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<text><body><div><p><span>SOME OMEATH WORDS AND IDIOMS</span></p>
<lb n="1"/>
<lb n="2"/><p><span>Its first Feis has brought Omeath into great promin-</span>
<lb n="3"/><span>ence recently.  Some have expressed curiosity as to</span>
<lb n="4"/><span>the dialect of the place.  Of this it may be remarked</span>
<lb n="5"/><span>that, certainly amongst the older generation, the local</span>
<lb n="6"/><span>form of Irish does not lack in vocabulary or idiom.</span>
<lb n="7"/><span>The following are a few instances, many of which</span>
<lb n="8"/><span>were used in actual conversation: - </span></p>
<lb n="9"/>
<lb n="10"/><p><span>Díoghbháil, harm, crime, built.</span>
<lb n="11"/><span>Tá na ba 'sa' díoghbháil, the cows are in the harm.</span>
<lb n="12"/><span>Ná teana díoghbháil do chomharsnaighe, don't harm</span>
<lb n="13"/><span>your neighbour.</span>
<lb n="14"/><span>Tá se soineannta do'n díoghbháil a fágadh i n'aghaidh,</span>
<lb n="15"/><span>he is innocent of the crime laid against him.</span>
<lb n="16"/><span>Tá se díoghbhálach, he is guilty.</span>
<lb n="17"/><span>Tá me an-domhain ar a'luibh, I am very fond of tea</span>
<lb n="18"/><span>(lit. on the herb)</span>
<lb n="19"/><span>Tá ráfladh ortt, you ahve too much jeering  talk or</span>
<lb n="20"/><span>humbugging.</span>
<lb n="21"/><span>Tá ráfladh ar do theangaidh (.i. bhead se ag ráidht</span>
<lb n="22"/><span>móráin cainte, barraidheacht cainte ag magadh fút),</span>
<lb n="23"/><span>your tongue is mocking me (i.e., he would be saying</span>
<lb n="24"/><span>much or too much talk jeering at you).</span>
<lb n="25"/><span>Bhí mé os cionn a bheith bocht, I was more (or worse)</span>
<lb n="26"/><span>than poor.</span>
<lb n="27"/><span>Chan é do bhochtaineacht fhuigfeas thú gan a bheith 'do </span>
<lb n="28"/><span>dhuine uasal, it's not your poverty will cause you not</span>
<lb n="29"/><span>to be a gentleman.</span>
<lb n="30"/><span>Cuirfe mé geall leat or ort, I'll hold you = I'll </span>
<lb n="31"/><span>bet you, I'll warrant you.</span>
<lb n="32"/><span>Tá cionn searraigh ar a'mhaidin earraigh, the spring</span>
<lb n="33"/><span>morning has a foal's head.</span>
<lb n="34"/><span>Cha leigeann sibh a leas a bheith buaidheartha uaim-sa</span>
<lb n="35"/><span>fá'n Ghaedhilg, you need not be troubled about the</span>
<lb n="36"/><span>Irish as regards me (i.e. his desire being to do his best</span>
<lb n="37"/><span>for it).</span>
<lb n="38"/><span>Cha leigeann tú a leas a bheith 'dréim liom-sa, you</span>
<lb n="39"/><span>needn't be depending on me.</span>
<lb n="40"/><span>Tabhair uchtach dó, give him courage.</span>
<lb n="41"/><span>Tá meisneach mór ionn, he is very strong.</span>
<lb n="42"/><span>Ba charán ban is maighdean é, he was the equal (or</span>
<lb n="43"/><span>match) for women and maidens.</span>
<lb n="44"/><span>Tá se thart gach dtaoibhe de, it's all around it.</span>
<lb n="45"/><span>Dhá fhaideachtis sheasach sí, béidh sí 'g éirghe níos</span>
<lb n="46"/><span>gaire, the longer she stands, the shorter she'll get.</span>
<lb n="47"/><span>Tabhair sgoith a'cheoil damh, give or sing me the air</span>
<lb n="48"/><span>(of the song).</span>
<lb n="49"/><span>Gheana me an fhírinne agus gheana me an ceart, I'll do</span>
<lb n="50"/><span>what's truthful and right.</span>
<lb n="51"/><span>Bhí Mícheál is Stiabhán ar dhuine de'n chúigear a mharbh</span>
<lb n="52"/><span>an cat, Michael and Stephen were of the five that </span>
<lb n="53"/><span>killed the cat.</span>
<lb n="54"/><span>Ghlac siad a mhac-a-samhailt, they took his likeness.</span>
<lb n="55"/><span>Tharrainn se a chló, he drew his picture.</span>
