

plat, m.: plat gaoithe - a blast of wind (Antr. - Din2)

pléicín, m. - a bandage on the head (Arm., Mon., also Kildare - Din2); a shawl (Bref. -
Din2)

pléithin, f.: 'ghá phléithin - disporting himself (?) (Om. - SgÓir 120)

plobán, m.: treabhadh siocáin agus agus fuirseadh plobáin bhrisfeadh sé na trí
scológa b'fheárr fá 'n Bhóinn - ploughing frozen soil and harrowing wet would undo
the three best farmers in the Boyne valley (no provenance - Din2 Henry Morris sub
scológ)

pluc, f.: bhí sé ag fair-chluais i bpluic na h-ursana - he was eavesdropping beside the
doorway (Arm. - Din2)

plumbarlán, m. - dor-beetle (Far. - SgÓir 116); Omeath form (Om. - SgÓir foclóir sub
plumbarlán); a beetle (Om. - Din2 sub primpeallán)

plumpáil: ag plumpáil san abhainn – splashing in the river (as if drowning) (Tyr. –
PÓB:26)

póca na snáthad – pioncás (Tyr. – PÓB:122)

pocaire, m.: pocaire gaoithe - a kind of hawk, prob. wind-hover (Arm. - Din2); a
curlew (Om. - Din2); cf seabhac

pocán, m. - a bag; i bpocán an bharraigh - in the tow-bag (a hiding-place for money)

(Far. - SgÓir 120); déirc do'n phocán lán - alms to the full bag (Or. - ONL sub bag);
bha trí pócan óir ag gach uile haon acu (Rath. - SR 7.20); thóg mé a gcinn, sgiob mé
na trí pócann óir futha (Rath. - SR 7.30)

pocán, m., gen plur id. - a proud person (?); Hi-Liosliath na bpocán - Lislea of the
proud ones (Om. - SgÓir 118); pocán bréan onórach – a proud conceited puppy (no
provenance - Din1 sub onórach)

poirthís, f.: ní poirthís mo dhóigh - my position is not to be envied (Tyr. song - Din2)

póis: i mo mheisce nó i mo phóis - when drinking or making merry (Om. - Din2)

poitheunad (?) – a magpie (Der. – CS 17/08/1901 358)

póitire, m. - a drunkard (Mon. - Din1 sub pótaire; Din2 sub póitire); but, a poteen-
maker in Mac Meanman

poll: poll gan bun - abyss (Or., also Aran - ONL sub abyss)

póna, m. - a pond; póna éisg - a fish-pond (Om. - SgÓir 71)

pónar, m., gen pónair - beans (Far. - SgÓir 52); bean (Or. - ONL sub bean)

ponta, m., plur pontaí - a pound (money) (Far. - SgÓir 35)

pop! pop! - exclamation of surprise and disgust (Far. - SgÓir 15); adversative
exclamation, pooh-pooh (Or. - Din2)

pór, m. - the seed of the dock-plant (Meath - Din1, Din2)

port, m. - an air, a tune; buail suas port - sing (or lilt) an air (Om. - SgÓir 85)

portanacht, f. - lilting, knowledge of airs or tunes (Om. - SgÓir 85); lilting (Or. - Din2
sub portaidheacht)

potáta, m. - potatoes (collective) (Rath - Din2); see also spíon

práidhinn - hurry (Om. - SgÓir foclóir sub práidhinneach; Or. - ONL sub business,
flurry, haste, hurry); Meath form is praidhin or praen (Meath - SgÓir foclóir sub
práidhinneach)

práidhinneach, adj.: práidhinneach le n-a gcuid coirce - busy working at their corn
(Om. - SgÓir 96); práidhneach le n-a gcuid coirce - busy at their oats (Or. - Din2);
comh práidhneach le madadh ag baindheis - as busy as a dog at a wedding (Or. -
ONL sub as)

práidhneach - see práidhinneach

praiste - form of praiseach - brocolli (Mon. - Din2 sub dreas) (?)

prataí – said of a fat plump animal; ghabh se prataí mór gearrfhia (Tyr. – SML:214);
saoilim nach olc a' prataigh muilt e – I think he is not a bad lump of a wether (Down
– Gaelic Mag, from SML:214); prataidhe muilt - a goodly wether (Tyr. - Din2/Add.)

preabaiste, adj.: d'fhág sé mé preabaiste - he knocked me sprawling (Antr. - Din2)

préachán: amharc mar atáimid leis na préachánaigh (Tyr. – PÓB:124)

preáta - potato (Far. - SgÓir 110); preátaí – pronunciation (Tyr. – Tip1)

préata, m. - a potato (Meath, also Ulster - Din1 sub práta); s.a. baflóg

príbhéideach, príbhléideach, adj. - forms of príobháideach, private (Arm. - Din2 sub

príobháideach)

prioca, m. - a short stick (Mon. - Din2)

priocán, m. - pretence (Tyr. - ONL sub pretence)

priongarnach, adj. - peevish (Om. - Din2)

pritil, f. - a blacksmith's punch in horse-shoeing (Mon. - Din2)

priub - a spadeful (Tyr. - ONL sub spade)

proisdeal, m. - a bottle (Or. - ONL sub bottle)

próiste, f. : fear próiste - a process-server (Om. - Din1)

pruch - a little house (contempt) (Meath, O'Gr. - Din2)

prúiseach – bláth buí (Tyr. – PÓB:122)

pucaire, m.: pucaire gaoithe - a curlew (Om. - Din1); s.a. pocaire

pus: budh mhillse blas a bpusann caorthann na mil milis na sialann cruinn (Rath. -
SR 16.11)

putóg, f. - a thole-pin, a row-lock (Antr. - Din2)

rábach, adj.: ná bí rabach - don't be coarse (Om. - Din2)

racadóir, m. - a sportive character (Mon. - Din2 sub reacadóir); a mischief-maker (Or.

- ONL sub mischief-maker)

racán, m., gen racáin - spree, spreeing (Far. - SgÓir 110)

radaire, m. - stroller, truant (Far. - SgÓir 120)

radán, m. - a rat (Rath. - Din2 sub raftán); cf raftán

raftán, m. - a rat (Der. - Din1, ONL sub rat; Antr., Der. - Din2); madadh ar son raftáin
- a dog after a rat (Antr. - Din2 sub son); cf radán

ráinig - arrived at, reached; nuair ráinig mé é, chan fhaca mé acht aon tsúil amháin i
gclár a éadain (Rath. - SR 10.23); is d'imthigh í a bhaile. Nuair ráinig í do-a-tigh
(Rath. – SR 19.41)

ráithe - a wreath (of snow) (Der. - Din1, Din2)

raithneach: s.a. ronnaigh

raitín paitín - clothes (slang) (Om. - Din1, Din2)

ramhán: tá ramhán fút - you'll cry for all this (said when one laughs excessively)
(Der. - Din1); you laugh, but you will cry yet (said to one laughing excessively) (Der.
- Din2)

rán, m. - a cry (Antr. - Din2); rán ar an raon - a cry in the wilderness (Antr. - Din2); tá
an fhaoileog ag ránadh - the sea-gull is crying (Antr. - Din2)

ranc - form of ronga, rung of ladder etc. (Mon. - Din2 sub ronga)

rangaire, m. - a gaunt, sinewy or rawboned person or animal (Mon. - Din2 sub

reangaire)

raon - see rán

rás, m. - race; rás an mhuilinn - the mill-race (Far. - SgÓir 39)

rasán — bushes, shrubbery (Om. — IG X 613)

rat, gen plur id. - a rat (Meath - SgÓir 121)

rath: bhéadh do rath acu – they would have (steal) your good luck (Tyr. – PÓB:17
uimh 4,5; ádh, uimh 7)

rathamhail, adj. - auspicious (Tyr. - ONL sub auspicious)

réabha mhór – stripper cow, riabhach gamhnach (NB. is féidir gur ainm ar bhó
aithrid é) (Tyr. – PÓB:123)

reacadóir - see racadóir

réaltógach, adj., pron as if rialtagach - starry (Far. - SgÓir 110)

reangaire - see rangaire

reic - sell; bha mar sin go rabh an foghmhar bainte agus reicte acu (Rath. - SR
18.20); chan fheil airgead idir agam chum an chíos a reic (Rath. - SR 18.36)

réidh, adj.: nuair a bhí an foghmhar réidh acu - when they were finished with the
harvest (Far. - SgÓir 34); fuaras réidh teinidh - a fire was got ready (Far. - SgÓir 35);
nuair a bhí siad réidh - when they were finished (their dinner) (Far. - SgÓir 60)

réidhteach: ní bhfuaradar réidhteach rómhaith le n-a chéile - they did not succeed in
agreeing too well together (Or. - ONL sub agree)

réidhtighste, adj.: tá mé réidhtighste leis - I have accomplished it (Tyr. - ONL sub

accomplished)

réigiún, m.: na réigiuin - the sky (Om. - Din2)

reilig, f. - a churchyard; reilig na bhfear gonta, reilig na leanbh, reilig na mban -

churchyards at Carrickmore, respectively, for those who died a violent death, for
unbaptized children, for women (Tyr. - ONL sub churchyard)

réim, f.: ó réim - from tradition (Tyrone - Din2)

reimhre, f. - thickness (Far. - SgÓir 27)

réir: go dtugaidh Dia duit do réir do chroidhe - may God give to you according to
your heart (Or. proverb, Henry Morris - ONL sub according); do réir mar thuiteas -
according to circumstances (Antr. - Din2 sub tuitim)

reodhach, adj. - hoar-frosty (Far. - SgÓir 110)

ri - with; labhair an bálach ab' óige ris (Rath. - SR 5.21); agus dubhairt iad ris go
raibh iad ar son eich Ridire na nGleann na mBeann is na Réidhlean réidh a ghoid (SR
5.24)

riasg – a kind of coarse grass called 'bent' in Tyrone (Tyr. – SML:214)

ríbhín, m.: chan fheil ann acht sean-ríbhín - he is only an old twaddler (Antr. - Din2);
cum do ríbhín - shut up (Antr. - Din2)

rideal – criathar (ach rideal i dTír Chonaill fosta) (Tyr. – PÓB:123)

ridire, m. - a knight (Far. - SgÓir 11)

rigim: cha rigeann tú a leas - you do not need it, never mind (Antr. - Din2); s.a. leas

rinn - see ruinn

rinn - form of rinne, did; rinne siad a meadhon lae - they ate their dinner (Far. - SgÓir
60)

ris, f. - exposure, display (Antr. - Din2); exx there possibly also Antr.

riteann, m. - a ram (Antr. - Din2/Add.)

rith: tá sé 'na sgéal(chunntas) reatha fríd a' tír go bhfuil tú do phósadh - it is a

current account through the country that you are about to get married (Tyr. – ONL
sub account)

ró, m. - prosperity (S.U., Mea., etc. - Din1); tarraing nó dhó as mo phíopa le ró – a

pull or two from my pipe with luck (Mea. song by P Tevlin - Din1, Din2); béidh an ró
linn is sinn ag ól air - we shall have success and shall drink to it (Arm. song - Din1,
Din2); go raibh an ró leat - success to you (Louth - Din1, Din2)

robach, adj.: caora robach - a shaggy sheep (Antr. - Din2)

robaire, m., plur robairí - a robber; sgafta robairí - a band of robbers (Far. – SgÓir
105)

roc, m. - a dry chasm hollowed out by a stream (Om. - Din2)

rocán, m. - a turf bank (Antr. - Din2)

ródadh, m.: tá ródadh agat orm - you have the advantage of me (you know me but
not I you)(Mon. - Din2)

ródughadh, m. - act of digging (Om. - Din2)

rógaire, m. - a rogue (Or. - ONL sub rogue); s.a. bitheamhnach

roghain, f.: is í mo roghain ar mhnáibh an domhain - she is my choice among all the
women of the world (Or. - ONL sub choice)

roibín, m. - a beard (Om. - Din1, Din2)

róidheal, m. - a drill (agric.) (Om. - Din2)

roideog, f. - "bog-awl, a kind of butter-weed growing in bogs" (Mon. - Din2, from

