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A' Fál Mór

  1. cuan
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): litter (of pups or kittens)
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: cuan pisíní
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  2. cúrsaí
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): as regards
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: ach cúrsaí airigead dó, bhí neart aige, but as for money, he had plenty of it.
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  3. dabhaidh
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): holy well (St. Deirbhile's in Faulmore; lucht dabhch, people who come to make visits or do stations at the holy well, usually to seek cure of some eye ailment. In the old church in Faulmore there is a stone which holds some water: nigh do shúilí ann agus abair an phaidir seo: 'uisce cloch gan iarraidh, ní gad iarraidh thainic mé, ach thárlaigh gur casadh an bealach mé, is gad iarraidh atá mé anois'.
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: lucht dabhch
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  4. dall caochán
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): owl
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  5. dath na gcloch
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): a lichen-like scabby growth on stones used to dye wool
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: cuireann sé dath buí ar an olainn (stocaí)
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  6. Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): spark
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: níl dé ná deatach inntí, said of a bad, nearly dead, fire (MC). bhí an dé i bhfear acú, one of them still had life in him (when taken out of the water).
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  7. deabhal
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): devil
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: in the alliterative doublet deabhal ná deamhan / diún/
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  8. deara
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: in phr. thug mé faoi ndeara, I noticed (MR). fá deara 'caused' does not seem to be used in Erris.
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  9. dearc
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: an, n. L. Ua(igh) na Deirc (thíos faoi tower Acl) is the mid-day mark for the people of Faulmore, i. when the sun is directly over it
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  10. déin
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: in phr. faoi dhéin(t), for, to get, collect especially animals: faoi dhéin caorach, to collect sheep (on mt): faoi n-a ndéint (to go) for them, i. cows on hill. ar fháirnis, to get, is used in reference to eggs: be' mé ag goil suas ar fháirnis uibheachaí, to get some eggs (at a house)
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