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[dias]
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An dias is truime tha ’s an fhaiche, ’si is isle ceann.
Origin: [North Uist?]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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dias
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Quotation: Dias againn eòrna! Notes: an exclamation avoiding taking the name of the Lord in vain.
Location: Skye, Strath
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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dias
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a love. “Be tu an dias.”
Location: South Uist, Garrynamonie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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dias
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[fem.] as well as meaning an ear of corn, this also meant a fleck of barley chaff. Most irritating to the skin if a ‘dias’ adhered to one’s clothing. ‘Tha dias air mo dhruim’ could be awful. ‘Tha dias ’nam amhaich’ – worse!
Origin: Eileanaich [natives of Lewis]
Category: Taigh Gàidhealach / House and Furnishings
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dias
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Quotation: Na diasan. Notes: the straws left when binding corn.
Origin: Islay, Ballygrant
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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dias
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Quotation: Tha ’n coirce tighinn fo dhéis. Notes: “dias” also used of straws left behind on the fields after binding.
Origin: Islay, Port Charlotte
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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dias dhubh
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Disease of coirce. Can be prevented by mercurial dressing of seeds before planting.
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture
