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ceannruán
Meaning or Explanation (EN): See Éigse vi, 37, for description. This I take to be the common goby; cf. Larousse: gobidés . . . osseux, de petite taille, avec une grosse téte, des yeux plus ou moins saillants, des nageoires pelviennes. Young lads in Tóin na hOltaí collect them in buckets to feed cats: íosaidh na cait iad.
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ceapim
Meaning or Explanation (EN): in Erris is confined to the meaning 'catch, stop, intercept'; has approximately the meaning of Latin capere; it is not used in the sense of 'think'.
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cearachaill
Meaning or Explanation (EN): maide rounáiltí ó bhalla go balla; hens roost on it.
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ceartharnach
Meaning or Explanation (EN): kern, mercenary (?)
Usage (EN): heard only in the very common proverb 'is fada an saol ceatharnaigh bliain' (MCd); dá mbeitheá ag caint ar rud a dhéanamh, déarfaí leat é (MC); 'up today and down tomorrow', therefore do not say what you'll do in the future, you may not be able to do it, you may not be alive Cf. SFC, 2386
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ceathramha caorach
Meaning or Explanation (EN): lamb's quarter, common orache (D); slat a' fás ins na fataí, ar thalamh gainí; á bruith ar fheóil, it is boiled with meat (CN); called 'fat hen' in England (PsC).
Meaning or Explanation (GA): slat a' fás ins na fataí, ar thalamh gainí
Tuilleadh -
céim
Meaning or Explanation (EN): limp
Usage (EN): bhí céim ann, bhí sé bacach; céim bhacaíl', a lame step
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ceirteóg
Meaning or Explanation (EN): rag tied on a cow's tail
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ceirthín
Meaning or Explanation (EN): a plaster: plástar a chuirfeá le cois tinn.
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céiseóg
Meaning or Explanation (EN): a young sow having first litter
Usage (EN): banbh céiseóige ar a' gcéad ál, a piglet of a sow's first litter.
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ceó bruithinn
Meaning or Explanation (EN): heat haze in fine weather
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