, a house or workshop, found in compounds like ceárdcha.

, g. caib, pl. id., m., a mouth, a head, a gap, the bit or mouthpiece of a bridle, a muffle, a muzzle (Ballydehob = Béal Átha an dá Chab); dim. caibín, a lip.

, g. id., pl., -bhna, m., a cave.

, -aighe, a., babbling, talking, gapped, indented.

, g. id., f., prattle, prate, chat.

, -e, f., the body; the trunk; the body of a shirt, coat, etc.; a woman's bodice; the bare walls of a house.

, -bhra, -bhrach and -bhartha, f., help, assistance, support.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a prattler; cabaire breac, a magpie.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a helper, assistant, a supporter.

, -a, f., prattling.

, g. id. m., cabbage, colewort, cauliflower; cabáiste daoine maithe, London Pride, which is also called cabáiste mhada ruaidh.

, -ail, pl. id., m., a large pan (particularly for milk), a cauldron.

I.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a field, a valley, a plain.

II.

, -áin, pl. id., m., common yellow water lily.

, cabhaoire. See <<camhaoir>>.

, gs. as a., helpful, comfortable.

, -aighe, a., comfortable; helpful, aiding, assisting.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a helper, aider, assistant.

, -ais, m., stepping stones across a stream. See <<cabhsa>>.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a little stump; c. rámhainne, a worn little spade. See <<camhcaid>>.

, -e, f., babbling, talking.

(also cobhlach)

, g. -aigh, pl. id., and -acha, m., a fleet, a navy; cabhlach tighe, a ruined or empty house.

, g. -áin, pl. id., m., a sailor, a mariner.

, pl., m., the rigging of a ship.

, -óige, -óga, f., a jackdaw, a jay.

, -aigh, -aighe, m., an assistant, an auxiliary.

, -aighe, a., helpful.

, -e, f., corn spurrey.

, -ughadh, imper. cabhruigh and cabhair, v. intr., I help, comfort, aid, assist.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a pavement, a causeway; a lane (Don.).

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a paver.

, -a, -anna, m., excrement, filth, ordure; cac iarainn, a kind of iron ore found in damp soils; cac ar aghaidh, fallow land. See <<branar>>.

, vl. cac, to void excrement.

, m., dried cowdung for fuel (Sligo).

, -a, pl. -aidhe, m., a maid servant, a bondwoman; confinement.

, -mhla, a., servile.

, rel. and interr. prn., what? cad as, whence, wherefore? cad chuige, why, for what purpose? cad 'n-a thaobh, why? cad fá, why, what for? cad é an chaoi, how? cad tá ar, what ails, what is the matter with?

, -aigh, m., calico; fig., humbug.

, -e, -te, f., a measure containing slightly more than a glass; a mug, a cup; cf. cuid na caidhne seo 'san gcadhain eile; a cell, cadhain mheala, a beehive cell.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a bell.

, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., the scrotum.

, -ail, pl. id., m., a skin, a peel, the rind of a tree (O'N.).

See codalaim.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a low, despicable fellow.

, -dhna, -dhanta, m., a wild goose, a barnacle-goose.

, -air, pl. id., a hermaphrodite, an effeminate person.

, -ais, m., cotton; bombast, contention (O'N.).

, -áis, m., cotton, fustian; humbug, bombast. (cadán is somet. used in same sense.)

, -laighe, a., Catholic (O'N.).

, -e, f., the herb cudweed.

, -uis, m., pride, upstart, assumption. (The first syllable is usually pron. long.)

, -aighe, a., proud, assuming. See <<cadhmus>>.

, -óige, -ógacha, f., a haddock.

, -áin, pl. id., m., contention.

, -a, f., act of wrangling, disputing (also cadrántacht, cadrántas).

, indec. a., contentious, obstinate, stubborn.

, -aighe, a., contentious.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a prater.

, -a, f., prating, talking; gab, prattle.

, -e, f., advantage, profit, frugality. See <<coigilt>>.

, -gailt, v. tr., I spare, save.

, -aighe, a., sparing, frugal.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., the person who plants potatoes

, -e, -dlidhe, f., a chapter; a session for settling disputes; ní raibh mé i ndligheadh ná i gcaibidil riamh, I was never at law or in dispute (Aran).

, -lighe, a., capitular.

, g. id., f., act of disturbing, disquieting, dragging, pulling (P. O'C.).

