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.
Focail agus Cora Cainte Ghaeilge Labhartha Oirialla na 20ú hAoise (Words and Phrases of 20th Century Spoken Oriel Irish)
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
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
Sunday, February 5, 2012
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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