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  1. Iontráil:
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA):
    a heap of seaweed trussed with ropes and towed after a boat.
  2. Iontráil:
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA):
    an old woman
    Sampla(í) Úsáide:
    Cailleach dhubh, the cormorant. Cailleach bhréagach, the spotted orchid. Níl ann ach caileach (fir), he is only an old woman, a backboneless thing. Anois a chailleach! Now my man! A chailleach na mbréag! You little fibber (of a girl). [Cailleach is applied to woman or girl as giolla or gadaí to man or boy. cailleach, giolla, gadaí na mbréag, na mallacht, na míol, an tóchais]
  3. Iontráil:
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA):
    an old woman in a deragatory sense. "sean-ch- " = an old hag. "cailleach ruadh" = loach.
  4. Iontráil:
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA):
    an old woman, a hag.
    Sampla(í) Úsáide:
    "c. ruadh" = loach.
  5. Iontráil:
    Ciall nó Míniú (GAEILGE):
    preamhacha crann guíse i bportach.
  6. Iontráil:
    Ciall nó Míniú (GAEILGE):
    Gearrchaile seanaimsearach.
  7. Iontráil:
    Ciall nó Míniú (GAEILGE):
    Seán - Bhean
  8. Iontráil:
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA):
    or hay/straw rope rolled up in a ball.
    Ciall nó Míniú (GAEILGE):
    súgán
  9. Iontráil:
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA):
    seabird shag
  10. Iontráil:
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA):
    a súgán rolled up
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