meallach Moire | shellfish shaped like a cockle (strùban) but noticeably larger in size. Finely shaped. |
talach | looking down on something you have received. “Tha i talach air an aodach a fhuair i.” |
chlos thu | you quietened down, shut up. |
durabhaidh | i.e. used for an unpleasant, dour character. “Duine durabhaidh.” |
plodan (-ain) | divot(s) of turf. |
plàparsaich | in this instance used to describe weather conditions – “Tha plàparsaich de thiorramachd orra.” – meaning a little dryness. |
scuidsaireachd | messing about almost, similar to ‘luidreadh’. Heard this being used in the context of women making tea at a whist drive – “Bha mi a’ scuidsaireachd aig tì.” [NOTES: there is (g) added above ‘c’ in ‘scuidsaireachd’. Not clear if this refers to a variant spelling or pronunciation.] |
traoitair | used of a greedy person. Attached to the meaning of this word is an element of thieving. |
liuch | after taking cream off the milk, this word would be heard – “Cha robh liuch air fhàgail.” i.e. not a speck of cream was left on the milk. |
bainne caol | another name for ‘bainne togalach’. |
mìlleag (-an) | refers to a stage in butter making when the cream had been whipped to the extent that it became small fragments – ‘mìlleagan’. |
camhraich | after winnowing some of the grain was kept to be soaked in water for about two or three days. Thereafter it was sifted and boiled and left to form a jelly like substance. Eaten as a jelly, slightly bitter in taste. |
caraigainn | Irish moss. Some boil the weed and take it as a drink. Not very pleasant apparently. |
a’ sguallaich | blethering, gossiping. |
fàrn | a watchword. |
strìgean | a loud explosion. |
uiliochd | mistletoe. |
iodas | integrity. |
miodas | dishonesty. |
crulastan | unlimited kindness, hospitality. “Cha robh cumhnadh air crulastan.” |
feoinein is feonag | waiter and waitress. |
firist | researcher. |
lufadh | exercise as in exercising your limbs. |
meogh | to caress. “Bha i a’ meogh na teudan air an fhidhill.” |
fanaire | a positive note in music which ties musical notes, links movements. |
fluasg | musical progression, successive movements. |