, g. id., f., friendship.

, -nighe, a., friendly.

, -iughadh, v. intr., I comfort, help (with le); also cabhruighim.

, g. cada or coda, stone, layer or binding stone; airic coda, stone-mason (B. na Saor).

, -e (cóimhlint), f., act of contending (also cóimhlint).

, inter. pr., what? Often written goidé. In Ker., cad é.

, g. id., pl. -eacha, f., a blemish, defilement, spot.

, interr. part., what? (obs.).

, -déil, pl. id., m., a water pump.

, -e, -eacha, f., an enquiry; tá tú ag cur do ch. féin air, you are putting your own oar into the question; do chuireas caidéis air, I accosted him, stopped him to ask a question.

, -sighe, a., inquisitive, one constantly asking caidé?

, -oige, -oga, f., an earthworm, a rough caterpillar.

, -e, -eanna, f., a woman's cap.

, -righe, a., friendly, familiar.

, -ála, f., prattling, chattering.

, -rimh, m., company, fellowship; intercourse, familiarity; partnership in trade; act of caressing (also caidreadh).

, -aighe, a., familiar, fond, kind, social, friendly.

, -aigh pl. id., m., an acquaintance, a friend.

, -ais, m., familiarity, fondness, intimacy.

, -e, f., rhapsody, nonsense. (This word is also used as a variant of caidéis.)

, -dreamh, imper. caidrigh and caidir, v. tr., I cherish, live socially or connubially with.

, -éir, -éiridhe, m., a gullet; a stream issuing from a fence; the mouth of a drain; a little well (Ker).

, -e, -eacha, f., a head-dress; coif. See <<caidhp>>.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a nurse's hood; the cap worn by a cook (W. Ker.); a kerchief, a little shawl or covering worn on a woman's head, a hood (also cuaisín).

, -oige, -oga, f., the sea-fowl called puffin. See <<cánóg>>.

, -e, -idhe, f., an old mare, usually applied to an old ass, prob. for caile W. Ker.).

, g. id., f., baldness. See <<calbh>>.

, -bhighe, a., wide-mouthed.

, -a, f., yawning.

, -e, f., chalk; also a shield.

, indec. a., chalk-white. Really gen. of cailc.

, -cighe, a., chalky.

, -mhla, a., chalky, marbly.

(cailcim), -ceadh, v. tr., I chalk.

, g. id., m., a disorder of the eyes; a target, a small shield (from cailc, a shield).

, f., red ochre.

, g. id., pl. id. -lidhe, -leacha, m. and f., a country woman, a maiden, a girl (caile is m. in Don. and in parts of Con.).

See <<coileach>>.

, m., common cock's-foot grass.

, indec. a., girlish, effeminate.

, g. -air, pl. id., m., a calendar.

, -oige, -oga, f., a snowflake (also calóg). See <<bratóg>>.

, -e, pl. id., f., a sting (of a bee, etc.); chuir an bheach a cailg ionnam, the bee stung me; deceit, treachery. See <<cealg>>.

, -gighe, a., prickly.

, -mhla, a., pungent, malicious.

, -geadh, v. tr., I sting, prick; deceive. See <<cealgaim>>.

, g. id., m., disease of the eyes, ophthalmia. See <<cailcín>>.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a girl, a maiden; cailín óg, a grown-up girl; cailín aimsire, a servant girl; cailín beag, a little girl, a young girl; cailín déanta, a fully-developed girl (Don.).

, calends.

, -e, -eacha, f., a chalice, a cup.

, -e, f., loss, damage; nár mhór an chaill é? was it not a great loss?

, g. id., pl. -acha, f., a veil; a nun's veil.

, -lighe, -leacha, f., a nun; often cailleach dhubh is used for a nun.

, -lighe, -leacha, f., an old woman, a nag; a fisherman's stone-anchor; a fir stump found in bogs; a bad or shrivelled potato.

, -mhla, a., haggish, belonging to an old woman; pertaining to a nun.

, -ais, m., female monasticism; cowardice; dotage; anility.

, f., the grey seagull; a fish like the dog-fish.

, f., red poppy, corn rose.

, f., the cormorant.

, f., a large earthworm.

, f., an owl.

, f., a loach, a small fish.

See <<caillim>>.

See <<caillim>>.

, -mhna, g. id., f., loss, damage, failure, neglect; act of losing; nom. also cailleamhaint.