O'Donovan's supplement to O'Reilly's dictionary; s.a. sub saileog)

roimhe le, prep.: before (Mon. - Din2 sub roimhe); roimhe libh - before you (Om. -
SgÓir 71); tá straoi roimhe leis - he has his work cut out (Antr. - Din2); roimhe le do
bhreith - before you were born (Far. - SgÓir 119); tháinig an fathach amach roimhe
leis - the giant came out in front of him (i.e. meeting him) (Om. - SgÓir 77); tá mé ag
cur roimhe liom - I am determined (Antr. - Din2); ná tóg cró roimhe leis na hearca -
don't build the stye before you have the pigs (Farney proverb - Din1 sub earcán; no
provenance - Din2 sub earc); nach mbéadh eagal air roimhe leis - that he would
show no fear of him (Om. - SgÓir 76); roimhe leobhtha (riv'-e laufa) — before them;
so also roimhe liom, leat, etc. (Om. — IG X 612, IG XI 207)

róine: gan róine air - without a stitch (of clothing) on him (Tyr. - ONL sub stitch)

roiseadh, m.: goidé mar tá tú? och ag iarraidh bheith ag roiseadh - how are you? oh,
pulling along (Arm. - Din2)

roithleán, m. - a reel (for flax) (Tyr. - ONL sub reel)

roithneál, f. - a wheel (Om. - Din1 sub rothnáil)

rómhadadh: a'b é go bhfeil m' iomairí 'gá rómhadadh - only that my drills are over-
ripened (Om. - SgÓir 97); cf crathadh

ronga - see ranc

ronnaigh – pronunciation of raithneach (Tyr. – PÓB:19); ronnaigh, roinneach –

brackens (Tyr. – PÓB:123); spréigh siad ronnaigh ar an urlár (Tyr. – PÓB:21)

rópa an droime – rópa an droma (Tyr. – PÓB:122)

rópán, m. - a rope (Om. - SgÓir 89; Or. - ONL sub rope); ropán gruaige – rope of hard
hair (Tyr. – PÓB:123)

ros – linseed, flaxseed (Tyr. – PÓB:123)

ruadh, m.: tá ruadh fliuch uirthi - she is running about in a confused and aimless
manner (Tyr. - ONL sub run)

ruagach - long sea-weed tangle (Rath. - Din2)

ruagradh, m. - banishment (Om. - Din1, Din2, ONL sub banishment)

ruaigim: ruaig mise amach ar an tír - I wandered out through the country (Or. - Din2)

ruaim, f. - an impulsive dash, rush; tháinig sé ar ruaim 'na diaidh - he came after her
with a dash (Om. - SgÓir 65); bhí fiche fear 'mo dhiaidh le ruaim - a score of men
pursued me (Iomáin Átha na gCasán)

rubha: méirleach na mara - the Arctic skua, often seen over Rubha an Fhir Liaith
(Fair Head) (Din2 sub méirleach)

rubhóg - form of ruadhóg, a flaxen cord waxed over, used by cobblers (Mon. - Din2
sub ruadhóg)

rucaire gaoithe, m. - the curlew (Or. - ONL sub curlew)

rudóg, f. - sweet willow (Om. - SgÓir 112)

rug - 3sg past of beirim, I bring; goidé rug ag teacht a chomhair m'áite thú – what
brought you coming near my place (Far. - SgÓir 11)

ruim, f. - a fly (for fishing) (Tyr. - ONL sub fly)

ruim, f.: gan ruim a bróg uirthe - quite unshod (Om., My. - Din2); d'fhág tú ar an
anas mé gan ruim orm 'san oidhche - you left me in distress with naught to cover
me at night (Om., My. - Din2)

ruinn: is iad ag teacht le ruinn i n-a n-éadan - they coming fiercely ("wickedly")
against them (Mon. - Din1 sub ruinn, Din2 sub rinn)

rún, m. - a secret: chuir an rí rún air - the king ordered him to keep secret (Far. -
SgÓir 11); a rún a leigint le crann - to reveal his secret to a tree (Far. - SgÓir 11)

rúsgán, m. - a man of large physique (Or. - ONL sub man)

sábháilte: sábháilte a bhaile dhuit - safe home (to you) (Om. - Din1); s.a. sábhálta

sábhálta: sábhálta abhaile dhuit! - safe home! (Om. - Din2); s.a. sábháilte

sagart: gin iol. sagart (Tyr. – PÓB:61), sagartaí (Tyr. – PÓB:123,124)

saileog, f. - a willow tree (Om. - SgÓir 112)

sáimhín, m.: sáimhín sógh - one's ease (Or. - ONL sub ease)

sáir: ní'l sáir bheith ag cainnt air - it is no use talking about it (Tyr. - ONL sub use)

sáitheach: cha dtuigeann bró sháitheach bró thámhach (Far. – SgÓir foclóir sub
támhach) – the full stomach does not understand the empty one [recte the busy
quern does not understand the idle one ?] (Or. proverb – ONL sub empty; Om. - Din2
sub támhach)

samhaidh – samhadh, sorrel, scurry grass (Tyr. – PÓB:123)

samhail: slán gach samhail - God save the mark (Or. - ONL sub mark)

samhailt: a shamhailt - the like of him (Om. - SgÓir 81)

samhlas - form of samhnas, distaste (Mon. - Din1 sub samhnas); nausea (Mon. -
Din2 sub samhnas); choler or bilious anger, nausea (Mon. - ONL sub anger, nausea);
displeasure, distaste (Or. - ONL sub displeasure, distaste)

samhlás, m., gen samhláis - vexation (Or. - SgÓir foclóir sub samhlás; Or. - Din2 sub
samhnas); lán samhláis - full of vexation (Far. - SgÓir 34); tá samhlás orm – I am
vexed (Or. - SgÓir foclóir sub samhlás)

samhluighim: cha samhlóchainn leis é - I wouldn't expect it of him (Mon. - Din1; Or. -
ONL sub attribute, expect); cha samhlann sí feoil nó lionn le n-a broinn ins an
Cháitin - she has no taste for flesh or ale in Lent (Mon. song - Din1, Din2)
samhradh: ag tearht an tsamraidh (with delenition of m) (Tyr. – Tip2)

saoil - think; pronunciation of síl (Tyr. – Tip1); saoilim (Om. - Ultach 39:11:10); agus
rug é (mar a shaoil é) ar Dhuine an chorraic duibh (Rath. - SR 6.27)

saor, adj.: saor ort-sa - in addition to you (Der. - Din1)

saoradh: bhéarainn saoradh dhóibh lán an Bhíobla, do gach aon neoch dá

dtuigfeadh an cás - I would give the explanation on oath of the charge to those of
them who understood the case (Seach. - Din2)

saoraideacht – smeadráil (Tyr. – PÓB:123)

saorthach, f.: thug an bean eile saorthach di - the other woman acquitted herself (to
her) (Om. - Din1, Din2)

sáruiste - form of sáruighthe, fatigued (Om., also some other districts - Din1 sub
sáruighthe)

sásta, adj.: cha dtigeann an Ghaedhealg go sásta chugam - I cannot speak Irish
fluently (Om. - Din2)

sáth – inseann ar abhainn, holm (Tyr. – PÓB:123); cha raibh hate ar an sath ach
craiceann agus sciana — slad déanta ar an iasc san abhainn (Tyr. – PÓB:124)

scadán, m.: scadán láibe - male herring (Arm. - Din2); scadán na bpis – female
herring (Arm. - Din2); scadán caoch - "dip", salt-water used as kitchen with potatoes
(Om., also Ulster - Din1, Din2);

scafaire, m. - athletic spruce young fellow (Or. - ONL sub athletic)

scafán, m. - form of scáthán, a mirror (Om. - Din1 sub scáthán, Din2 sub scáthán;
Or. - ONL sub mirror)

scafánta, adj. - handsome (Om. - Din1 sub scáthánta)

scafántas, m.: tá sí 'na scafántas - she is showing her figure (in her dress) (Arm. -
Din2)

scafta, m. - a flock, a band; sgafta mór columna - a large flock of pigeons (Far. -
SgÓir 45); sgafta robairí - a band of robbers (Far. - SgÓir 105)

scaigneoir - see scoigneoir

scáine - see scán

scairteach, f. - act of calling, shouting, screeching etc.; sgairteach na bhfaoileannán

- the screeching of the seagulls (Far. - SgÓir 21); ag sgairteach ar an mbuachaill -
calling after the boy (Far. - SgÓir 42); ní'l feidhm agam theacht a sgairtigh ort - I
have no need to come calling you (Om. - SgÓir 92)

scaithim - I lop or cut off; nach sgaithfeadh e - who would not lop it off (Far. - SgÓir
3)

scaithneán, m. - form of scannán, a film, membrane etc. (Arm. - Din2 sub scannán)
scaithte: bhí an bóthar (bór) scaithte le snearhta – the road was covered (sic!
perhaps better, cut off) with snow (Tyr. – Tip1)

scalcar, m. - a blockhead (Antr. - Din2)

scalgánach, adj. - proud, saucy (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

scallta, adj. - miserable, worthless (Or., also Donegal - ONL sub miserable)

scalltachán, m. - a fledgling (Or. - ONL sub fledgling)

scálta, adj. - tortured, tormented; bhí siad cortha sgálta ag éisteacht leis - they were
tired and tormented listening to him (Om. - SgÓir 92)

scaltaire, m. - a thin, spectre-like person (Om. - SgÓir 86)

scán - form of scáine, a crack, fissure etc. or a skein of thread? (Arm. - Din2 sub
scáine)

scannán - see scaithneán

scántach, m. - rheumatism (Antr. - Din2)

scaoith, f. - a shoal, a crowd (Om. - SgÓir 69)

scaoll, m. - dismay (Or. - ONL sub dismay); madness, frenzy (Or. - ONL sub
madness); duine chur i scaoll - to frighten a person (Mea. - Din1, Din2); dul ar scaoll
- to go mad (Arm. - Din1, Din2); teacht an lae ghil b'éigean damh imtheacht i scaoll -
at daybreak I had to depart in fright (Mon. song - Din1, Din2)

scaoth - see scraoi

scaraim: followed, not only by le, but also by ó and de (Louth, also Ulster - Din1)

scarbh, f. - a shag (bird) (Antr. - Din2)

scát, m. - a skate (fish) (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

scáthán - see scafán

scé – a kind of loft built of wattles for holding potatoes etc. (from sgiath ?) (Tyr. –
SML:214)

sceachóg - see sceitheog

scead, f. - appearance (Arm., also Aran N. - Din2)

scéal, m. - story. cause, reason; goidé an sgéal do'n mbáinseoig a bheith lán rósaí is
pamhsiní - why is the green full of roses and posies (Far. - SgÓir 9); goidé budh
sgéal dó - what was the cause of it (Far. - SgÓir 14); sgéala – news (Far. - SgÓir 15);
scéal oidheadh – any seanscéal (Antr. - Din2)

scealpóg, f. - a chip of wood (Om. - SgÓir 84); cf sceilpeog

sceamhlóg, f. - a slice (Arm. - Din2)

sceamhluighim - I slice (Arm. - Din2)

scéarda, m. - a little box for trifles (Om. - Din2)

sceilpeog, f. - a splinter, a chip (Far. - SgÓir 113); cf scéalpóg

sceimhil: sceimheal a chur ar chruach coirce (Tyr. – PÓB:123)

sceirfidh: ná bí ag sgeirfidh - don't be running about confusing the people (Tyr. -

ONL sub run)

sceitheog - form of sceachóg, a thorn bush; Sceitheog an Phréacháin - a boundary in

Oriel (Onomasticon - Din2 sub sceachóg)

sceoidín, m. - an insignificant person (Fánaid, also Donegal - Din2 Boyce)

scian eite, f. - a penknife (Cav. - Din1)

sciathóg, f. - whitethorn (Om. - SgÓir 112); sgitheoga — thorn bushes (Om. — IG X

613)

scidil, m. - a little person (Mon. - Din2)

scifleóg, f. - end or crust of a cake, also untidy clothes (Or. - ONL sub bit, end)

sciobóg, f. - a quick race, a short errand (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

sciordaim: sgiordann éan as gach ealta a nead - there is a bird out of every flock
that fouls(?) its nest (Tyr. - ONL sub foul)

sciorradh, m. - a short start of work (S.U. - Din2)

scíos, f. - weariness (Or. - ONL sub weariness)

scíste, f. - rest, repose (Or. - ONL sub rest)

scíth: cha rabh mé i bhfad ag déanamh mo sgíth nuair chonnaic mé trí piseogann ag
teacht (Rath. - SR 7.19)

scitheog — see sciathóg

sciúgán, m. - a shrill cry as of the water-hen (Antr. - Din2)

sciúraiste – defeated, beaten, routed (Tyr. – PÓB:55)

sclátáilte: sclátáilte le clocha – roofed with stones (Tyr. – PÓB:21)

scobadh, m.: fuair mé scobadh - I got a bite (while fishing) (Arm. - Din2)

scóid - see scúid

scoigneoir, m. - a riddle or sieve (Arm. - Din1 sub scoigneoir, Din2 sub scaigneoir)
scoilteog, f. - seed potatoes cut into sets (Der. - Din1); a potato-set (Der., also
Connacht - Din2)

scoith, f.: scoith an cheoil - air, tune (Om. - SgÓir 116); tabhair scoith an cheoil
damh - sing me the air of the song (Om. - Din1 sub scoith, Din2 sub scoth); tabhair
an sgoith dhamh - give me the air (of the song) (Or. - ONL sub air)

scoith: shaoil siad go dtáinic an scoith anuas orainn – they thought that a rock(?)
had come down on us (Der. – CS 29/3/1902 44)

scol, m.: bhainfeadh sé an scol as cailínidhibh óga - he would cause young girls to
shriek with laughter (Arm. song - Din1)

scollaim - I scold (Or. - ONL sub scold)

scológ, f., dat. scolóig - a farmer (Far. - SgÓir 13,15); a husbandman or farmer (Mea.
- Din2); treabhadh siocáin agus fuirseadh plobáin bhrisfeadh sé na trí scológa
b'fheárr fá 'n Bhóinn - ploughing frozen soil and harrowing wet would undo the three
best farmers in the Boyne valley (no provenance - Din2 Henry Morris). Cf. Scottish
sgalag, a cottier or farm labourer.

