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allagar
Sampla(í) Úsáide: glór árd, ag a' rón, go fheithide beag
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alóg
Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): flake
Sampla(í) Úsáide: chomh geal le alóg sneachta.
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alt
Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): cliff
Sampla(í) Úsáide: thuit sé le alt, fell over the cliff into the sea.
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am
Sampla(í) Úsáide: i n-amanna, eidir amaí, occasionally, sometimes.
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amhail
Sampla(í) Úsáide: ní bheith aon amhail agad ann, you'd get used to it (after a while)
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amháin
Sampla(í) Úsáide: in phrase h-é amháin from ní h-é amháin, not to mention, even: d'ólfainn sláinte madadh as Éire, h-é amháin amadán as Éire; bhéarfainn punt dó h-é amháin sciling, I'd give him a pound not to mention a shilling. h-é amháin is often used finally at the end of an utterance meaning 'even'.
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an cheist
Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): This is what you would ask a ghost. It has never been printed (ní rabh i bprionda riamh). Only two people (in Glosh) have the Ceist
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an chíonóg
Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): the five of trumps in the card game of twenty-five
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an mhuing mheara
Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): hemlock (Sb); this is exactly the same form as that used by Seaghán Mac Meanman in Ó Chamhaoir go Clap-sholus, p. 211; it seems to be due to popular etymology.
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anabaí
Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): huge, stout
Sampla(í) Úsáide: fear anabaí, fear mór reamhar (CN); fear mór millteach.
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