, -aighe, a., losing, defective, apt to lose.

, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., a little hag; a kind of sea-pigeon; a stunted tree in poor land.

, vl. cailleadh, cailleamh, cailleamhain(t), caill, caillt, p. p. caillte, v. tr., I lose, spend; with as, neglect, fail; in pass., I die, perish, am ruined; do cailleadh é, he died; tá sé caillte, he is ruined. Does not mean "die" in Don.

, -aighe, a., failing, losing, betraying, disappointing; also used as sub., one that betrays, etc.

, p. a., lost, drenched, ruined, destroyed, dead; very bad, as ba chaillte an mhaise agat é, it ill became you to do, etc.; (O'N. also has caillte, dead). See <<caillim>>.

, -tighe, a., ruinous, destructive, hurtful, disastrous.

, -a, f., losses, damages sustained.

, -aigh pl. id., m., an eunuch. See coillteeánach.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., one who is always talking (and hence losing time) (B.).

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a gelder. See <<coillteoir>>.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a loser, a spender, a spoiler.

, m., a. brave, strong, mean.

, -bhéil, pl. id., m., a wry-mouth.

, -aighe, a., wry-mouthed.

, -a, m., the constellation called the "plough" (P. O'C. says the "bear").

, g. id., f., crookedness, injustice, chicanery.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a hunch-backed person.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a protector (this word is a variant of caomhachán or caoimheachán).

, f., a whirlwind (W.Ker.).

, -aighe, a., crooked-tusked.

, g. id., f., a curlet or ringlet of hair; deceit, fraud. See <<cuimse>>.

, -sighe, a., crooked, curled, winding, turning; fraudulent, deceitful.

, -oige, -oga, f., a falsehood, an illusion; caimseán, -áin, id.

, -e, a., pleasant, fair, just, exact, chaste, devout, faithful (older form of caoin). See <<caoin>>.

, g. -gne, pl. -gnidhe, f., cause, dispute, covenant.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a paper cone (B.).

, -éil, pl. id., m., a channel, a canal (A.).

, -e, -eanna, f., talk, speech, conversation, style; idiom; a proverbial saying; also vl., act of talking, conversing; ná bí ag cainnt! expression of wonder; tá cainnt agat! it is easy for you to talk; an-chainnt, backtalk (Der.); deagh-ch., wit, clever talk (Sligo).

, -tighe, a., talkative; of peevish or malicious speech.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., an orator, a speaker, a talker, a chatterer.

, vl. cainnt, v. tr. and intr., I talk, speak, interrogate, accost

, -a, f., a reviling, a reproach, act of reviling.

, -e, -idhe, dpl. cainticibh, f., a canticle, a hymn.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a cap. caipín sonais, a child's caul (valued by sailors).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a ship-boy.

, g. id. pl. -idhe, m., a little ship; a carabine.

, g. id., m., a personal name signifying charioteer or coachman.

, -áin, pl. id., m., an oyster shell; cairr-bhiorán, the flat side of the scallop shellfish (Ker.).

, -a, m., a twist, turn.

, -ail, m., a cardinal.

, -éil, pl. id., and -éalta, m., a quarry. See <<coiréal>>.

, -ghis (also carghas), m., Lent.

, -nighe, a., stony, uneven, abounding in cairns.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a shellfish, the flat side of the muirghín or scollop.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a carman, a carrier.

, -a, f., carmanship, the trade of a carman.

, g. -aidh, pl. -adha, m., a hart, a wild deer; c. ruadh, a red cairrfhionn, f., a woman of masculine bearing; usually applied in an uncomplimentary sense (Ker.)

, -e, f., a species of seaweed; a kind of sea-moss.

, -nigh, pl. id., m., a frail scythe (W. Ker.).

, -e, -tacha, f., the bark of a tree; paper card; writing; chart, bond; as a bhfearannaibh cairte is córa, from their lands by right of charter and equity (O'Ra. and Fer.).

, -e, -eacha, f., a cart.

, -chip, pl. id., m., the nave or stock of a cart-wheel.

, -tighe, a., barky, belonging to paper.

, -oige, -oga, f., a wheelbarrow (O'N.).

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a carman, a carter, a waggoner.

See <<cartaim>>.

, f., a mariner's compass, a chart of direction.

, -ainne, -anna, f., a cartulary.

, -a and -éibhe, pl. id., f., a ringlet, a curl.