scológ, f. - a young seagull (Antr. - Din2)

scológán: sgologan gan sgolaireacht – a farmer without formal education (Der. – CS

17/08/1901 358)

scór, m.: dhíolfadh sise an sgór go glan agus bhuailfinn féin an clár - she would pay
the reckoning and I would rap the table (Or. song - ONL sub reckoning)

scornach – sceadamán (scornach i dTír Chonaill fosta) (Tyr. – PÓB:123)

scot, m. - a joint feast, or the collection for same (Tyr. - ONL sub joint); cf. a share of
a reckoning (no provenance - ONL sub scot)

scoth - see scoith

scra, scraoi, m. - a brood (of young birds) (Or. - ONL sub brood, clutch); s.a. scraoi,
scrath

scraiste, m. - a sluggard; sgraiste na díge - one who spends his time lying in a gripe
(Far. - SgÓir 120); an indolent person (Mon. song - Din1); the vagrant who lies in a
trench (Mon. song - Din2)

scraoi, f. - a clutch of young birds with a hen (Mon. - Din1); form of scaoth, a swarm,
a flight (of birds) etc. (Mon. - Din2 sub scaoth); s.a. scra, scrath

scrath - a brood (Om. - Din2); s.a. scra, scraoi

screabán, m. - a crust, burnt bread (Bref. - Din2)

screabog – the rough burnt skin of a roasted potato (Tyr. – SML:214)

scréachán, m. - a screecher, a child (Om. - Din2); a drop (Om. - Din2)

screathaire, m. - frog spawn (Or. - ONL sub frog spawn)

scríd, f. - vigour (Antr. - Din2)

scrídeamhail, adj. - lively, vigorous (Antr. - Din2)

scriobhach, m. - bad pasture (Ferm. - Din1, Din2, from O'Donovan's supplement to

O'Reilly's dictionary)

scríste - form of scíste, rest; tiocfaidh leat do sgríste dheanamh - you will be able to
rest (Om. - SgÓir 79)

scrog, f.: thug an madadh scrog orm - the dog bit me (Antr. - Din2)

scrogallach, m. - a bird's craw (Om. - Din2)

scrúdarsa - the particles of butter in buttermilk (Mon. - Din2)

scrúidire, m. - a bailiff (Arm. etc. - Din2)

scuabóg, f. - a small quantity, a taste (Tyr. - ONL sub taste)

scuaid, f. - an untidy woman (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

scubóg, f. - a particle, a speck (Far. - SgÓir 2)

scúid - form of scóid, a handful, crowd or flock (?) (Om. - Din2 sub scóid)

scúille - a servant-maid (Om. - Din2)

scuimseach: coinfheasgar scuimseach — a wet(?) evening (Der. — CS 15/3/1902 4)

'sé - used for 'seadh at start of main clause after subordinate clause beginning with
nuair, an tráth, tráth etc. (Mea., also Ulster - Din1 sub eadh, Din2 sub eadh)

seabhac, m.: seabhac cuain - a fish-hawk or sea-hawk (Antr. - Din2); seabhac géill –
a windhover or kestrel (Antr. - Din2); cf pocaire

seachad - past; ag dul seachad - passing by; gan deór uisge le ól aghad acht an
oiread a bhéirfidh tú ar bharr do theangan as fras ar bith ag dul seachad (Rath. – SR
5.11); cha rabh duine le feicsinn seacht in a thimcheall (Rath. - SR 9.7); seo tagan
atá mé dha thabhairt dhuit agus cuir seachad é ar son duine na coise tinne (Rath. -
SR 18.1); bha a fhios agham-sa anois nach b'urrainn liom an fháinne ag cur seachad
(Rath. - SR 11.7)

seachas - compared with (Far. - SgÓir 51 etc.)

seachnadh: is olc an bacach nach dtig leis toigh amháin a sheachnadh - he is a poor
beggar who cannot avoid or shun one house (Or. proverb - ONL sub avoid)

seádaidhe, m. - form of séadaidhe, a rambler (Seach. - Din2 sub séadaidhe)

séadaíocht – rambling (Tyr. – PÓB:123); roaming, snooping, up to no good (of

revenue police) (Tyr. – PÓB:31)

seadrán, m. - an ant (Antr. - Din2)

seaghain, adj. - tender, slender (Mon. - Din1)

séaghainn, adj. - slender (Mon. - Din2)

seaghais, f. - acclamation [recte: joy, pleasure - Ó Fiaich] (Or. - ONL sub

acclamation); gheobha tú seaghais ann - you will find it pleasant, it will be pleasing
to you (Mon. - Din1, Din2); oighrí an Fheadha gan seaghais faoi líog d'ar gcomhair -
the heirs of the fews without joy under the flag[stone] near us (Art MacC. - Din1,
Din2)

seaicéad – jacket (Tyr. – PÓB:14)

seal, m. - spell, turn; thainic a sheal - his turn arrived (Far. - SgÓir 11); seal 'na
dhéidh sin - a while after that (Far. - SgÓir 12); cha dtainic mo sheal-sa go seadh -
my turn has not yet come (Or. - SgÓir foclóir sub seal); gach aon ar a sheal - each
alternately or in his turn (Tyr. - ONL sub alternately)

sealaíocht – alternating (Tyr. – PÓB:123); bhí sé sealaíocht ar Abhainn Choilleadh

agus tháinig an báillí damhnata — póitseáil a bhí i gceist (Tyr. – PÓB:125)

sealainds - a challenge (Far. - SgÓir foclóir sub dubhshlán)

sealán, m. - the palate (Arm. - Din2)

sealbhán, m. - a flock from 12 to 500 (Antr. - Din2); a bevy, flock of birds (Or. – ONL
sub bevy); s.a. paclach, sluagh

seamair, f., gen seamrach - clover (Om. - SgÓir 97)

seamar - see siomar

seamróg: d'fholamh na fir ar son seamróige - the men went off for clover (Antr. -
Din2 sub folmhuighim)

sean: tá an scéal seo chomh sean leis na clocha (Tyr. – PÓB:124)

seanaimseartha – street-wise (Tyr. – PÓB:14)

seanaire, m. - old man (Om. - Din2)

sean-ársaidheacht, f. - hoary old age (Far. - SgÓir 19)

seanchaidhe, m.- one who relates old stories (Far. - SgÓir 19)

seanchas, m.: ag seanchas air - inquiring about him (Der. - Din1, Din2)

sean-dhall, m. - a seer, a wizard (Far. - SgÓir 11)

seangán, m. - an ant (pronounced shugan) (Or. - ONL sub ant)

searachán, m. - a fetter, in the form of a string twisted five or six times above an
animal's knee (Or. - ONL sub fetter)

searthán, m. - form of seachrán, waywardness (Mon. - Din1 sub tarthán);

delusion (Or. - ONL sub delusion)

seasaim - I stand, trample (ar, on); gur sheas se uilig air - that he trampled him all
over (Far. - SgÓir 19); gá hé... sheas insa' tsáil orm - who... stood on my heel (Far. -
SgÓir 54); pronounced with initial broad s (Tyr. – Tip2)

seascair, adj.: congbhuigh seascair thú féin - keep quiet (Antr. - Din2)

seascán, m. - a bird with a red speck on its breast (sedge-warbler or siskin?) (Der. -
Din1, Din2)

séid: séid leat! - get along with you (Or. - ONL sub along)

séid: ar séid - astray, rambling (Louth, Arm. - Din1 sub séad); ar seoid - astray,
rambling (Mon. - Din1 sub séad); ar seóid - aberration, astray (Or. - ONL sub
aberration, astray); i ndéidh a bheith ar seoid - after (his) being a-rambling (i.e.
astray, banished, exiled) (Mon. - Din1 sub séad)

seileán - see teileán

seilide - form of seile; seilide na cuaiche - cuckoo-spit (Om. - Din2)

seilite búrc - common snail (Far. - SgÓir 116)

seillean - see teileán

séimhnidhe, adj. - tame (as opposed to wild) (Arm. - Din2)

séipéal - see siopól

seisreach, f.: seisreach thacair - a borrowed plough-team (Mon. - Din1)

seistreach, f., gen seistrighe - form of seisreach, a plough-team (Far. - SgÓir 42);
pósta le fear seistreach na cruaiche móna bhéarfadh cead codlata damh-sa go
h-eadarlinn na mbó - married to a master of plough teams with his turf-rick
who would let me sleep till milking time (Om. - Din2)

seoch, m. - a sheugh or gripe along a fence (S.U. - Din2 also Donegal)

seoid - see séid

seolán, m. - sorrow (Der. - Din1, Din2); cf. siollán

seoma - form of seomra, a room (Antr. - Din2 sub seomra)

seomra - see seoma

seort, m.: gán seort – every kind of thing (Om. – Ultach 39:11:10)

siabún - see siapainn

siamsán, m.: siamsán ceoil - a song (Mon. - Din1, Din2)

siapainn - form of siabún, soap (Antr. - Din2 sub siabún)

sidheacht, f.: chuaidh mo chodladh chum sidheachta - sleep eluded me (Om. -
Din2); cf sigheacht

sídheán, m. - a fairy mount or hill; na daoine sídheán - the fairies (Om. - SgÓir 91);
copógaibh sídheán - fairy docks (Om. - SgÓir 93); uisge na sídheán – fairy water
(Om. - SgÓir 94)

sídheán, m. - a fairy (Or. - ONL sub fairy)

sídheog, f. - a mountain-shed (Om. - Din2)

sigheacht: chuaidh mo chodladh ar sigheacht orm - my sleep went astray on me, as

after a long vigil (Or. - ONL sub astray); cf sidheacht

síl: see saoil

Sím: lá fhéil' Sím - St. Swithin's Day (15 July) (Mon. - Din2 Henry Morris)

simleoid - form of simleoir, a chimney (Or., Tyrone - Din2 sub simné);

also simléad (Tyr. – PÓB:21); simlead, simlid – simléar (Tyr. – PÓB:123)

simleoir - see simleoid

sínim: sínim as - I start off (Arm. - Din2)

síobadh, m. - drifting of snow (Far. - SgÓir 110)

síog, f. - a rick (of hay etc.) (Or., also Mayo - ONL sub rick)

siollab - a syllable has plural pronounced siollabú (E and S.U. - Din1); siollabaibh
grádha - words of love (Om. - Din1)

siollán, m. - trouble (Der. - Din1; Tyr. - ONL sub trouble); tá sé ag fáil a lán síothláin
leis — he is under strain. (Tyr. – PÓB:125); ghlac se air hín a' siollan a ghoil agus a
chathamh go tóin na faraige – he took the trouble to go and despatch it to the
bottom of the sea (Tyr. – SML:97); siollánach – troublesome, tedious (Tyr. – PÓB:14);
cf. seolán

siollán – see teileán

siomar - form of seamar, clover (Om. - Din2 sub seamar)

síon: tá síon ar an aimsir - the weather is changing for the worse (Antr. - Din2); cibé
ar bith bhéas an síon cuir an síol annsa Mhárta - whatever the weather, sow in
March (Rath. - Din2 sub Márta)

sionnach: mar sin tig ar bharr mo iarbaill," ars an sionnach (Rath. - SR 14.31); "tig
anuas ar ghnog mo dhroma," ars an sionnach (Rath. - SR 14.36)

sioplaighe, f.: tá an tír 'na sioplaighe - the country is in confusion (Om. - Din2)

siopól - form of séipéal, a chapel (Mea. - Din1 sub séipéal; Din2 sub séipéal)
síorraidhe, adj. - everlasting, constant; amach go síorraidhe leis - away out with him,
he runs out as fast as he could (Om. - SgÓir 93), off he goes, he disappears (Om. -
Din2; Or. - ONL sub away)

siosmaid, f. - sense, wisdom (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce); do chuid scéalta gan siosmaid -
your rubbishy stories (no provenance - Din2)

siosmaideach, adj.: buachaill siosmaideach - a sensible youth (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

siothluighim - I strain, pass through a strainer (Tyr. - ONL sub strain)

siubhal, m. - walking; ar siubhal - gone away (Far. - SgÓir 7); siubhal oidhche gan
éadáil - unprofitable night-walking (Din. I Mea.)

siubhlaim - I walk; shiubhail sé leis - he walked on (Far. - SgÓir 17); is éadtrom

aerach siubhlann sí - light and airy she trips along (Or. - ONL sub airy)

siúd: siúd is go - although (Tyr. - ONL sub although)

siúráilte: go siúráilte – certainly (Tyr. – PÓB:154,175); bhí sé go maith go siúráilte,

níos fearr ná an rud atá ag gabhail anois (Máire Uí Mhianáin) (Tyr. – PÓB:126,154)

siúsan – a doctor's "bottle", a potion (Der. – CS 17/08/1901 358); a cure for cold
made (in this case) by boiling bogbean and 'glister' sugar (Arm. – RBÉ MS1126.403)

sláman – a handful (Tyr. – SML:214)

slampair, f. - frog spawn, spawn of fishes (Tyr. - ONL sub frog spawn, spawn)

slaod, m. - a dull-witted fellow (Om. - Din1, Din2); a mope, a dull person (Or. – ONL
sub mope)

slaodaim: shlaoduigh mé abhaile - I slunk home (Arm., also Aran - Din2)

slaoiste, m. - a lazy person (Om. - Din2)

slaprach, m. - bad rough land (Ferm. - Din2, from O'Donovan's supplement to

O'Reilly's dictionary)

slat, f: slat an phota - the cross-bar of a pot-rack, randle-bar (Om. - Din2); slat an
ríogh, the constellation Orion - recte Orion's Belt? (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

sléapadh, m. - boasting (Der. - Din1, Din2)

sliasad, f. - a boat's shoulder between the after-beam (tota sliasta) and the stern
(Antr. - Din2); tota sliasta - the afterbeam of a boat (Antr. – Din2 sub tota)

slide (?) – a slide-car (Rath. – Din2 sub spág)

sligeán, m., gen plur id. - a shell, sea-shell; Cor na Muclach na sligeán -
Cornamucklagh of the sea-shells (Om. - SgÓir 118)

slighe: slightheacha - wiles (Tyr. - Din2/Add.)

slinn - the reed of a loom (Antr. - Din2 sub coimhéad/coimheád)

sliocht, m.: appearance (Or. - ONL sub appearance); tá sliocht air - he is marked or
has a mark (scar) on him (Mon. - Din1, Din2)

slíomaire, m. - an ungainly or untidy person (Fánaid, also Donegal - Din2 Boyce)

sloc: Sloc na Mara - the channel between Rathlin Island and the mainland in Co
Antrim (no provenance - Din1, Din2)

slocach, m.: slocach mór - a landslide (Antr. - Din2)

slochtach – cársánach, hoarseness (Tyr. – PÓB:123)

slodan – a pool of dirty water (Tyr. – SML:214)

slóitreach, m. - havoc (Om. - SgÓir 86); sloitreach (Or. - Din2); sloitreach do

dhéanamh de - to destroy (no provenance - Din2)

sluagh, m. - a flock of over 500 (Antr. - Din2); cf paclach, sealbhán

sluaghadh – slógadh, slua (Tyr. – PÓB:123)

smag, m. - a pound, a blow (SgÓir foclóir sub smag); a blow, stroke (Or. - ONL sub
blow); thug sé smag [dó] - he hit [him] a blow (Far. - SgÓir 65)

smailc, f.: smailc tobac - a pull at the pipe (Or. - ONL sub pull)

smalcaire, m. - a wooden spoon used in eating Easter eggs (Mon. - Din2); a kind of
wooden spoon (Or. - ONL sub spoon)

smalcaireacht, f. - drawing heavily as a pipe (Arm. - Din2)

smaoinighim, pron. as if smaoinim - I think (Far. - SgÓir 52)

smaointeadh: choinnigh mé i mo smaointeadh é (Peadar Ó Brolcháin, Peter Pat Roe)

(Tyr. – PÓB:126)

smaois, f.: bhí a lioca 's a smaois éagsamhalta - his (Death's) cheek and nose were
awful (Mea. song - Din1, Din2)

smaol, m. - a thrush (Der. - Din1)

smaolach, m. - a thrush (bird) (Louth, Mon. etc. - Din1; Or. - ONL sub throstle)

smeach: ní'l smeach ann - there is no life in him, he is dead (Tyr. - ONL sub life)

smeideag, f. - beckoning (Or. - ONL sub beckoning)

smeigeadh, m. - a glance of the eye (Tyr. - ONL sub eye-glance)

smid, f. - a breath (Mon., also Donegal and Connacht - Din1)

smiolgadán - see smuilgeadán

smuainigh: smuainigh an tsean-bheanríoghán go ndéanfadh í ar shiubhail leobhtha
(Rath. - SR 4.5)

smuais, f., pron. as if smaois [smösh] - marrow (Far. - SgÓir 39)

smuaiseach: chan fheil a bheag smuaiseach ionn - there is nothing in it (Antr. - Din2
sub smuasach)

smuas - see smaois

smuasach - see smuaiseach

smúdar – coinlín (Tyr. – PÓB:123)

smug, m. - snuffling or dropping of mucus from nose (Om. - SgÓir 96)

smúid, f.: báta smúide, a steamboat (Antr. - Din2)

smuigín, m.: smuigín gasúir - a lazy boy (Der. - Din1)

smuilgeadán, m. - the collar-bone (Der., Tyrone - Din1 sub smuilgeadán, Din2 sub
smiolgadán)

smután, m. - a beetle, pounder (Tyr. - ONL sub beetle)

snadhmadh, m. - act of twining (Far. - SgÓir 58)

snag, m. - the convulsive snort of a child after severe crying (Arm. - Din2)

snaidhm, f. - a knot; ins na snadhmannaibh cruaidhe coraidheachta - in tough

wrestling embraces (Far. - SgÓir 3)

snámh, m.: beidh an snámh fada - the passage will be long (Om. - Din1, Din2)

snasamhail, adj. - neat, elegant (Seachrán - Din2)

snáthad: snáthad giuis - a peg for holding scollops in thatch, pronounced snát (Tyr .-
Din2/Add. sub snát)

sneachtaidh - gs form of sneachta (Antr. - Din2 sub lóin); lóin sneachtaidh - a

snowflake (Antr. - Din2 sub lóin)

snearhta – pronunciation of sneachta (Tyr. – Tip1)

snód, m. - a snood (in angling) (Antr. - Din2)

soc, m., gen suic - a sock or ploughshare (Om. - SgÓir 89 **** not found in text);
Gobha an tSuic - the Smith of the Sock (Far. - SgÓir 42)

sócamhlach, adj.: cathaoir shócamhlach - an easy chair (Mea. - Din1, Din2);

pronounced sóclach (Mea., also Ulster - Din1)

sóch - pronunciation of soitheach, a vessel (Om. - Din1 sub soitheach, Din2 sub
soitheach)
sochar, m.: an ndéanfaidh tú sochar damh fá'n bháta? - will you oblige me with the
loan of the boat? (Antr. - Din2)

socruighim - I settle, arrange (Far. - SgÓir16,18)

soifniughadh, m. - act of complaining, protesting (Arm. - Din2 Henry Morris)

soileár, m., gen soiléir (pron as if soileair) - a cellar; ins na soiliríbh - in the cellars
(Far. - SgÓir 63)

soin: tá fad ó shoin - a long time ago (S.U., Mea. - Din1)

soineannta, adj.: bíodh sé soineannta nó doineannta, crochfar é, ars' an breitheamh

- innocent or guilty, he shall be hanged, said the judge (Mon. - Din1 sub soineannda,
Din2 sub soineannta)

soir, adv. - up (to the fire) (Mon. - Din2); pronounced seir (Mon. - Din1); gabh soir
chuig an teinidh - go over to the fire (Mon. - Din1), draw up to the fire (Mon. - Din2)

soirbheas, m. - a fair sailing wind (Antr. - Din2)

soitheach - see sóch

solástaí - plural of solás, comfort, consolation; thoisigh [sé] a thabhairt solástaí leis -
[he] began to recite prayers of consolation (?)(Far. - SgÓir 115)

sompal, m. - one deformed (Tyr. - Din2/Add.)

son: ar son - able to; ar son a leagan - able to fell him (Far. - SgÓir 38); ar son a
dhéanta - able to do it (Far. - SgÓir 49; Mon. - Din1, Din2); ar son labhairt - able to
speak (Om. - SgÓir 71); ar son reatha - able to run (Om. - SgÓir 95); ar son a dhul
ann - able to go there (Om. - Din1, Din2); an bhfuil tú ar son siubhail? - are you able
to walk? (Or. - ONL sub able)

son: ar son - on account of; ar a shon sin - on that account (Or. - ONL sub account);
ar a shon sin – for that reason (Der. – CS 17/08/1901 358); agus ar son do dhílseacht
leigfidh mé saor thú féin cuideachd (Rath. - SR 12.2)

son: ar son - intent on; madadh ar son raftáin - a dog after a rat (Antr. - Din2); agus
dubhairt iad ris go raibh iad ar son eich Ridire na nGleann na mBeann is na
Réidhlean réidh a ghoid (SR 5.24)

son: ar son - for the benefit of; beidh bochtan ort an tráth seo, óir tá me ar tí sibh a
chur ins an teine mhóir atá déanta agham ar bhur son (Rath. - SR 8.33); thugadh iad
in a láthair, agus san cheartuair(.) Dubhairt an Ridire leobhtha an tráth seo, "Tá mé
ar tí sibh a chur ins an teine mhóir atá déanta ar bhur son agam (Rath. - SR 6.7)

son: ar son - for the duration of; bhí sé ansin ar son tamall beag (Tyr. – PÓB:124)

sonarach, m. - ringing (of bells) (Der. - Din1, Din2)

sonnrú: chuir sé sonnrughadh ionnta - he noticed them (Om. - Din1 sub

sonnruighim, Din2 sub sonnrughadh), he took notice of them (Or. - ONL sub notice)

sópa, m. - soap (Om. - Din2)

sopóg, f. - a sheaf of corn (Fánad - Din2); a stem of corn, sifín (Tyr. – PÓB:123); Liam
na Sopóige - Will o' the Wisp (Mon. - Din2)

sosáilte, adj. - comfortable (Der. - Din1, Din2)

spád, m.: fuair sé spád an bhásadóra - he died suddenly (Antr. - Din2)

spág, f. - the foot of a slide-car (slide) (Rath. - Din2)

spágán, m. - a club-footed fellow (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

spág-éarach, adj. - flat-footed (Om. - Din2); cf spág-lúrach

spág-lúrach, adj. - flat-footed (Om. - Din2 sub spág-éarach); cf spág-éarach

spaglach, m. - conceit, foppishness (Antr. - Din2)

spailpín, m.: gan fios agam féin nach spailpín ó'n Midhe thú - without knowing that
you are not a tramp from Meath (Or. - ONL sub tramp)

spairis, f. - an open loft (Arm. - Din2)

spairris, f. - "couple" of rafters (Or. - ONL sub beam)

spaisteóireacht, f. - strolling (Or. - ONL sub strolling)

sparasach, adj. - gaudy (Antr. - Din2)

sparnaidh - a deadly disease, perhaps rapid consumption (Om. - Din2)

sparraim: sparr an doras - bolt the door (Arm. - Din2)

speac - see spéic

spealt - the smelt of a fish (Antr. - Din2)

spéic - form of speac, accosting (Cavan, also Donegal - Din2 sub speac); chuir mé
spéic air - I spoke to him (Cavan, also Donegal - Din2 sub speac)

speilg, f. - a pointed rock (Louth - Din1, Din2); a rocky cliff (form of sgeilg?) (Or. -
ONL sub cliff)

speilgeach, adj. - full of pointed rocks (Louth - Din1, Din2)

spéir, f.: cia thárlaidh dhamh acht spéir bheag - whom did I meet but a little fair one
(S.U. song - Din1, Din2)

spéireog, f. - a sparrow-hawk (Antr. - Din2 sub speir-sheabhac)

spide: spide traghain (or tradhain) - corncrake (Mea. - Din1, Din2)

spíochán, m. - the part of the potato that remains after the seed-sets are cut (Antr. -
Din2)
spíon, m.: spíon na potátaí - potato peel (Rath. - Din2)

spíonaim - I tease, comb, card (as wool or flax) (Tyr. - ONL sub tease)

spíonán: Beirdsinigh bheag na spíonán - little Virginia (Co Cavan) of the

gooseberries (no provenance - Din1, Din2)

spíontóg, f. - a plough-coulter (Rath. - Din2); déanfad spíontóga dhíot - I will make

bits of you (Tyr. - ONL sub bit)

spleádhach, adj. - boastful (Or. - ONL sub boastful)

splinnc, f. - a slope (Or. - ONL sub slope)

splíona, m. - spleen, enmity (Om. - Din2)

spliúcán, m. - a blister (Far. - SgÓir 39); to be distinguished from spliúchán (Or. -

