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  1. bráthair
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): a friar, a monk, a brother
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: A bráthair! My good man! Prov: Ní bheathaíonn na briathra na bráithe, fair words will not fill an empty stomach. Na bráithre sin Dhún na nGall (song), Those friars of Donegal.
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  2. brathladh
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): a shout, a growl, an angry command
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: Chuir sé brothladh orm, he shouted angrily at me.
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  3. bratóg
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): a rag
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: Tá an duine bocht sna bratógaí, the poor fellow is in rags. Fear bratóg, rag gatherer, ragman. Bratógaí sneachta, snow flakes.
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  4. bratógach
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): torn, ragged
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  5. breac
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): speckled, spotted
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: An bhó bhreac, the speckled cow. An galar breac, small-pox.
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  6. breac
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): Half, moderately, pretty
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: Rinne sé breac-shamhradh, The summer was fairly good. Tá breac-shláinte agam, I am in fairly good health. Tá breac-eolas agam air, I have some knowledge of it. Ní raibh ann ach breac-aimsir, the weather was only middling.
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  7. breac
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): a trout
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: Breac geal, white trout.
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  8. breac-bhallach
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): spotted, speckled
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  9. breac-lá
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): a day of showers and sunshine
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  10. breac-luirgneach
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): having shins speckled from the fire
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