<lb n="56"/><span>Bhí a mhac-a-samhailt go díreach agam, I had one</span>
<lb n="57"/><span>exactly like it.</span>
<lb n="58"/><span>Budh mhaith le ráidht thú, lá dá rabh, you were well</span>
<lb n="59"/><span>thought (of), in former days.</span>
<lb n="60"/><span>Maith 's' gá ráidht e, as good as saying it.</span>
<lb n="61"/><span>Ghaor siad amach, they holloa'ed out.</span>
<lb n="62"/><span>Bhí siad ag gaorfaigh, they were holloa'ing.</span>
<lb n="63"/><span>Chan fhéidir dúinn gan a bheith báidhte, we mustn't</span>
<lb n="64"/><span>be drowned.</span>
<lb n="65"/><span>Ní'l neart againn ar gan a bheith báidhte, we cannot</span>
<lb n="66"/><span>help being drowned.</span>
<lb n="67"/><span>Goidé an chorraidhe atá anois ort?  Tá stuaic ort</span>
<lb n="68"/><span>do chionn ar do ghualainn.  What's the anger that's on</span>
<lb n="69"/><span>you now? You have a "snout" on you, your head on </span>
<lb n="70"/><span>your shoulder.</span>
<lb n="71"/><span>Nach tú an pocán bréan onórach?  Aren't you the </span>
<lb n="72"/><span>proud, stuck-up person? or what a proud, &c.</span>
<lb n="73"/><span>Tá tú 'do phochán onórach, you are a proud person.</span>
<lb n="74"/><span>Chan fhuil cíos ná béasa agam, I have neither rent</span>
<lb n="75"/><span>nor cess.</span>
<lb n="76"/><span>Ní'l siollab de' (= d'á) sgéal le fághail, there's no</span>
<lb n="77"/><span>account (or news) of him.  (N.B. Siooab is the </span>
<lb n="78"/><span>actual form).</span>
<lb n="79"/><span>Leig se béic as a chluinfeá thiar i mBinn Éadain.</span>
<lb n="80"/><span>"he let a roar out of him that you'd hear back in </span>
<lb n="81"/><span>mBinn Éadain."  (The eclipsed form of the place</span>
<lb n="82"/><span>name remains in the bad English, but none in Omeath</span>
<lb n="83"/><span>now know that Binn Éadain = Howth).</span>
<lb n="84"/><span>Ultach mór cearc, a big "armful" of hens.</span>
<lb n="85"/><span>Rinn tú stangán orm, you kept me waiting for you</span>
<lb n="86"/><span>(ever so long, &c.).  (Stangán is used also in this </span>
<lb n="87"/><span>idiom in Co. Donegal, in Townawilly in exactly the</span>
<lb n="88"/><span>same form, but in Glengesh with an adventitious r-</span>
<lb n="89"/><span>i.e., strangán).</span></p>
<lb n="90"/>
<lb n="91"/><p><span>Sháruigh se me, he tired me.</span>
<lb n="92"/><span>Tiob se mé gan a dhul, he stopped me from going.</span>
<lb n="93"/><span>Má bhíonn se 'fhearthainn Lá Fhéil' Blinne, béidh se</span>
<lb n="94"/><span>'fhearthainn dhá fhichid oidhche agus dhá fhichid lá, if it be</span>
<lb n="95"/><span>raining on St. Blinne's Day, it will be raining forty</span>
<lb n="96"/><span>nights and forty days.  Lá Fheil' Blinne = 6th July.</span>
<lb n="97"/><span>Chuala me 'gá luadh leat le fada (gur gadaidhe thú,</span>
<lb n="98"/><span>etc.), I heard it mentioned of you for a long time (that</span>
<lb n="99"/><span>you are a thief, &c.).</span>
<lb n="100"/><span>Fuarán, a spring.</span>
<lb n="101"/><span>Tobar fuaráin, a spring well.</span>
<lb n="102"/><span>Uisge fuaráin, spring water. </span></p>
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<pb n="156"/>
<div><lb n="103"/><p><span>Tá fuarán ins a'talamh sni, there's a spring in that </span>
<lb n="104"/><span>field.</span>
<lb n="105"/><span>Tá an talamh uile-go-léir faoi fhuaráin, the whole</span>
<lb n="106"/><span>field abounds in springs.</span>
<lb n="107"/><span>Bun, a mine.</span>
<lb n="108"/><span>Bun guail, a coal mine.</span>
<lb n="109"/><span>Bun iarainn atá faoi uile-go-léir, it's all one mine</span>
<lb n="110"/><span>of iron.</span>
<lb n="111"/><span>D'éirigh eagla orm, I got afraid.</span>
<lb n="112"/><span>Teana do reast (reasta), rest yourself.</span>
<lb n="113"/><span>Tabhair socraidheacht duid féin, rest yourself.</span>
<lb n="114"/><span>Bean fholánta, a "blooded" woman.</span>
<lb n="115"/><span>Bróga sgríbe, slippers, ex.</span>
<lb n="116"/><span>Sgríobóga, slippers, ex.</span>
<lb n="117"/><span>Cuir do chuid sgríobóg ort, put on your slippers.</span>
<lb n="118"/><span>Tá an lá confhadhmhar, the day </span>
<lb n="119"/><span>is stormy and cold.</span>
<lb n="120"/><span>Íosal nó uasal, mean or noble; fear íosal, a humble</span>
<lb n="121"/><span>man; na hísle agus na huaisle, the lowly and the noble</span>
<lb n="122"/><span>(people).  The form elsewhere is íseal.</span>
<lb n="123"/><span>Bíonn féar agus fraoch ar a' torpán agus tá an sgáirdeog</span>
<lb n="124"/><span>faoi agus gan féar ná fraoch air agus a'treas cionn a'</span>
<lb n="125"/><span>mhóin.  Bainfidh tú an sgáirdeog leis a'spáid agus bain-</span>
<lb n="126"/><span>fidh tú an mhóin leis a' tsleaghán, grass and heather</span>
<lb n="127"/><span>are over the torpán (sod) and the sgáirdeog (under-</span>
<lb n="128"/><span>sod?), over which there is neither grass nor heather,</span>
<lb n="129"/><span>is under it, and the third one is the turf.  You will</span>
<lb n="130"/><span>cut the sgairdeog with the spade, and you will cut the </span>
<lb n="131"/><span>turf, with the sleaghán (slane, turf-spade).</span>
<lb n="132"/><span>Tá an ceiteal ag dúidineacht, the kettle is singing;</span>
<lb n="133"/><span>(dúidineacht is also used of a person singing).</span>
<lb n="134"/><span>Dorsán, the growling of a dog; dorsán cheoil, a </span>
<lb n="135"/><span>verse of a song, for which also dranndán cheoil.</span>
<lb n="136"/><span>Chan fhuil se ag guil, acht tá se 'g dul a ghuil, it's </span>
<lb n="137"/><span>not boiling, but it's going to boil.</span>
<lb n="138"/><span>Golaidh píopa = a short stump of a pipe or dúidín.</span>
<lb n="139"/><span>Bláth-bhuidhe, of a pale delicate colour.</span>
<lb n="140"/><span>Bearach ionnlaoigh, a heifer; tá an bhó ionnlaoigh</span>
<lb n="141"/><span>the cow is springing.  From this there is a noun ionn-</span>
<lb n="142"/><span>laoghas also used in Béarra in Munster.</span>
<lb n="143"/><span>Maois sgadán, a mease of herrings; deich nduisín agus </span>
<lb n="144"/><span>dá fhichid ins a'mhaois, fifty dozen (herrings) in the </span>
<lb n="145"/><span>mease.  In Co. Donegal the dimin. form maoiseog is</span>
<lb n="146"/><span>used instead.  As maois = a pack or bag is the primary</span>
<lb n="147"/><span>sense, it is clear that mease is from the Irish.  A </span>
<lb n="148"/><span>mease = 500 herrings according to an English dic-</span>
<lb n="149"/><span>tionary.</span></p>
<lb n="150"/>
<lb n="151"/><p><span>Tá se éigeantach .i. slaod .i. eadar chiall agus ainchiall,</span>
<lb n="152"/><span>he is cracked - i.e., a half fool; i.e. between sense and </span>
<lb n="153"/><span>folly.</span>
<lb n="154"/><span>Díon cocháin, straw-thatch; toigh cocháin, a straw-</span>
<lb n="155"/><span>thatched house.</span>
<lb n="156"/><span>Thug an gabhar duinse (nó poc) damh, the goat gave </span>
<lb n="157"/><span>me a puck.  Tá an gabhar ag duinseáil (nó pocáil),</span>
<lb n="158"/><span>the goat is pucking.  Duinse may be the Eng.</span>
<lb n="159"/><span>dinge.</span>
<lb n="160"/><span>Reachaire, a Chushendall pony.  This was once applied </span>
<lb n="161"/><span>to a bicycle, because of its resemblance to rothar!</span>
<lb n="162"/><span>Léabóg mhairte, a stripper.</span>
<lb n="163"/><span>Gráisgealach, un-modest, obscene. </span>
<lb n="164"/><span>Bhí sé mall ag an chóisde, traen, etc., he was late</span>
<lb n="165"/><span>for the coach, train, etc.</span>