SgÓir foclóir sub spliucán)

spliúchán, m. – a pouch, leather purse (no provenance - ONL sub pouch, purse); a
bladder (Or. - SgÓir foclóir sub spliúcán); inflated animal bladder (Or. - ONL sub
bladder); spliúchán muice – scrathóg muice (Tyr. – PÓB:123); an toirtín coirce a
rinne sí ar na haibhleoga bhí sé séidte suas mar spliúchán muice ann (Tyr. –
PÓB:124)

spliúchán, m. - a blister (Or. - Din2 sub spliúchán); blain, blister (Or. - ONL sub blain)

spóca: bhí spóca dearg sáite sa tine agus madadh beag ag méaradradh ar an mhóin
sa chlúdaigh (Tyr. – PÓB:125)

spól, m. - a spangle of linen thread (Antr. - Din2)

spórsa, m. - sport (Tyr. - ONL sub sport)

sprachadh, m. - vigour, strength (Or. - SgÓir 118)

spracham [recte sprachamh?], m. - vigour, strength (Or. - ONL sub vigour)

spraic, f.: chuir mé spraic air - I accosted him (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

spréachán, m.: ní'l spréachán ann - it is quite dead (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

spreasán, m.: a breasna of sprissawns - a bundle of twigs for fuel (Meath - Din2)

spréidhim - I spread; spréidh [se] an t-éadach buird - [he] spread the tablecloth (Far.
- SgÓir 36)

spriseadh, m. - a jump (Om. - Din2); bhain me spriseadh - I jumped (Far. - SgÓir 53);
thug me spriseadh - id. (Or. - SgÓir foclóir sub spriseadh; no provenance - Din2)

sprogaille: char bhris cearc na n-éan a sprogaille riamh - the hen with a brood never
yet burst her craw (no provenance - Din2 sub sprochall)

sprogall, f. - the craw (of a bird) (Or. - ONL sub craw)

spuaic, f. - a hard blister, a callosity (Far. - SgÓir 39); tá buaic air a spuaic is é féin ar
stuaic - he has a poultice on his tumour and he is huffy (Or. - ONL sub poultice)

spút, m.: ní'l spút aige - he has no sense (Der. - Din1, Din2)

srad, f.: chan fheil srad 'e mhaitheas i bheith ag cainnt - no use in talking (Antr. -
Din2)

sráideog, f. - a cake for festive occasions (Antr. - Din2); teach na

sráideoige – the guest house (Antr. - Din2)

sráididhe, sráidí: a shráididhe gan éifeacht thug srán ar mo shréad bocht - you
good-for-nothing stroller who attempted to seize my poor flock (Arm. song - Din2
sub srán)

srán, m. - an attempt to grasp (no provenance - Din1); thug sé srán gan chéill ag
iarraidh leighis - he made a mad effort to obtain a cure (Om. song - Din2); rinne an
madadh srán orm - the dog snapped at me (Mon. - Din2); a shráididhe gan éifeacht
thug srán ar mo shréad bocht - you good-for-nothing stroller who attempted to seize
my poor flock (Arm. song - Din2); srán feirge - a sudden blaze of anger (Or. - ONL
sub anger; s.a. sub dash)

srannfach, f.: ag srannfaigh - snoring (Arm., also Donegal - Din1)

srannfadh, m. - snoring (Der., Om. - Din1 sub sranntarnach)

sréad, m. - a flock (E.U. - Din1); a shráididhe gan éifeacht thug srán ar mo shréad
bocht - you good-for-nothing stroller who attempted to seize my poor flock (Arm.
song - Din2 sub srán)

sreang, f. - backband (in harness) (Tyr. - ONL sub backband)

sríghdín, m. - animalculum (Or. - ONL sub animalculum)

srúb, srub: fuair oslóirí srúb ann mar thuiltibh lá báislighe (Mon. poem - Din2), fuair
oslóirí srub ann mar thuiltibh lá báslighe (Mon. poet Pádraig Dall Ó Mearáin - Din1) -
ostlers got liquor there like floods on a rainy day

srúbadh, m.: chan urra le na mucaibh deoch a ghabháil gan srúbadh - pigs cannot
help making a noise (gulping?) when drinking (Antr. - Din2); bhá na h-éisc chómh
pailt sin go raibh mé 'gá srúbadh - the fish were so plentiful I was literally baling
them in (Antr. - Din2)

srubhán, m. - a pancake (Om. - Din2 Henry Morris)

sruthán, m. - an oat-cake (Or., also Kerry - ONL sub oat-cake)

sruthar, m.: sruthair na Maoile Cinn Tíre - the Mull of Kintyre currents (no
provenance - Din2)

sruthlachán, m.: sruthlachán trágha - a cockle (Antr. - Din2)

staic, f. - stiffness, obstinacy (Louth, Mon. - Din1)

staideir, f. - form of stuidéar, study (Louth, also Ulster and North Connacht - Din1
sub stuidéar); act of studying, weighing up (Mea., Louth, also Connacht - Din2 sub
staidéar)

stáirrfeach, f.: ag stáirrfigh fríd an toigh - prancing about the house (Arm. - Din2
Henry Morris); tá do chuid stáirrfighe ort anois - your temper is up now (Arm. - Din2
Henry Morris)

stambán, m. - form of stompán, a stump etc. (Om. - Din2); an awkward person (Or. -
ONL sub awkward)

stampáil, f. - prancing (Tyr. - ONL sub prancing)

stán, m.: go dtearn an fear seo stán uirthi - that this man was impudent to her (Far.?
Om.? - SgÓir 114)

stánaidhe, m.: dá bhfeictheá an stánaidhe 'na seasamh láimh liom - were you to see
the hussy standing beside me (E.U. song - Din1, Din2)

stang - see stó

stanngán, m. - a tedious waiting inflicted on a person left without by one who has
called at a house (Om., also Townawilly - Din1 sub stanncán); act of awaiting (Or. -
ONL sub awaiting)

stánuidhe - see stánaidhe

staraidhe, m. - a scold, a shrew(?) (Om. - SgÓir 116); staruidhe fir and staruidhe mná
are uncomplimentary epithets (Om. - Din1)

starramhail - see sturramhail

stéadóg, f. - a jolly girl (Antr. - Din2)

steallcán, m. - a spout as of a jug etc. (Antr. - Din2)

steapach, f. - form of stiopach, an ugly girl (Om. - Din2 sub stiopach)

stearnálach, m. - a tern (Antr. - Din2)

steór, m., gen steóir - a store, an armoury (Far. - SgÓir 56)

stiaibhín, m. - form of stíbhín, a dibbling stick (Longford - Din2 sub stíbhín)

stioch - a drop (Or. - ONL sub drop); ní'l stioch uisge 'sa tobar - there is not a drop of
water in the well (no provenance - ONL sub drop)

stíog, m. - a fit, a dash (E.U. - Din1, Din2)

stiopach - see steapach

stiúraidheacht, f.: bíodh stiúraidheacht ort - be obedient, respectful (Der. - Din1,

Din2)
stó, f. - form of stang, a square perch of land (pronounced stö in Monaghan) (Din1
sub stang); a land measure (etc.) (Mon. - Din2 sub stang)

stoc - hob (Mea., O'Growney - Din2 sub teinteán)

stócach, m. - a lad (Tyr. - ONL sub lad)

stoirrse, f. - the rearing or kicking of a horse (Din2 Art O'Murphy - where???)

stól, m.: d'imthigh sí agus stól uirthe - she went in a huff (Arm., Mon. - Din2)

stoll, m. - a decrepit nag (Om. - Din2)

stolptha, adj.: bhí sé stolptha annsin - he was fixed there (Arm. - Din2)

stompán - see stambán

stopal, m. - straw prepared for thatching (Antr. - Din2)

stracán, m.: pall stracáin - a hole in a bog from which a large block of fir has been
raised (Tyr. - ONL sub block)

straflóg, f., plur straflógaí - a young girl (Far. - SgÓir 120); a slightly-built girl (Or. -
ONL sub girl)

stráic, f. - arrogance, haughtiness, presumption, pride (Or. - ONL sub arrogance,

haughtiness, presumption, pride); an áit a mbíonn an stráic is doiligh baint faoi - it is
hard to humble a proud person (Or. - ONL sub appertain, haughtiness, pride)

stráic, m.: stráic mara - focsle deck (Antr. - Din2); stráic deiridh - aft deck (Antr. -
Din2)

straighlich - noise, racket; thug an t-each craith as é féin go dtearn cluiginí a

(i)adhastair an léithead de stráighlighe go músgail siad Ridire na nGleann (Rath. - SR
5.36); chuala mé straighleach an fathaigh ag déanadh beann de thruslóig agus
gleann de dhá thruslóig (Rath. - SR 10.33)

strainseartha, adj.: 'sa tír strainseartha so - in this unfamiliar country (Far. - SgÓir 8)

stramhóg, f. - cailín leath-shálach míochmhar, applied by mountain girls to those of

the lowlands (Seach. - Din2)

straoi, m.: tá straoi roimhe leis - he has his work cut out (Antr. - Din2)

strathar – pronunciation of srathar (Tyr. – PÓB:123)

streamhóg, f. - bean bheag chaol éadrom shobalta (Seach. - Din2 sub streabhóg)

streap - climb; fa dheireadh thiar thall thug iad iarracht chum i bheith ag strapadh
suas chugam-sa (Rath. - SR 8.5)

streathnuighim - I spread out (as of turf) (Tyr. - ONL sub spread)

stríde - the seashore (Sligo place-name - ONL sub seashore)

stuaic, f. - the crown of the head (Om. - Din1); tá stuaic ort - you have taken offence
(Om. - Din1); tá buaic air a spuaic is é féin ar stuaic - he has a poultice on his
tumour and he is huffy (Or. - ONL sub poultice); cf stúc

stuaim, f.: bhain sé as a stuaim féin é - he invented or composed it himself (Om. -

Din1); fear stuamaíochta – handyman (Tyr. – PÓB:121)

stuaire, f. (Dinneen has confusing reference to faghaltán and to Duanaire na Midhe)

stuatach, adj. - proud, haughty (Fánaid, also Donegal - Din2 Boyce)

stúc - form of stuaic; also stuac: chan fheil stúc ar do scéal - you have no argument
(Antr. - Din2); cf stuaic

stuca: stuca, mar atá i dTír Chonaill (Tyr. – PÓB:123)

stuirt, f: tá stuirt air - he is in a huff (Or. - ONL sub huff)

stumpán - see -án

sturralach, adj. - sturdy (Om. - Din2)

sturramhail, adj.: go sturramhail dána - bold and brazen (Meath - Din2 sub
starramhail)

suailceach, adj. - cheery (Or. - ONL sub cheery)

suairc, adj. - amiable (Or. - ONL sub amiable)

suas: bhuail se suas le - he consorted or associated with (Om. - SgÓir 66); bhuail sé
suas liom - he overtook me (Mon. - Din1)

súdaire, m. - inveigler, deceiver (Tyr. - ONL sub inveigler)

súgán, m. - a straw collar for a draught horse, untidy neckwear (Bref. - Din2)

súgh, m.: súgh na heornan - whiskey (Arm. etc. - Din1)

sughan (cháisg) – a dainty cake at Easter (Der. – CS 17/08/1901 358)

suidhim: suidheann an chulaidh éadaigh sin go maith air - that suit of clothes fits
him well (Or. - ONL sub fit)

suidhisteog – suidhistín (Tyr. – PÓB:123)

suige: go suige, go suithe - as far as (Or. - ONL sub as)

suighte, adj. - absorbed (Or. - ONL sub absorbed)

súilín, m. - an unidentified fish (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

suim: duine gan áird, duine gan suim - a person of no account (Or., also Donegal,
Connacht - ONL sub account)

súistéir – súisteoir, thresher with flail (Tyr. – PÓB:123)

suithe: go suige, go suithe - as far as (Or. - ONL sub as)

sul a, sul do, sul má, solma - forms of sula, before (Om. - Din2 sub sara); sul má -
before, pronounced sma (Or. - ONL sub before); gheobha tú díol ann sul a dtí maidin
- you will be paid for it before morning (Mea. - Din1); soma (sol má) - before (Om. -
Din1); sula dtí, sul má dtí (m.sh. maidin) - before (e.g. morning) comes (Mea., also
Ulster and Connacht - Din1 sub tí); do dhíol mé an cíos sul a raibh an t-am ann - I
paid the rent before the time (Or. song - ONL sub before)

sultmhar, adj.: cárta maith sultmhar dighe - a nice enjoyable quart of liquor
(Seachrán - Din2)

sursan, m. - rest (Om. - Din2); tá sibh ag déanamh bhur sursain - you are resting (no
provenance - Din2)

súsaigh - a warm drink (Arm. - Din2); s.a. fúsaigh

susmaid, f.: biadh gan susmaid - juiceless food (Mon. - Din2); bhain siad an
tsusmaid as an bhainne le neart uisge - they weakened the milk because of the
amount of water put into it (Or. proverb - ONL sub appertain, substance)

sútróg, f. - a dip-rush candle (Arm. - Din2)

tá - is; often contracted before ann: goidé t' ann? - what is in it? (Far. – SgÓir 14,15)

tá – joining (from táth); tá an cnámh a' glacadh an tá – the bone is beginning to knit
(Tyr. – SML:214)

tabhair: an choróin do thabhairt suas - to abdicate the crown (Or. - ONL sub
abdicate); tabhairt i dtír - to provide (Tyr., also Donegal - ONL sub provide); chá
raibh dóigh ar bith aige a dtabhairt i dtír ach... - he had no means of providing for
them except... (no provenance - ONL sub provide)

tabhair ar - to compel, to make or force; a thabhairt air labhairt - to make him speak
(Om. - SgÓir 70)

tachair - happen, meet; bha coin-fheascar dubh na hoidhche ag teacht nuair

thachair duine orra (Rath. - SR 5.19); cha rabh iad ag fághail moran, óir thachair gur
fíor-ghann a bha gach sealg an bhliadhain úd (Rath. - SR 15.24)

taéum – give me (from tabhair domh); thaem, Hannon; háim, Farney; from SML:214

tafaint, f. - barking (Or. - ONL sub barking); s.a. tamhann

tagan - purse; seo tagan atá mé dha thabhairt dhuit agus cuir seachad é ar son
duine na coise tinne (Rath. - SR 18.1); thug í an tagan dó, is do fhalbh é an tigh
(Rath. - SR 18.13)

taghdarach, m. - a roof (Antr. - Din2/Add.)

tá go maith - very well (Om. - SgÓir 84,86)

taibíneach, taibigíneach, adj. - sudden, tragically sudden (Mea. - Din2)

taicín, m. - a tilly or make-weight (Mea. - Din2)

tairgne, m.: tairnge aisil - a linch-pin (Antr. - Din2)

taiseadach – shroud (Tyr. – SML:214)

taisgeóir, m.: cuid an taisgeóra ag an chaithteóir - the hoarder's [s]hare in the

spendthrift's hands (Or. proverb - ONL sub hoarder)

taisliughadh, m.: tá sé ag taisliughadh - it is drizzling (Or. - ONL sub drizzling)

táite, m. - a tate, a land measure of 60 Irish acres (Ferm., Mon. - Din2)

taithighe, f. - use, practice; ní'l dhá mhéid a thaithighe nach móide a spéis – there is
no time he experiences it that he does not like it more (Meath - SgÓir 121)

taitlin: thaitlin, form of thaitin (Tyr. – PÓB:123)

tálach - form of tadhlach, a pain or swelling of the wrist due to labour (Mon. - Din2
Henry Morris - sub tadhlach); murmuring dissatisfaction (Mon. - Din2 Henry Morris
sub talach)

táláid, f. - a beam (Om. - Din1); a balk, beam (Om. - Din2 sub tálóid); ar thálaid na
leaptha - on the canopy of the bed (Or. - ONL sub canopy)

tamall, m. a while; tamall de - a loan of (Om. - SgÓir 108); bhéarfaidh mé tamallt

duit - I will give you a loan (Or. - ONL sub loan); tiam tamall do'n phota – let me have
a loan of the pot (Mea., O'Growney - Din2); s.a. tamallt

tamallt, m. form of tamall; tamallt beag — a short while or distance (Om. — IG X

612)

támar - form of táimid, we are (Tyrone, also North Connacht - Din2)

tambac, m. - tobacco (Der. - Din1; ONL sub tobacco)

támh: tá sé 'na thámh - he is idle (Farney - Din2)

támhach, adj. - empty, weak for want of food; bró thámhach - empty stomach (Far. -
SgÓir 117); cha dtuigeann bró sháitheach bró thámhach (Far. – SgÓir foclóir sub
támhach) – the full stomach does not understand the empty one [?recte the busy
quern does not understand the idle one] (Or. proverb – ONL sub empty; Om. - Din2)

tamhán tómhaiste - cross-bar of a balance (Tyr. - ONL sub beam)

tamhann - form of tafann, barking (Far. - SgÓir 104; Or. - SgÓir foclóir sub tamhann);
s.a. tafaint

tanfairt, f. - making merry (Der. - Din1, Din2)

taobh, f.: taobh an fhuartha - windward side (Antr. - Din2); a thaobh - as to (Or. - ONL
sub as); thart gach dtaoibhe de, pron. hart ga dhivă dhe — all around (Om. — IG X
613)

taobhannaí – taobháin (Tyr. – PÓB:123)

taobhughadh: taobhughadh do - favouring or siding with (Tyr. - ONL sub favour)

taod, f.: a ghiolla na dtaod - o headstrong youth (Om. song - Din1)

taogha - form of togha, choice (Om. - Din2) [so pronounced throughout Ulster]

taoideadh - form of taoide, tide (Om. - Din1 sub taoide)

taoim, f. - bilge-water (Or. - ONL sub bilge-water)

taomú: a' taomú fearthainne – pouring rain, raining heavily (Tyr. – SML:214)

taplaisc, f. - a stumble (Antr. - Din2)

tarán, m. - the ghost of an unbaptised child (?) (Mon. - Din2 sub tachrán Henry
Morris, O'Reilly's Dictionary)

tárnochta, adj., pronounced as if tárnáta - naked (Far. - SgÓir 3)

tarpán, m. - a sod of bog turf (Der. - Din1); a sod (Or. - ONL sub sod); s.a. torp,
torpán

tarrabhan - commotion, strife (Arm. - Din2 Henry Morris)

tarraingim orm - I draw towards me; tharraing se píopa air - he took a pipe (to have
a smoke) (Far. - SgÓir 40); tharraing sé a chearc 's a bhunnóg air – he drew his hen
and his bannock towards him (Far. - SgÓir 58)

tárrtháil, f. - assistance (Or. - ONL sub assistance)

tarsann, m. - kitchen, condiment (Far. - SgÓir foclóir sub tarsann); beidh sí 'na
tarsann do'n ghabáiste - it will be kitchen for the cabbage (Far. - SgÓir 104; Mon. -
Din1, Din2); ní'l éadáil tarsainn againn - we haven't much kitchen (Mon. - Din1,
Din2); im le him chan tarsann é - butter with butter is no condiment (Or. - ONL sub
condiment, U. - ONL sub kitchen, sauce); same meaning in Donegal (Don. - ONL sub
kitchen, relish)

tarthán, m. - form of tachrán, a child of either sex of about seven years old (Ulster,
but not Donegal - Din1); tarthán girrsighe, tarthán gasúir (Ulster, but not Donegal -
Din1); a boy (Or. - ONL sub boy)

tasaí: ar an tasaí – ar an táirseach (Tyr. – PÓB:119)

tasanach - mournful; acht a charaideann mo chroidhe, ná bí sibh tasanach (Rath. –

SR 5.30)

tchifir - form of tchifidh tú, you will see; 'tchifir - you will see (it) (Far. – SgÓir 54); s.a.
faicir
te – warm: tá se te téagarthach – he is warm and comfortable (Tyr. – SML:214); tiugh
te – thick and fast; tá tú ag arsuighe bréag chomh tiugh te agus thig leat - you are
telling lies as fast as you can (Or. - ONL sub as)

té - woman; chuaidh Fionnghuala Ceathair Cráin ionnsuidhe an teampuill, agus í

deisighthe chomh deas le té ar bith a bha ann (Rath. - SR 21.21)

teach, m.: dhéanfad mo theach ar an árd, is beidh buaile bhó bhán is bhreac agam -
I'll build my house on the height, own a herd of cows, white and brindled (Or. song -
ONL sub house); s.a. tigh, toigh

teach bánaiste – waste home (for disposal of remains of horses etc)(Tyr. – PÓB:123)

teachaidh - form of deachaidh, went (dependent); go dteachaidh [sé] - that [he]

went (Far. - SgÓir 103 etc.)

teachtaire, m.: teachtaire Dé dá choinne agus nár imthighidh sé folamh - may God's
messenger come for him and not go away empty (Or. - ONL sub messenger)

teacht-i-dtír - means of living, livelihood, existence (Om. - SgÓir 67,73)

téagar, m.: a théagair - dear one (the word has crept into English in Meath, etc. in
this sense) (no provenance - Din2); tá se te téagarthach – he is warm and
comfortable (Tyr. – SML:214)

teaghlach, m.: nuair a phós mé chá raibh dúil agam an teaghlach uilig a phósadh -
when I married, I did not intend to marry the whole family (Or. - ONL sub marry)

téamadh, m.: tá mórán téamaidh ann - you could depend on him (Der. - Din1, Din2)

téamfaidh, f.: ní'l ann acht téamfaidh - it is only sport (Der. - Din1, Din2); ag iarraidh
téamfaidh - "making fun" (Om., Arm. - Din1, Din2); d'ársachainn go leor téamfaidhe
- I would tell a great many amusing yarns(?) (Mon. song - Din1, Din2); a humbug, a
trick by cajolery (Der. - ONL sub humbug)

teampall, m. - a Catholic church (Antr. - Din2); pronounced tea'pall (Meath, Or., etc. -
Din2); pronounced tea'pall with nasalized first syllable (Tyr. – Tip1)

teana - form of deán, do; ná teana sin an dara bomhta - don't do that again (Far. -
SgÓir 35,109); s.a. tiona

teanga, f., gen. teangadh; local pronunciation Tieγ'-ă, Töo'ă (Or. — IG 14:177 810); t
′ε̃:ə, t′aŋi, t′ĩ: all reported (Tyr. – Tip1)

teanamh - form of deanamh, do (Far. - SgÓir 24,54,55; Or. - SgÓir sub tionamh); ní'l
aon ghnaithe bhéidheadh le teanamh fá'n tigh nach gcaithfinn a dheanamh - I had
to do everyting around the house (Far. - SgÓir 24); ag teanamh leideog de'n iarann
do'n ghaisgidheach - flattening the warrior with blows of the iron (Far. - SgÓir 55);
ná bí ag teannamh muileann an ladair duid féin - don't be making a scoop-wheeled
mill of yourself, i.e. be quiet (Mon. - Din1); s.a. tionamh

teann, m. - straining, tightening, dint (Far. - SgÓir 4)

teann, adj.: ní'l sé teann - he is not tame (Tyr. - ONL sub tame)
teannadh, m. - act of tightening, pressing; ag teannadh leis - pressing towards him,
approaching him (Far. - SgÓir 24)

teannta, adj. - tight; seanduine teannta (Far. - SgÓir 112)

teap - a wooden shed (Leitrim - Din1, Din2, from O'Donovan's supplement to

O'Reilly's dictionary; ONL sub shed)

téa'pall - form of teampall, a church (Om. - SgÓir 73); so pronounced in parish of

Ratoath, Co Meath, and apparently "to the gates of Dublin" (E.U. – SgÓir foclóir sub
téa'pall)

tearadh - form of tabharfadh, would give (dependent) (Far. - SgÓir focloir sub
bearfadh); s.a. bheirim

tearht – pronunciation of teacht (Tyr. – Tip2)

téarma, m. - a term; thug an bás téarma eile dó - death gave him another term of
respite (Far. - SgÓir 18)

tearmann, m. - a termon or glebe, applied only to Church of Ireland glebes in Antrim

(no provenance - Din2)

tearn - form of dearna, did (dependent) (Far. - SgÓir 42,43,etc.)

teasnadh soluis - a flash of light (Tyr. - ONL sub flash)

téastar, m. - the canopy (tester) over a bed (Far. - SgÓir 23); s.a. crochaim

teastuighim: theastuigh an fear sin fá dheireadh - in the end that man died (Om. -
Din1, Din2)

téatracha, plural of téatair - tethers, ropes, rigging (Far. - SgÓir 21)

téidhim, téighim - I go; fuaidh mé – I went (Om. – Ultach 39:11:10); chuaidh se a

mharcaigheacht ar an tsean-bhéitheach - he began to ride the old horse (Far. - SgÓir
1); cha dtéid sé leat - you won't succeed in it (Far. - SgÓir 35); b'fhéidir go rachadh
sí leat - perhaps she would take a fancy to you (Om. - Din1, Din2); chuaidh se a
dheanamh teórainnteach - he started to set out boundaries (Far. - SgÓir 41); s.a.
théid

téigh ar aghaidh: fuaidh na pisreoga seo ar aghaidh maidin Bhealtaine –these

superstitious practices took place on May morning (Tyr. – PÓB:17)

teileán, m. - a wasp (Mon. - Din2); tá an teileán ag dul thart - the wasp is flying
about (Mon. - Din1 sub thart); cruach siolláin - a beehive (Antr. - Din2 sub cruach);
budh mhillse blas a bpusann caorthann na mil milis na sialann cruinn (Rath. - SR
16.12)

teilgean, m. - yield, as of a crop (Arm. - Din2)

teimeal, m. - form of teimheal, darkness (Om. - Din2 sub teimheal)

teine, f.: teine aeir - lightning (Antr. - Din2); s.a. soir

teinteán, m. - hearth-stone (Mea., O'Growney - Din2)

téipéil: deirtear gur Naomh Pádraig a chur suas an téipéil (séipéal) (Tyr. – PÓB:125)

téir - form of tar, come; ná téir do mo chomhair - don't come near me (Om. – SgÓir
89)

teóladh - form of tólamh: i dteóladh - always (Or. - ONL sub always)

teolar, m. - chin (Or. - ONL sub chin); s.a. tiolar

teora, f., plur teorainnte, teorainnteacha, gen plur teorainnteach - a boundary;

chuaidh se a dheanamh teórainnteach - he started to set out boundaries (Far. -
SgÓir 41)

thaire: d'fhág sé thaire an t-amadán mé – he saw me past the idiot (who was
blocking my way) (Tyr. – PÓB:14); chuaidh sé thaire an athair – he went (swam) past
his father (Tyr. – PÓB:26)

thaire le: taire le na claidheacha - over the fences (Tyr. - ONL sub over); léim se
thaire leis an tsrúthán — he leaped over the burn, pron. heríl-esh (Der. — IG X 612);
chaith(eadh) siad trí ghrainnín cré thaire leis na capaill, threw it over the horses
(Tyr. – PÓB:17,125); fear eile a bhí thaire leis an Ribbonman – a man who was over
(in command of) the Ribbonman (Tyr. – PÓB:35); a ghabháil thaire leis – to go back
over it, rehearse it, rethink through it (Tyr. – Tip1)

thairis: thairis an chuirp - above the body (corpse) (Om. - SgÓir 96); thairis an sliabh
— beyond the mountain, pron. heresh (Der. — IG X 612, IG XI 207)

thárlaidh - (it) happened (Far. - SgÓir 16)

thart - all over (i.e. settled) (Or. - ONL sub all); leig thart me - let me past (Far. -
SgÓir 27); ag dul thart - going about (Far. - SgÓir 28); going past (Far. - SgÓir 38);
thart ar an mbainseoig - round about (i.e. all over) the green (Far. - SgÓir 9); thart ar
a láimh - around his arm (Om. - SgÓir 106); tá an teileán ag dul thart - the wasp is
flying about (Mon. - Din1)

théid - will go; théid mise libh (Rath. - SR 5.30); téid mise agus geobhaidh mé dhuit
é (Rath. - SR 23.20); s.a. téidhim

thíos: thíos 'sa rúma agus bus sa chistine - down in the room and up in the kitchen
(Tyr. - ONL sub above)

thríd: do'n mbanntracht bheannuigheas thríd Bhéarla - I greeted the women in

English (Mon. song - Din1 sub tré)

thóbair: do thóbair - almost (Or. - ONL sub almost); s.a. fhóbair

thomologue [sic] - a mankeeper, a lizard found in marshy ground (Tyr. Drumquin:

