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Brian Merriman
FOCLÓIR/GLOSSARY
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cába cabhail cafaire caí cáidh caidhp cailc caile cailleach cáim cáimric cairdeas calaois calcadh callóid cam cámas cámas canbhás caoiche caoin caoineas caomhnú caor cás-lag catachas céad céadfa ceanasach ceangail ceannaithe ceannas ceannasach ceannfort ceansa ceantar ceapaithe ceart ceil ceirtlín ceisteoir ciabh ciantach ciarsúr cillín cinnteach cinnteacht cíoradh cíos cladhartha clagarnach claíomh clampar claon claon clár cleacht cleas or clis cling cló cloígh clú clúmh cnaiste cnó cochall cogar coife coigeal coileán coillte coim coimse coinneal cóip coir cóir cóiriúil coiste colgach coll comhalta comhar conartach cóngar cóngas conn connartach connsach córach corda corp corraigh cortha cóshínte cothrom cráifeacht cráigh cránas cranda craorag creach créachtach creathann créice creim creimeach creimneach críoch críoch críontach crios crithim crobhaire croitheadh cromadh crú cruach crúca crústa cuairt cual cuardach cuardaitheoir cuibhreach cuibhreach cuigeann cúil cuil cuilithe cuilt cuimseach cuing cuinneog cuireadh cuisleach cúl culaith cumainnín buí cumann cumas cumha cumhdach cúplach cuthach

cába
cape, cloak
Line: 135

cabhail
trunk, torso; the body of a shirt, coat, etc., a woman’s bodice, a camisole
Lines: 379, 487, 875

cafaire
prater
Line: pl. 779

caí
lamenting, weeping
Line: 210

cáidh
holy, chaste, pure, famous, excellent; 191: as subst.: an excellent person
Line: 191

caidhp, gs.: ~e
coif, lady's bonnet, cap
Line: 258

cailc
chalk; gs. in sense of beauty
Line: 242

caile
girl, wench, hussy
Lines: 219, 241

cailleach
a veiled woman, a nun, a celibate woman (cf. caille: a veil); an old woman, a hag; 179: cailleacha dubha: unwed women; 286: c. cártaí: women who tell fortunes with cards (Dinneen), “old maid”, the card game (Ó Foghlú)
Lines: 179, 218, 286, 316

cáim
fault, blemish; gan ch.: flawless
Lines: 255, 627

cáimric
cambric
Line: 394

cairdeas
cairdeas
Lines: 128, 982

calaois
deceit, fraud
Line: 90

calcadh
hardening
Line: 816

callóid
achrann, gleo; noise, wrangle, quarrel
Line: 533

cam
bent, crooked; distorted, wrong; 90: injustice, unfairness, inequity
Lines: 90, 616, 978

cámas
affectation
Line: 442

cámas
act of finding fault, disparagement; affectation
Line: 442

canbhás
canvas
Line: 395

caoiche
blindness
Line: 603

caoin
gentle, mild, tender, kind
Line: 203

caoineas, gs. -nis
smoothness, gentleness
Line: 121

caomhnú
to cherish, preserve, protect; preservation, protection
Line: 177

caor
glowing object, flame; c. thine: fire-ball, meteor, thunderbolt, a mass of fire
Lines: pl. 24, 844

cás-lag
weak, spent
Line: 892

catachas
heat in cat; vigour, passion; catachas draighin; force, venom, fire, fury, wrath
Line: 624

céad
a hundred; céad is deich as míle: 1,000-110=890; 1019: dúbail an freastal fuíollach: 890*2=1780
Line: 1018

céadfa
senses, mental powers
Lines: 544, 950

ceanasach
affectionate, esteemed
Lines: 216, 427

ceangail, pp. ~te
to tie, bind (in marriage)
Lines: 217, 225, 474, 820, 874

ceannaithe
bought and paid for
Line: 217

ceannas
headship, sovreeignty, authority, command; feidhm, acmhainn (Ó Foghlú)
Lines: 78, 482