<lb n="166"/><span>Tá tú 'á chur síos ar mire, you are writing it down</span>
<lb n="167"/><span>very fast.</span>
<lb n="168"/><span>An áit fhásanns a' fáthlán bíonn a'bárr go holc.</span>
<lb n="169"/><span>Cuireann se folach ar a' ghráinne.  Where the coltsfoot</span>
<lb n="170"/><span>grows the crop is bad.  It covers the grain.</span>
<lb n="171"/><span>Min a'bhrúgail, burdock; buidheán, gilgowan; rodán,</span>
<lb n="172"/><span>"scrubbery where water and weeds grow" - are other</span>
<lb n="173"/><span>botanical names.</span>
<lb n="174"/><span>Tá driúrac in mo chois my foot is asleep (or "pins</span>
<lb n="175"/><span>and needles").</span>
<lb n="176"/><span>Tá tálach in mo láimh (nó chois), there's a tálach (pain)</span>
<lb n="177"/><span>in my arm (or leg).</span>
<lb n="178"/><span>Tá dubhach ar mo chois, there's a stone-bruise on my </span>
<lb n="179"/><span>foot.</span>
<lb n="180"/><span>Bhí se 'na chealldrach (.i. amadán), he was a fool.</span>
<lb n="181"/><span>Chuaidh sí go tóin eagáin, "she went to the bottom,"</span>
<lb n="182"/><span>she sank.  Used of a ship.  This is an expression of</span>
<lb n="183"/><span>great force.  Eagán can hardly mean anything else</span>
<lb n="184"/><span>than the deep, though O'Reilly give "Eagan, s.m. a</span>
<lb n="185"/><span>bottom;" he appears to be wrong as regards both the </span>
<lb n="186"/><span>meaning and the termination which should be long</span>
<lb n="187"/><span>(-án). From eagán again is formed duibheagán (dubh</span>
<lb n="188"/><span>eagán), an abyss.  O'Reilly is wrong here also in his </span>
<lb n="189"/><span>spelling, as he has "Duibhéagán, s.m. depth, an abyss."</span>
<lb n="190"/><span>The e is never long in this word, which is common</span>
<lb n="191"/><span>enough in both Leath Chuinn and Leath Mhogha.  In </span>
<lb n="192"/><span>Ulster the pronunciation is dhiv'-ě-Gon, and in Munster</span>
<lb n="193"/><span>dhei-Gaun' (Kerry, Dingle Promontory), dhee-Gaun'</span>
<lb n="194"/><span>(West Cork).  It is often heard in Munster in the ex-</span>
<lb n="195"/><span>pression poll duibheagán.</span>
<lb n="196"/><span>Ag bósdáil as a gcuid féin, haughty, proud of</span>
<lb n="197"/><span>themselves and of their possessions.  Bósdáil is from</span>
<lb n="198"/><span>the English, but the native idiom remains in the </span>
<lb n="199"/><span>phrase.</span>
<lb n="200"/><span>Bhain se as a stuaim fhéin e, he invented or composed</span>
<lb n="201"/><span>it himself; lit., he took it out of his own ingenuity.</span>
<lb n="202"/><span>This was how Miss Nelly O'Hanlon described the</span>
<lb n="203"/><span>origin of the air on Iomáin léanadha an Bhádhbhdhúin, in</span>
<lb n="204"/><span>ascribing it to Réamann Ó Murchadha.  The phrase has</span>
<lb n="205"/><span>the thorough Irish ring about it.</span>
<lb n="206"/><span>Sonas ort, or sonas agus ádh ort (lit. prosperity on you,</span>
<lb n="207"/><span>prosperity and luck on you) = thank you, especially</span>
<lb n="208"/><span>in response to the bestowal of a gift.</span>
<lb n="209"/><span>Cá huair a tháini' tú 'un na háite seo? When did</span>
<lb n="210"/><span>you come to this place?</span>
<lb n="211"/><span>Cá 'cú ndé nó 'ndiú a thaini' tú?  Was it yesterday</span>
<lb n="212"/><span>or to-day you came?</span>
<lb n="213"/><span>Cá huair a bheas tú 'g 'ul ar ais go Baile Átha Cliath?</span>
<lb n="214"/><span>When will you be going back to Dublin?</span>
<lb n="215"/><span>Chuaidh mé ar mo chéilidh go Baile Átha Cliath, I went </span>
<lb n="216"/><span>on a visit to, or visited Dublin.</span></p>
<lb n="217"/>
<lb n="218"/><p/></div></body></text></TEI>
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