Harpur, Carrick in my Time, lch 126

thu - you (as subject); bha thu chomh deis do'n bhás an uair sin is tá thu indiu (Rath.
- SR 8.24)
tiam - give me (Mea., O'Growney - Din2); tiam tamall do'n phota - let me have a loan
of the pot (Mea., O'Growney - Din2)

tigh - form of teach, house – though probably toigh is everywhere intended; (Antr. -
Din2 sub coinne; Inishowen – Ultach 27:7:1); tigh bhuin - a cow-house (Sligo - Din1);
tigh mór - asylum (Or. - ONL sub asylum); leagan tighe - house furniture (Antr. - Din2
sub troscán); trosc an tighe - a room of the house (Om. Din1, Din2 sub trosc); gach
aon mhionn aca a leagfadh tigh - every oath of them would knock down a house (Or.
- ONL sub oath); chonnaic mé tigh mhadaidh i bhfad uaim (Rath. - SR 7.16);
chonnaic mé gur tigh mór a bha ann (Rath. - SR 9.6); thug í an tagan dó, is do fhalbh
é an tigh (Rath. - SR 18.13); ní'l aon ghnaithe bhéidheadh le teanamh fá'n tigh nach
gcaithfinn a dheanamh - I had to do everything around the house (Far. - SgÓir 24);
bhí mé ar mo chéilí i dtigh Sheáin Uí Bhrolchán (Johnny Bán Mac Giolla Uidhir) (Tyr. –
PÓB:125); s.a. teach, toigh

tigim - I come; sin rud nach dtig a choidhche - that is something that will never
happen (Far. - SgÓir 10); something that never happens (Or. - Din2); as an
mbiadhlainn thig an fonn - out of the kitchen comes the appetite (Or. proverb -
Din2); mar sin tig ar bharr mo iarbaill," ars an sionnach (Rath. - SR 14.31); "tig anuas
ar ghnog mo dhroma," ars an sionnach (Rath. - SR 14.36). S.a. tearht

tig le/do: tiocfaidh leat - you will be able to (Om. - SgÓir 79); nach dtiocfadh léithi -
that she was not able (Om. - SgÓir 66); cha dtig dó sin a bheith – that cannot be
done (Om. - SgÓir 67,82; Or. - Din2); nach dtiocfadh duine ar bith a fhághail - that no
person could be got (Om. - SgÓir 66); cha dtiocfaidhe tuarasgbháil fhágháil uabhtha
- no tidings could be got of him (Far. - SgÓir 11; Or. - Din2); tá tú ag arsuighe bréag
chomh tiugh te agus thig leat - you are telling lies as fast as you can (Or. - ONL sub
as)

tilleadh, m. - act of returning (Om., Arm. - Din1; Arm. - Din2 sub coimirce; Or. – ONL
sub return); cuir orm coimrighe/comraighe 'un tilleadh slán - wish me a safe return
(Armagh song - Din1 sub coimrighe, tilleadh); cuir orm coimirce 'un tilleadh slán -
wish me a safe return (Arm. - Din2 sub coimirce); cuir orm comraighe 'un tilleadh
slán - wish me a safe return (Om., Arm., sometimes Donegal - Din2)

tillim - I return, come back (Om., Arm. - Din1 sub tillim, tuaim; Om., Arm., also
Donegal songs - Din2; Or. - ONL sub come, return); go gcuiridh Dia sonas agus ádh
ort go dtillfidh mé arais - may God prosper you till I return (Or. - ONL sub return);
amar (acht mara) dtilleadh tusa féin agus póg a thabhairt dom' bhéal, cuirfear mé
san gcré is gan aon duine liom - if you do not return and give me a kiss, I shall go
into the clay alone (Or. song - ONL sub return); cha dtillfar choidhche go dtír na nÓg,
a Oisín caoin na cruaidh lann (Rath. - SR 16.32)

timcheallt - form of timcheall, around; i dtimcheallt Oileáin an Óir - concerning the

Island of Gold (Om. - SgÓir 78)

timcheallta: ag cur faisnéidhe do thimcheallta - inquiring about you (Der. - Din1,

Din2 sub faisnéidh); shiubhail mé Éire timcheallta — I travelled all around Ireland,
from Ballinascreen song (Der. — IG X 612)

timléad, m. - chimney (Or. - ONL sub chimney)

tineadh, m. - act of thawing (Mea. - Din2)

tinim - I thaw (Mea. - Din2)

tinneas, m.: tinneas taobh amuigh de thigh - epilepsy (Tyr. - ONL sub falling-
sickness)

tiobadh, m. - vetoing, stopping (Far. - SgÓir foclóir sub tiobadh); a bar, hindrance
(Or. - ONL sub bar); ar cuireadh tiobadh air - which was vetoed (Far. - SgÓir 117);
cuirim tiobadh air - I prevent him (Louth, Arm., Mon. - Din2); gan tiobadh - freely,
easily (Louth, Arm., Mon. - Din1)

tiobaim - I bar, exclude (Or. - ONL sub bar); thiob sé mé gan a dhul - he stopped me
from going (Om. - SgÓir foclóir sub tiobadh; Om. - Din1)

tiob ar - form of teip, prove too much for (Mon. - Din1 sub teibim; Om., Mon., etc. -
Din2); gur thiob sé orthú uilig - that it surpassed them all, that they all failed in it
(Far. - SgÓir 58); 's ar dhochtúiríbh Éireann gur thiob an cás – the doctors of Ireland
have failed to grapple with the case (Mon. song - Din1); thiob sé orm beirint air - I
failed to catch him (Mon. - Din1); dá dtiobfadh an buille orm - if the stroke should
surpass me (i.e. if I should fail in it) (Far. - SgÓir 57)

tiolar, m. - a second chin (Der. - Din1, Din2); a double chin (Der. - ONL sub double-
chin); s.a. teolar

tiolar, m. - a pickpocket (Der. - ONL sub cutpurse)

tiomáinim - I drive; d'iarr sé air tiomáint leis - he told him to be off (Om. – SgÓir 66);
thiomáin leis - he drove on, continued (Om. - SgÓir 66(thiomáil leis),67); thiomáin sé
aníos 'un doruis - he rode up to the door (Far. – SgÓir 42)

tiompán, m. - a hillock (Antr. - Din2, O'Donovan's supplement to O'Reilly's

dictionary)

tiomscú, m. - form of tiomsú, act of gathering, accumulating (Arm. - Din1 sub

tiomsughadh, Din2 sub tiomscughadh)

tiomscuighim - I gather together, accumulate, etc. (Arm. - Din1 sub tiomsuighim,

Din2 sub tiomscuighim)

tiona - form of deán, do (Meath, Cavan - SgÓir foclóir sub teana); s.a. teana

tionamh - form of déanamh, doing (Meath, Breifne - SgÓir foclóir sub tionamh); s.a.
teanamh

tionntodh, m., pronounced as if teanntach - act of turning (Far. - SgÓir 18)

tiormlach, m. - aridity (Or. - ONL sub aridity)

tír: tabhairt i dtír - to provide (Tyr., also Donegal - ONL sub provide); chá raibh dóigh
ar bith aige a dtabhairt i dtír ach... - he had no means of providing for them except...
(no provenance - ONL sub provide)

tiugh: tá tú ag arsuighe bréag chomh tiugh te agus thig leat - you are telling lies as
fast as you can (Or. - ONL sub as) S.a. tiúth

tiúth – thick; nios tibhe – thicker (Tyr. – SML:214)

tligim, cligim - I throw, fling (Or., also Ulster and Connacht - ONL sub fling); ag tligint
fola - bleeding (OM. — Din1 sub teilgim; Or. - ONL sub bleeding); ag cligint fola —
bleeding (Om. – IG X 612); nuair tháinig sé 'san léana thlig sé de/dhe a léine - when
he entered the meadow he cast off his shirt (Or. song - ONL sub cast, fling); clig díod
e — throw it from you (Om. — IG X 613); do chlig sé – it faded away, withered (e.g.
of a plant) (Or. - ONL sub fade); cligim seile – I spit (Or. - ONL sub spit); theilg mé í sa
loch a bha ag cumáil éisg do'n fháthach (Rath. - SR 11.9); theilg an triúr síos a
bhfálcann móna agus i ndiaidh an bhannaigh (Rath. - SR 14.9); thosuigh iad ag teilg
clochan in mo ionnsuidhe (Rath. - SR 8.1)

tobán, m. - a tub (Far. - SgÓir 104)

tócha: is tócha liom - I deem more acceptable (Antr. - Din2 sub toich)

tochaisim - I scratch; thochaiseochainn me féin ar na geataíbh agus d'fhuigfinn mo

chuid fionnaidh ortha - I would scratch myself against the gates and leave my hairs
on them (spoken by a horse) (Far. - SgÓir 24)

tochamhail, adj. - proud (Om. - Din2)

tocht: tocht! - silence! (Neilson - Din1)

tof, f., gen toife; Art Guille na toife bréine - A.G. of the foul stench (Far. – SgÓir 117;
Mon. satiric tuireadh - Din1 sub tuf, Din2 sub tuth)

tóg: tá cloch ag Lios Glas, Baile Nua leath tógaiste (Tyr. – PÓB:124)

tógaim: tógthar damh - it appears to me (E.U. - Din1)

toigh: ag stáirrfigh fríd an toigh - prancing about the house (Arm. - Din2 Henry
Morris sub stáirrfeach); tá an toigh ag déanamh toite - smoke is rising from the
house-top (Rathlin I, G.J. - Din1); s.a. teach, tigh

toighte, adj. - select; mór-ochtar de fhearaibh toighte na Féinne - nine select men of
the Fianna (Far. - SgÓir 53)

toil: le n-a thoil féin - of his own accord (Or. - ONL sub accord)

toireasc, m.: toireasc geárrtha trasna - a circular saw (Om. - Din2); s.a. triosc, treasc

toiseach, m. - "leader" of a team of horses (Mea. - Din2)

toisighim - I begin; thoisigh a ghearradh an chroinn - he began to cut the tree (Far. -
SgÓir 10)

toit: tá an toigh ag déanamh toite - smoke is rising from the house-top (Rathlin I, G.J.
- Din1)

tol - form of dul, going (Antr. - Din2 sub coinne)

tomba, m. - a tomb-stone (Tyr. - ONL sub tomb)

tón: chuaidh an bád/long go tóin eagáin - the boat/ship sank/went to the bottom
(Om. - Din1 sub eagán, tón; Din2 sub eagán; Or. - ONL sub abyss, sank - éagáin)
tónfach, m. - the double or main swingle-tree (Tyr. - Din2/Add.)

tonnóg, f. - a duck (Far. - SgÓir 10; Tyr. – PÓB:104 — Aodh Ó Canainn; Inishowen –
Ultach 27:7:1); a domestic duck (Antr. - Din2 sub lacha); tonnógaí – lachain (Tyr. –
PÓB:123); grán tonnóige - lesser duckweed (Mon. - Din2); cf lacha

tóraidheacht, f.: ag tóraidheacht ar mhadadh ruadh - hunting a fox (Louth song -

Din1)

torc, m.: tá torc gruaige air - he has a shaggy head of hair (Mon. - Din1, Din2)

torcán craobhach - a porcupine, pronounced croíoch (Antr. - Din2/Add.)

tormachán na dtonn, m . - a ringed plover, arrives in Antrim about February (no

provenance - Din2)

tornán, m. - a heap (Mon. - Din1, Din2, from O'Donovan's supplement to O'Reilly's

dictionary)

torp, m. - a sod (Or. - ONL sub sod); tá torp glas agam ort, a bhodaigh - I have you
under a green sod, you churl (Om. - SgÓir 77); s.a. tarpán, torpán

torpán, m. - a clod, a sod (Om., Arm. - SgÓir foclóir sub torp); a sod of bog turf (Arm.
- Din1 sub tarpán); caith a' torpán so síos ins a' teinidh - throw this sod down on the
fire (Om. - SgÓir 79); s.a. tarpán, torp

tórradh, m., gen tórraidh - a funeral (Om. - SgÓir 94; Far. - SgÓir 108)

tosach, m. - act of beginning (Tyr. - Din2/Add.)

tota, m.: tota sliasta - the afterbeam of a boat; ceann tota - the head of boat (Antr. -
Din2)

trasna - across (Far. - SgÓir 27); druim trasna - middle deck (Antr. presumably - Din2
sub stráic)

tráth, m.: bheirfidh an tráth sin goile duit - that diet will give you an appetite (Antr. -
Din2)

treabhradh, m. - arable land (Fánaid - Din2 Boyce)

treaghach, adj. - wounded [as by a spear] (Or. - Din2)

tréartha: fear tréartha – a clever man (Tyr. – Tip1)

treas, adj. - third (E.U. - Din1 sub tríomhadh)

treasc: treasc gearrtha treasna - a circular saw (Om. - Din1); s.a. toireasc, triosc

tréic - form of triuch, whooping-cough (Breffney - Din2 sub triuch)

treightheach – cur i gcéill, antics (Tyr. – PÓB:123)

tréith(?): chá mholfainn go deó a dtréathra - I would never praise their manners (Or.
- ONL sub manner)
treóir: is fear marbh gan treóir nach leanfadh í - it is a dead, lifeless man that would
not follow her (Or. song - ONL sub lifeless)

triall - a journey (Om. - Din2 sub lóithne); leoithne (lóithne?) bhreágh gaoithe in do
thriall - may success attend your journey (Om. - Din2 sub lóithne)

triamhuin(n)each, adj. - sorrowful (Om. - Din2)

tribhealaidh - a beating (Mon. - Din2 Henry Morris)

trilleán, m.: gan trilleán gan tréan - without jerk or effort, care-free (Om. song - Din2)

triog, adj.: duine triog - a tidy person (Mon., also Aran - Din2)

triombarlán coille - a monkey (Om. - Din2 sub trompalán)

triomlach, m. - drought (Or. - ONL sub drought, dryness)

trioplóg, f. - a tuft (of feathers, hair etc.) (Tyr. - ONL sub tuft)

triosc - form of toireasc, a saw (E.U. - Din1 sub toireasc; Arm. - Din1 sub treasc); s.a.
toireasc, treasc

troch, m. - a trough; troch muice - a pig-trough (Om. - SgÓir 86)

tróig: an tróig seo - this time (Tyr. - Din2/Add.)

trom, adj.: tá sé ag eirghe[sic] níos truime - the rain is abating [sic] (Or. - ONL sub
abating)

tromóg – boortree (Tyr. – PÓB:123)

trosc, m.: trosc an tighe - a room of the house (Om. Din1, Din2)

troscadh: tabhair dó mo shuipéar 's mo roinn de'n bhainne, is déanfaidh mé

trosgadh na hAoine - give him my supper and my share of the milk, and I will do the
Friday's abstinence (Or. song - ONL sub abstaining)

troscar - form of turscar, produce, stuff, equipage, refuse, as of hay, straw, etc., a
by-product (no provenance - Din2 sub turscar)

truaillidhe, adj. - miserable, worthless (Or. - ONL sub miserable)

truideog, f. - form of druideog, a starling (Mon., also Donegal - Din1 sub druideog;
Din2 sub druid)

truslóg: chuala mé straighleach an fathaigh ag déanadh beann de thruslóig agus

gleann de dhá thruslóig (Rath. - SR 10.33)

tuafal - burdock (Om., My. - Din2 sub min-bhriúgail); cf cnadán, leadán an úcaire

tuaileas, m. - tidings, news (Om. - SgÓir 77,78); a false report (Tyr. – PÓB:57); s.a.
tualas
tual, m. - the three-pronged iron in the centre of a mill-stone (Antr. - Din2)

tualas, m. - tidings, news (Arm. - SgÓir foclóir sub tuaileas); a' bhfaca tú nó 'gcuala
tú tualas ó ghrádh mo chroidhe - have you seen or heard tidings from my heart's
love (E.U. song - Din1); s.a. tuaileas

tuarasgbháil, f. (the bh is silent) - tidings (Far. - SgÓir 11); cha dtiocfaidhe

tuarasgbháil fhágháil uabhtha - no tidings could be got of him (Far. - SgÓir 11; Or. -
Din2)

tuar uisge - rainbow (Tyr. - ONL sub rainbow)

tuathanach, m. - a rustic or farmer (Antr. - Din2)

tubaiste: baineann coimhéad maith an ceann de'n tubaiste - carefulness averts

disaster (Or. - ONL sub accident)

tuf - see tof

tugaim: cha dtugaim-sa thusa liom - I'll not take you with me (Far. - SgÓir 17)

tuigbheal: tá tuigbheal mhaith leis - it has a good meaning (Or. - ONL sub meaning)

tuigim: dís nach dtuigeann do bhás, fear do ghrádha agus fear d'fhuatha - two who
do not realize your death, the man who loves you and the man who hates you (Or. -
ONL sub realize)

tuilleach, adj. - additional (Tyr. - ONL sub additional)

tuilleadh, m.: bhéarfaidh mé sin dóibh/dófa agus a thuilleadh - I will give them that
and more (Or. - ONL sub more)

tuillim - I earn; go dtuillfeadh se an cíos - until he would have earned the (amount of
the) rent (Far. - SgÓir 35)

tuircín: chuaidh mé ionnsuidhe coille na tseilge ar los tuircín fhagháil (Rath. - SR

9.30)

tuireadh, m., gen tuiridh - act of lamenting in rhyme; ag tuireadh na gcorp -

lamenting over the corpses (Om. - SgÓir 96); cúpla ceathramha tuiridh – a couple of
verses of lamentation (Om. - SgÓir 96); bhí athair Fheidhlimidh Ruaidh Uí Lorcáin
marbh agus chuir siad fios ar Pheagaidh Ní Chuarta 'un e thuireadh — they sent for
Peggy McCourt to keen him (Om. — IG X 613)

tuirleadh, m. - rolling or falling down (Far. - SgÓir 3); gan tuisleadh gan tuirleadh -
without stumble or fall (Far. - SgÓir 3 whence Or. - Din2)

tuirlint, f. - form of tuirling, act of dismounting (Mea. - ONL sub alight, alighting)

tuirtin, m. - a cake made of oatmeal (Far. - SgÓir 40,41)

tuisleadh, m. - act of slipping, a slip (Far. - SgÓir 3); s.a. tuirleadh

túistéir – tuismitheoir (Tyr. – PÓB:123)

tuitim - I fall; duine de'n dá rígh a thuitfeas uirthi - which ever of the two kings
happens upon her (Om. - SgÓir 82); do réir mar thuiteas - according to
circumstances (Antr. - Din2)

tuitimeas - a (serious) fall (Antr. - Din2 sub taplaisc)

tul - form of dul, going; tá se an t-am a bheith 'tul a bhaile - it is time to return home
(An Taobh Chrom, Drumintee, Arm. - song - SgÓir foclóir sub teanamh); s.a. gul

túlan, m. - a kettle (Sligo - ONL sub kettle)

turadh, m.: tá turadh ann anois - it is fair weather now (Tyr. - ONL sub fair)

Turcach, m. - a Turk (Far. - SgÓir 56)

tursach – sad, grieved; tá me tursach brónach – I am grieved and sorrowful (Tyr. –

SML:214)

tursú – grieving, lamenting; a liacht sin cailín beag óg a' tursú go mór fa'n ghleann –
song (Tyr. – SML:214)

tusán, m. - a porch (Tyr. - ONL sub porch)

tuth - see tof

uabhar, m. - act of playing (Tyr. - Din2/Add.)

uachtar, m. - the upper part, the south (Far. - SgÓir 3)

uaill, f., plur uaille - a howl (Far. - SgÓir 25)

uaim, uait – see ó

uair: ar an chéad uair - at length (after a while) [?] (Or. - ONL sub at)

uaras - see úras

uasal, adj. - enchanted, pertaining to the fairies; coileán uasal - an enchanted whelp
(Far. - SgÓir 25)

uaspóg, f.: thug sé uaspóg do'n fhathach - he gave the giant a push (Antr. - Din2
sub uspóg)

uatán, m. - form of után, a knuckle (Antr. - Din2 sub után)

úcaire: leadán an úcaire - burdock (Om., My. - Din2 sub min-bhriúgail)

uchtach, m. - courage, hope (Om., also Ulster - Din1); ná bain uchtach de - do not
discourage him (Tyr. - ONL sub discourage); tá uchtach maith agam as – I have
great hopes of him (Tyr. - ONL sub hope)

uchtach, m. - an armful (Or. - ONL sub armful)

uchtach, m. - a declivity, downward slope (Or., also Ulster - ONL sub declivity)

ucsáid - see usgáid

udaidh - form of úd, that, yon; adaidh (Or. - ONL sub that); an fear udaidh - that man
(Far. - SgÓir 41)

udhmalltach, adj. - nimble (Or. - ONL sub nimble)

udhmhall, adj. - active (Mea. - ONL sub active)

'ugam - form of chugam, towards me (Meath - Din1 sub chugham)

ugh - form of ubh, an egg (Mon., Tyrone, etc.- Din1)

ughaim: cor/curadh/curra ughaime tuighe buarach (nó: tuighe Mhuire) – horse

harness made of rushes (Tyr. – PÓB:41,73–75). Bheirtear ar an ugham seo fosta, an
súgán droma; ughaim luachair: harness of rushes (Tyr. – PÓB:123)

uigh, f. - an egg (Far. - SgÓir 10); uigheacha (Inishowen – Ultach 27:7:1); also ugh

uimhir: leabhar na huimhir - the account-book (Or. - ONL sub account-book)

uirscéalaidhe, m. - one who relates romances (Far. - SgÓir 19)

uisce beatha, m. - whiskey (Om. - SgÓir 69)

uiseog, f. - a skylark (Om. - SgÓir 113)

umhail: cur i n-umhail dó - to make one believe, to pretend to one (Mon., also
Donegal - Din1)

umhlaidheacht – "Stations" (Tyr. – PÓB:10)

umlóid, f. - "side", affectation of superiority (Tyr. - ONL sub side); a trick (Tyr. - ONL
sub trick)

uradh, m. - utensil (Tyr. - ONL sub utensil)

úras, m.: úras na mairte - new milk (Der. - Din1 [uaras], Din2)

urball – tail; also ruball and sruball (Tyr. – SML:214)

úr-chrudh, m., plur úr-chruidhtheacha - a new horse-shoe (Far. - SgÓir 43)

urla – eaves (of house); tharrainn sé brodh as an urla – he pulled a straw out of the
easin' (eaves) (Tyr. – SML:214)

urlár, m.: urlár an bháta - the ceiling of the boat (Antr. - Din2)

urra, m.: is urra liom - I can (Rath. - Din2); chan urra le na mucaibh deoch a ghabháil
gan srúbadh - pigs cannot help making a noise (gulping?) when drinking (Antr. -
Din2 sub srúbadh)
urrainn - able; is urrainn liom - I can; is urrainn liom pianas ar bith de shalach a chur
ort (Rath. - SR 4.11); nuair cha b'urrainn le na piseogaibh ag teacht in mo chomhair
ar an dóigh sin (Rath. - SR 8.9); bha a fhios agham-sa anois nach b'urrainn liom an
fháinne ag cur seachad (Rath. - SR 11.7); s.a. cha/chan, na

ursach, adj. - propping, sustaining (Or. - ONL sub backing)

ursain: bhí sé ag fair-chluais i bpluic na h-ursana - he was eavesdropping beside the

doorway (Arm. - Din2)

ur-spéis, f. - a great liking or appetite, a craving (i, for) (Arm. - SgÓir 117)

úsc, m.: éan úisc - stormy petrel (Antr. - Din2)

usgáid, f. - a hogshead (Far. - SgÓir 102); also ucsáid (Far. - SgÓir foclóir sub usgáid)

úspail, f. - abuse (Tyr. - Din2/Add.)

ut, m. - a hill (Louth place-names - Din2); cf Ott Mountain, Mournes. Poss. dialect
form of ucht.

vizí – aim; ghlac se vizí air a' ghearrfhia – he aimed at the hare