ceannasach
powerful, commanding; 171: as subst.: commander
Lines: 171, 274

ceannfort
commander, leader
Line: 78

ceansa
gentle, meek, tame
Lines: 124, 609

ceantar, gs. -air
district
Lines: 55, 847

ceapaithe
well-formed; e.g. buachaill ceapaithe: well-built youth
Line: 216

ceart
proper, correct; 257, 260: proper share; 529: accuracy
Lines: 49, 257, 260, 336, 529, 655, 1015, 1016

ceil
398: to conceal, cover; 878: deny; 1017: withdraw, subtract
Lines: 398, 878, 1017

ceirtlín
ball of yarn, thread
Line: 302

ceisteoir
duine amhrasach
Line: 868

ciabh
lock of hair, hair of the head
Line: 803

ciantach
old, ancient; as subst.: an old man; beirim gan spás díbh páis na gciantach: I now permit you to to persecute the oldsters (Dinneen)
Line: 889

ciarsúr
(hand)kerchief
Line: 388

cillín
a little church, cell, hoard, nest-egg, treasure
Line: 301

cinnteach
fixed, definite; as subst. a covetous, niggardly or mean person
Line: pl. 791

cinnteacht
stint, stinginess
Line: 501

cíoradh
to comb, combing
Line: 960

cíos
rent, tax, tribute
Line: 78

cladhartha
villainous, spineless, cowardly
Line: 867

clagarnach
clatter; pelting rain
Line: 414

claíomh
a sword; c. na mbonsach: prob. a plant of some sort
Line: 342

clampar
wrangle, quarrel, commotion, trouble
Line: 88

claon
deceit, perversity; claon le: partiality to; claonbheart: a deceitful act
Lines: 117, 180, 443, 457, 728, 867

claon
sloping, inclined, inclined or partial to; ainmhí claon: beast of prey, allta
Line: 728

clár
clár na mara: the broad ocean
Line: 742

cleacht
to perform habitually, to practise
Line: 66

cleas or clis
trick
Line: 127

cling
clink, tinkle, ring
Line: 1013

cló
dealbh, aghaidh, form, shape, appearance
Lines: 492, 552, 569, 606, 650, 857

cloígh, vn.: cloí, pp.: cloíte
to wear down, subdue
Line: 122

clú
shelter; 995: shelter, support
Lines: 180, 376, 482, 995

clúmh
down, feathers
Line: 670

cnaiste
bed side-rail; cliathán leaba
Line: 714

cnó
nut; fig. choice flower; choice one
Lines: 96, 809

cochall
eangach
Line: 631

cogar
whisper
Lines: 296, 541, 930

coife
coif, a woman's cap
Line: 390

coigeal
distaff
Line: 301

coileán
pup, whelp; ógánach
Line: 581

coillte
gelded, castrated; ruined, destroyed
Line: 779

coim
cloak, skirt, shelter; fig. relief, succour; 381: waist
Lines: 317, 381

coimse
bounds; gan ch.: thar barr; 869: the middle class; tál na coimse: the off-spring of the fairly well-to-do (Dinneen)
Lines: 169, 411, 509, 869

coinneal
(marriage) candle
Line: 469

cóip
gang; cóip na sráide: street urchins
Line: 504

coir
crime, offence, fault, guilt
Line: 993

cóir, gs.: -ra
jusitice, equity, proper share, due; 417, 602: proper equipment (cóir éadaigh: rig-out); 895: proprietary
Lines: 249, 417, 602, 895

cóiriúil
suitable, proper
Lines: 216, 265, 581

coiste
jury
Line: 539

colgach
bearded, bristling, angry
Line: 48

coll(?), gs.: cuill
hazel tree; a chief
Line: 352

comhalta
foster-brother -sister, fellow, member, class, kind
Line: 128

comhar
co-operation, partnership, company
Lines: 409, 482, 887, 985

conartach
a rough, large-limbed person
Line: 401

cóngar
nearness, proximity
Line: 432

cóngas
nearness, closeness, relationship, relative
Line: 664

conn
ciall, sense, reason
Line: 493

connartach
a rough; a large-limbed or greedy person
Line: 401

connsach
(?)
Lines: 105, 455

córach
shapely, comely, pleasant, proper
Lines: 216, 265, 581

corda
cord, string, rope
Line: 456

corp
body; the main part, the middle; c. na sráide: lár an bhóthair
Line: 303

corraigh
move, stir
Line: 39

cortha
tuirseach
Lines: 31, 663

cóshínte
ar leathadh
Line: 703

cothrom
fair play, fairness, equity
Line: 669

cráifeacht
piety
Line: 293

cráigh
agonize, torment, vex
Lines: 174, 207, 957

cránas, gs.: -is
affliction, vexation, annoyance
Line: 284

cranda
stunted, weathered, decrepit, old, knarled
Line: 755

craorag
bright red, crimson
Line: 262

creach
foray; booty, plunder, prey; mo chreach: woe is me
Lines: 66, 183, 223

créachtach
gashed, wounded
Line: 54

creathann
to shake
Lines: 493, 562, 991

créice
creaking thing, skeleton
Line: 555

creim
gnawing, corrosion; a bite, gnawing pain
Line: 603

creimeach
abusive, corrosive, biting, defective
Line: 54

creimneach
corrosive
Lines: 54, 755

críoch
means
Line: 436

críoch
113: end; 76, 1013: territory; 436: means; 316, 371: prosperity, success, benefit, profit; 177: marriage (cf. cailín a chur i gcr.: to get a girl, daughter, married)
Lines: 76, 113, 316, 371, 436, 1013

críontach
an old person
Line: 1014

crios
girdle, belt, waist-band
Line: 708

crithim
to tremble, shake
Line: 464

crobhaire
strong, able person
Lines: 487, 627

croitheadh
to shake
Line: 627

cromadh
act of bending, stooping
Line: 850

crú
act of milking
Line: 669

cruach
rick, heap
Line: 796

crúca
hook, crook
Line: 135

crústa
a crust of bread, of frost; hard, hardy person; close-fisted miser; a clod, a useless person
Line: 959

cuairt
visit; 654: round; 922 journey
Lines: 355, 654, 796, 922

cual
faggot, bundle, heap; heap of bones
Line: 686

cuardach
wandering, searching, given to wandering from house to house
Line: 222

cuardaitheoir
a searcher
Line: 753

cuibhreach
binding, fetter; trammel
Lines: 569, 872

cuibhreach
binding, fetter, trammel, restraint, yoke
Lines: 569, 631, 759, 872, 994

cuigeann
churn, churning, churn contents; im, soitheach lán d’uachtar
Line: 796

cúil
corner, nook
Line: 404

cuil, pl. ~eanna
a fly
Line: 37

cuilithe
core, bosom, central portion
Line: 38

cuilt
quilt
Line: 408

cuimseach
tolerable, moderate, competent, neat
Line: 753

cuing
yoke; dlí chuinge na cléire: an pósadh
Lines: 474,500, 587, 945

cuinneog
churn
Line: 536

cuireadh
iarraidh, invitation
Line: 492

cuisleach
veined, strong-armed
Line: 581

cúl
poll of hair, crown of the head; 376: backing supporter
Lines: 135, 257, 258, 299, 376, 554, 700, 960

culaith
suit, dress
Line: 256

cumainnín buí
prob. a plant of some sort
Line: 343

cumann
affection, love; society, club; acquaintance, confidence; effort
Lines: 283, 415, 622

cumas
capability, power; 143-4: an tsíbhean chumais: the powerful fairy woman
Lines: 144, 547, 621, 626, 917, 940

cumha
anger, sorrow; mo ch.: alas
Lines: 749, 779, 810; gs. 816

cumhdach
cover, protection, shelter
Line: 571

cúplach
double-plaited (of hair), plaited, in folds
Line: 232

cuthach
rage, fury
Line: 942


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