Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Réamharc - Cosúil

cosúil /kosəl/ [cf. Sc. G. cosail] a. 1. (a.) middling (Wag.), alright, fine. tá mé ~ I am middling (Ó Méith) AUA3. (b.) muise chan fheil mé ach ~ sure I am just alright (Ard Macha) PMCM. (c.) tá sé ~ it is fine (Ó Méith) ÉÓA1. 2. quite. (a.) tá sé ~ tirim It is quite dry (Ó Méith) AUA4. (b.) go raibh sé ag éirí ~ aosta he was becoming quite aged in appearance (Ó Méith) POA1. 3. reasonably. tá mé ~ saibhir I am reasonably rich (Ó Méith) BNC2. 4. comparable. chan fheil ins an Fheadh duine ar bith ~ leis there is no one in the Fews comparable to him (Na Feá) SÓH1.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Réamh-amharc - geancánach

geancánach m. ‘fairy of a lower order and of vicious disposition’ (Ó Méith) LÓM1.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Réamh-amharc - móirí

móirí f. grand mother (Ó Méith) AUA3. [cf. Manx Gaelic mwarree].

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Réamh-amharc - fáth

fáth m. goidé mar atá ’n ~ leat fhéin how are things? (Na Feá) SÓH1.

Friday, January 6, 2012

Réamh-amharc - 'Buaramh'

buaireamh : buaramh m. 1. trouble. (Ó Méith) AUA4. 2. ná bí do mo bhuaramh do not be bothering me (An Creagán) AÓM1. 3. anxiety. (a.) ~ mór ar a chroí great anxiety on his heart (Ó Méith) LÓM3. (b.) chan fhuil ~ nó bearrán orm I am neither worried nor perturbed (Na Feá) SÓH1.

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Réamhamharc - tairbhe

tairbhe m. (Din.), f. (FGB) na titigí amach fá rud gan ~ do not fall out over trivial things (Na Feá) SÓH1.

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Réamhamharc - 'tuaileas'

tuaileas m. tidings, news, report. dúirt sé go maithfeadh sé an cíos dófa dá dtiocadh leofa ~ a thabhairt gá rabh Oilean an Óir he said that he would forgive their debt if they could inform where the Golden Island was (Ó Méith) ENA1.

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