, -aighe, a., having ringlets or curled hair.

, g. id., pl. -sidhe, f., a stream, a brook, a current, a flood; filleadh ar an gcaise chéadna, to return the same way (M.).

(from cas, twisted, awry, etc.), g. id., f., a wrinkle, a fold, a twist, a plait; passion, discord, hatred, rancour; quickness; féach an chaise atá 'n-a bholg, see the rancour that is in him.

, -sighe, a., wrinkled, plaited.

, -ste, m., suddenness, rapidity.

, -sil, pl. id., m., a castle, a bulwark, a wall; a stone building; a clamping of sods, etc.; a stone fort; the town of cashel; ag cur caisil, clamping with sods or stones.

, p. a., walled; fortified with castles, towers, bulwarks; clamped.

, -a, f., battlements, fortifications.

, -áin, m., dandelion; c. na muc, the common species of bitter dandelion; c. caol dearg, the dandelion used as medicine.

, -thighe, a., having cross vens.

, -lte, m., act of returning, of coming back.

, -a, f., nagging, grumbling, complaining (Con. and U.).

, -puighthe, m., act of turning back.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a hard turn on an over-twisted straw rope; a half-knot; a fold, a wrinkle.

, g. id., f., a stream, a sea-inlet; cf. Cuan Caisle, Cashla Bay, Co. Galway.

, -leáin, pl. id. (g. also -léin, pl. id.), a castle, a fort, a stronghold.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a castle or fortress builder.

, -a, f., the building of castles or towers.

, p. a., wrinkled, shrivelled.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a speckled little bird, a stonechat. See <<caistín>>.

, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., a streamlet.

See <<caismirt>>.

, -e, -idhe, f., alarm, heat of battle; conflict; a plausible appearance; etymology; c. do chur art scéal, to tell a story plausibly; argument, discussion.

, -tighe, a., noisy, quarrelsome, turbulent, talkative.

, -tigh, pl. id., m., a quarrelsome, turbulent fellow.

, -oige, -oga, f., a wrinkle, curl.

, -aighe, a., wrinkled, curled.

, -téil, g. id., m., a castle, house.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a crafty little fellow; a little girl of prematurely old appearance and manner; a vicious person; a potato shrivelled from frost or heat; the stone-chat or "chatter-stone," a speckled little bird believed to spend the greater part of the year in a state of torpidity.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a wrinkle, a small plait, a fold. See <<caisirnín>>.

, -aigh pl. id., m., a soldier living on free quarters.

, -e, f., armour.

, -tighe, -teacha, f., a little basket made of green rushes; a carpet of rushes (caiteog, f., id.).

, -ana, f., force, compulsion; tré n-ar ch. dóibh gabháil, through which they had to pass (Sg. Ch. M.).

, g. caithmhe or caithte, m., act of eating; expending; spending (time); using up, exhausting, consuming, wasting, wearing; decay; durability; caitheamh i n-áirde, the game of "toss-up."

, m., force, compulsion; connected with caithim, I must.

, m., credit (in commercial matters).

(caithmheach), -aigh, m., a spendthrift.

(caithmheacht), -a, f., devastation; spending.

, g. -éididh and -éidighthe, pl. id., m., armour, battle-clothing or harness.

, -oga, f., the nap of cloth (Con.).

, -oige, -oga, f., a jackdaw (Aran).

, -theamh, p. p. caithte, v. tr., I throw, hurl, fling, cast; waste, wear, spend; eat, drink, consume, use; ó chaith an long an t-oileán, as soon as the ship cleared the island (Aran); tá sé ag caitheamh na hochtmhadh bliadhna, he is in his eighth year; I use (tobacco); I smoke (Don.).

, vl. caitheachtain, I must, I am obliged to; caithim bheith im shuidhe go moch, I am obliged habitually to be up early (more common in future than in present); caithidh sé gur, 7c., it must be that, etc. (Con.).

, g. id., pl. -idhe, f., the nap of cloth, the blossom or catkin of the osier; a little cat, m., dim. of cat.

, -nighe, a., curled, napped.

, -aighe, a., battle-waging.

, -e, f., love, friendship; a term of endearment.

, -sighe, a., fond, affectionate, lovely.

, -mhighe, a., spending, wasteful, prodigal; caithmheachtach, id.

, -ais (caithteachas), m., prodigality, waste, riot, excess.

, -lidh, pl. id., m., a soldier, a warrior, a hero.

, g. id., f., the arbutus tree; ubhla c., "cain-apples," arbutus berries.

, -righe, a., of or belonging to a city.

, -e, pl. -eanna and -eacha, triumph, triumphing; high feasting; a "run" in story telling (caithléim or cailthéim in parts of Con.).

, -mighe, a., triumphant; holding a feast of triumph.

, -mhla, a., triumphant, victorious.

, -iughadh, v. tr. and intr., I triumph, exult over, shout aloud.

, -ighthe, m., a flourishing (as ears of corn from one stem).

, p. a., worn, worn out (of health); spent (of money); consumed (of food, tobacco, etc.). (In Don. raithte is used in this sense also.) See <<caithim>>.

, -tighe, a., spending, liberal. See <<caithmheach>>.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a spendthrift.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a spendthrift, a waster; an eater, a feeder; droch-ch., one with a poor appetite.

, -air, m., a mantel-piece; clabhra, id.

, -aidh, pl. id., m., a shore, port, harbour, haven; a riverside meadow; a ferry; a narrow neck of the sea (nom. also calaidhthe).

, g. -phuirt, pl. id., m., a port, harbour, haven.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a ferryman.

, -lughadh, v. tr., I take harbour, remain, reside at.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a gallon, a vessel; calán crúidhte, a milking vessel; calán taosctha, a vessel for bailing out a boat, etc.

, -e, f., trickery, deceit, knavery, fraud.

, -sighe, a., cheating, dishonest, fraudulent.

, the cholera (A.).

, -ailbh, m., hardness; baldness.

, -aighe, a., bald; as subs., a man's name.

, -a, f., baldness.

, -ctha, m., act of corrupting, stagnating; plugging up.

, -adh, v. tr. and intr., I corrupt, stagnate (said of a sore, or of stagnant water); I plug up (Mayo).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a caulking iron.

, -ailge, -ailgidhe, f., a sting, a goad. See <<colg>>.

, -adh, v. tr., I sting, wound.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a cheater, a wheedler. See <<cealgaire>>.

, -aill, m., want, necessity, loss, injury; dá mairfeadh an bhuidhean lér thruagh mo chall, if the company who pitied my need were alive (O'Ra.); níl call clamhsáin agat, you have no need of complaining; níl aon chall orm, there is no need for me.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a woman's cloak or hood; a cowl; a sail; in pl., fineries of dress.

, pl., m., potatoes bruised with a pounder.

, pl., fineries of dress, high caul cap, etc. See <<calla>>.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a crier, proclaimer; one who laments; a scold.

, -a, f., loud calling; shouting.

, -áin, m., noise, clamour (of voices).

, -aighe, a., clamorous, noisy.

, -e, f., a wrangling, prating; wailing; a funeral cry.

, -dighe, a., complaining, wailing; noisy, clamorous, wrangling; stormy; tá an oidhche fuar callóideach, the night is cold and stormy.

, -thighe, a., disorderly, quarrelsome.

, -air, pl. id., m., a coulter.

, -ailme, a., calm, as tá an mhuir calm (also cailm).

, -ailm, m., a calm; tá calm mór ann indiu, there is a great calm today.

, g. id., m., hardness, strength, bravery.

, indec. a., brave, valiant, stout.

, -aighe, a., stout, brave.

, -a, f., bravery, courage, strength.

, -ais, m., strength, courage, bravery; calmadas, -ais, m., id.

, -aighe, a., strong, brave; sweet-tongued, polished.

, m., a strong son; calm-mhac Aeson, the strong son of Aeson, that is, Jason (E. R.).

, m., a time of bravery.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I strengthen, fortify, encourage.

, g. id., pl. -aidhe, m., the calf of the leg; calpaidhe Hearcuill, the pillars of Hercules. See <<colpa>> and <<colbha>>.

, -aim, pl. -tha, m., a small vessel for dipping rush candles in, or for smelting; a cresset.

, gsf. caime, twisted, awry, crooked; perverse, deceitful.

, -aim, m., deceit; crookedness; also, a quarrel, a duel; fear gan cam, a plain, just man.

, -mtha, m., act of bending, making crooked; defrauding, wronging.

, -e, f., trickery, double-dealing.

, -adh, v. tr., I bend, make crooked; I defraud, wrong; also intr., I grow crooked.

, an unintelligible tale; a bungle W. Ker.).

, -aill, pl. id., m., a camel (also cámall.)

, indec. a., demure, staid, sober.

, -a, f., demureness; modesty, sobriety.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a stick with a crooked head; a hurly for ball-playing; camán baise, id. (B.); a bend in a road, etc.

, -a, f., the game of hurling.

See <<camánacht>> (also iománaidheacht).

, m., the buttercup (M.).

, m., camomile (also camán míolla).

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a hurler.

, -e, f., daybreak, dawn, twilight; camhaoir an lae, the dawn of day (M.); camhaoir duine, a person of poor, ungainly appearance (B.).

, -air, pl. id., m., a jakes-farmer.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a crooked stick; a deformed person; an idiot.

, m., a bale of flannel, etc.; a thick piece of bread (Con.).

, -aighe, a., twisted, curled.

, -aighe, -a, f., a harlot.

, -ais, m., a bay.

, -e, f., chicanery, crooked dealing, misrepresenting one's motives.

, the lowest rib of the breast, so called because crooked.

, -e, -idhe, f., a crooked, lean or worthless person or thing; camhcaid rámhainne, a worthless, slight spade; camhcaidín beag, a despicable person.

, f., a crooked leg, a bandy leg.

(cama-chosach)

, -aighe, crooked-legged, bandy-legged.

, f., act of moving awry.

, -úibe, -úba, f., a ringlet of hair, etc.

, -nighe, a., bandy-legged, club-footed.

, g. id., pl. -luirgne and -luirgnidhe, f., a club foot; a bandy leg.

, -aighe, a., crooked-necked.

, -óige, -óga, f., a stick having a crook at the end; cf. camán, a hurley. (a new ladies' game is called as distinguished from camánaidheacht or iománaidheacht or hurling.)

, -óige, -óga, f., a curl, clasp, a comma, anything curved; a bay; a turn, a winding; the concave side of a scallop shellfish; an equivocation, a trick, deceit; a large fishing-hook for conger eels.

, f., a temple (of the head).

, -aighe, a., crooked, curled, twisted; equivocating, sophistical.

, -aigh, pl. id., m., a sophist, a quibbler, an equivocater.

, -a, f. See <<camóg>>.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a curly-headed child.

, -e, f., a chamois.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a camp.

, -ughadh, v. intr., I encamp.

, -adh, -aidhe, f., a sewer; a privy; dirt, filth, ordure; mar chamra bhréan i mbéillic charraige, like a putrid sewer beneath a vast rock (John O'Connell).

, -aighe, -a, f., a sewer, a gutter, a house of ease; a closet, a jakes (O'N.).

, -ála, f., contending, arguing, wrangling (G. J.).

, -mhla, a., filthy, dirty, sewer-like.

, -e, f., a club-foot (from cam and reilig), it being thought that if a pregnant woman pass over a grave, the child of whom she is pregnant will be club-footed. (This idea seems confined to the North, and still exists in Cavan and Con.)

, -áin, pl. id., m., a succession of windings (in rivers, etc.) (Der.).

, -ruit, m., a perverse rabble (also cam-sport).

, f., a crooked nose.

, -aighe, a., crooked-nosed.

, m., lit. crooked stake or stack; in phr. tá sé 'na chamstáca, he is drunk (Omeath, Tyrone).

, f., the crooked limb of a tree.

, -lighe, a., crooked-eyed, squinting.

, p. a., bent, crooked.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a follower, one of a faction (usually used in the pl.: é féin agus a chamthaidhe, himself and his faction. Ker.).

, -aigh m., lint, cotton, down; the cotton-down plant.

, -e, f., hemp. See <<cnáib>>.

, -ála, pl. -álaidhe and -áilte, f., a current.

, -adh, v. tr. and intr., I sing, chant, recite, I say.

, -aigh, pl. id., m., a sea-flood, a torrent; a canal.

, -mhna, pl. id., and -mhaintidhe, f., a dialect, language; accent, pronunciation.

, -áin, pl. id., m., an urchin.

, -aigh, pl. id., m., a canonist; a canon.

, ad., whence? from what?

, -ais, m., canvas, sailcloth (in M., cnabhás or cnafás).

, g. id., pl. id., and -aidhe, m., a can, a vessel; canna stáin, a tin can.

, -air, m., a cancer; anger, wrath, canncrach, -aighe, a., angry, vicious, ill-tempered, fretful (cannclach, Wat.).

, -ughadh, v. tr., I vex, annoy, tease, anger.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a family, esp. a young helpless family (U. and Wat.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a contention, a grumbling, a muttering, a chattering, a murmuring, a wrangling.

, -aighe, a., dissatisfied, grumbling.

, vl. -rán, v. tr. and intr., I chatter, mutter, grumble, complain.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a junk, a portion; cannta aráin, a piece of bread; also cannda.

See <<canntladh>>.

, -aighe, a., sorrowful, morose, cranky.

, -aidh, m., sorrow (nom. also canntlamh).

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a sorrowful, morose person; a crank.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., twilight, nightfall.

, -óige, -óga, f., a sea-bird, a puffin; Oileán na gCanóg, Puffin Island, near the Skelligs.

, -óna, -óine, f., a canon, a rule; canonical Scripture.

, indec. a., canonical.

, -a, f., canonization; act of canonizing.

, -ála, f., act of selling by auction, canting (A.); act of voting (O'N.).; pron. ceanteáil.

, -ligh, -lighe, m., a voter (O'N.).

, -ana, f., speaking, singing.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a chanter, a singer, a chorister.

, -a, f., act of singing; the chanting of psalms.

, vl. cantáil, v. tr., I sell by auction.

, -e, -idhe, f., a press (also cantair).

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a singer.

, -a, m., a clod, a lump, a shovelful of clay, etc.; a layer; the portion of hay, etc., taken at a time by a fork; an untidy person. See <<scaob>>.

, -aighe, a., in streams or layers; clumsy, untidy.

, -aigh, pl. id., m., an ungainly, dull-witted person.

, -adh, v. tr., I throw clods; clear away rubbish; I pour out.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a place of shelter or concealment; a prison.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a twig, a bough, a branch.

, -óige, -óga, f., a clod, a lump of clay, etc.; dim. of caob.

, -aoiche, a., blind, dim-eyed; blasted (of wheat, etc.); fear dall, a blind man; fear caoch, a dim-eyed man, a blind man (in an abusive sense); neanntóg chaoch, a species of nettle; bhuail sé caoch sramach é, he beat him to bits, destroyed his face (with blows or words); fear caoch, a man having an impediment in his speech (Meath).

, -adh, v. tr., I blind, stupefy, blast.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a blind person, beast or bird; a mole or dormouse.

, -áin, pl. id., m., the fundament; singlings or the first produce of distillation; a rill (Don.).

, -aigh pl. id., m., an awkward, listless person.

, g. id., f., awkwardness, listlessness.

, 7c. See claochladh, 7c.

, m., common henbane.

, -óige, -óga, f., a nut without a kernel; a fuzzball; blind man's buff; a blindfolded person; c. ar cóisire, a stupid person at a feast who does not know what to do.

, m., the wire-worm.

, -aighe, a., having obstructed nostrils; speaking through the nose.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, one who speaks indistinctly, or through the nose.

, -aidh, m., contention, teasing, perplexity.

, -aoige, f., a wink.

, -aighe, a., squint-eyed.

, m., fifty; five decades, or the third part of the Rosary.

, num. a., fiftieth.

, in phr. im chaogaidhe all alone (Cork). See <<caogaidín>>.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., the large bead between the decades of the Rosary, hence a solitary; im' chaogaidín aonair, all alone by myself (Ker.).

, -adh, v. intr., I wink (somet. written caochaim).

, -lighe, a., squinteyed (caogach, id.).

, g. id., pl. -te, f., mode, way, condition, method, manner, means, arrangement, shape; cadé an ch., cia an ch., how? (Con.); cia ch. bhfuil tú, how are you? (Con.); an ch. chéadna, in the same way; tá caoi mhaith air, he is in good circumstances; ar ch. ar bith, anyhow, at any rate; i gcaoi go, so that; níl aon chaoi agam air, I have no means of doing it, of obtaining it; níl aon chaoi as agam, I have no means of avoiding it; i gcaoi dham, when I get an opportunity (pron. caoth in M., as naoi, nine, is pron. naoth).

, g. id. (g. caoite, Kea.), f., act of weeping, lamenting, mourning for; ag caoi mo mharcaigh, lamenting my horseman (O'R.).

, g. id., f., blindness, squinting; deprivation; state of being blasted (of corn, etc.).

See <<cóicthigheas>>.

, vl. caoi, v. tr. and intr., I weep, bewail; ag caoi a céile, bewailing her spouse (O'Ra.).

, -ghuil, m., weeping, lamenting.

, -e, f., loins; the waist.

, g. id., f., narrowness, slenderness, sparseness; scarcity, want; grace (caoileacht, id.).

, a., gentle, mild, tractable.

, -a, f., mildness, meekness, gentleness.

, g. id., f., gentleness, mildness; beauty, grace, courtesy, civility; caoimheacht, id.

, -áin, pl. id., m., an entertainer.

, -ais, pl. id., m., entertainment, society.

, -mhla, a., mild, discreet, kindly; soft, fair.

, -a, f., discretion, kindness, mildness.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., the herb eyebright.

, -e, f., the murrain (O'N.).

, -a, f., grazing on commons (O'N.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a dear friend, a sweet-heart.

, -nighe, a., gentleminded.

, -éithe, f., a shield, an escutcheon.

, -thighe, a., social, friendly, comrade-like.

, -thigh, -theacha, m. or f., a companion; a bed-fellow; a dear friend; gur chailleas mo chaoimhtheach caoin, that I lost my gentle boon companion (McD.).

, -ais, m., association, fellowship, partnership.

, -e, a., gentle, mild, tender, kind; pleasing; unruffled, smooth, polished; delicate.

, -aighe, a., of pure life, of gentle behaviour.

, f., a fair form.

, g. id., f., gentleness, mildness, smoothness.

, -nte, pl. id., m., act of mourning, lamenting, wailing, crying, deploring; a lament, an elegy; i gcaointibh, in keening.

, g. -a and -nis, m., mildness, smoothness, gentleness.

, -neadh, v. tr., I lament, bewail, weep, cry, "keen."

, -ligh, pl. -lighe or -leacha, m., stubble; stalks of corn left on the field by the reaper; also connlach (Con. and Don.).

, -tighe, a., sad, sorrowful, mournful, melancholy, plaintive.

, -áin, m., the act of mourning, lamenting; bean chaointeacháin, a woman who mourns at a wake or funeral.

, m., a cluster or bunch or berries.

, -tighe, a., bearing berries.

, -eirge, a., red hot; of a flaming red colour.

, -fheola, f., mutton.

, -e, -ce, f., a blaze, a flame; caoirghil mhór theineadh, a flaming fire.

, g. id., pl. -acha, f., a little lump, clod or mass (from caor).

, g. id., pl. -acha, f., a club; a reed.

, -lighe, a., tumbling, toppling (O'N.).

, p. a., tumbled, tossed, scattered in heaps (O'N.).

, m., a scream of grief.

, -mhla, a., opportune, timely; leisurely; having means of doing a thing; tabhair damh-sa é ó táim caoitheamhail annso, give it to me, as I am opportunely situated here (of something to be done); mara dtigidh tú c., unless you come on the quiet (Con.).

, -a, f., leisure, opportuneness.

, -aoil, -aolta, m., the smaller or narrower part, "the small of" (foot, back, etc.); the waist, loin; c. na doirne, the wrist; c. an droma, the waist; c. an túirne, portion of a spinning-wheel (Der.); c. an mhuiníl, narrow part of the neck.

, -oil, -olta, m., a marshy stream, a marsh; a narrow rapid; a strait.

, -oile, a., narrow, slender, thin, graceful, slight; caol-chuid, a slight portion; caol-chruaidh, stingy; somet. used as a mere intensitive: go ceart caol díreach, right straight; caol is often compounded with noun, e.g. caol-druim, the small of the back; caol-fhear, a slender, gracefulman, etc.

, -aigh, m., linum sylvestre, fairy flax; a sapling; a light plantation as distinct from trees; the roof-wattling of a house; the breast-ribs; flaith d'a gcaolach úr, a prince descended from their noble breasts (O'Ra.); cró caolaigh, a prison, a cage for malefactors.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a man who makes baskets, etc.

, -a, f., wickerwork.

, -áin, pl. id., m., the small intestines, tripe; c. imliocáin, the navel-string; súghlach buidhe na gc., the chyle, a yellow fluid vomited in sea-sickness after all food is thrown up.

, -aighe, a., slender-footed.

, -aighe, a., of graceful form.

, a., stingy; wiry.

, -ainge, a., slender, narrow.

, g. id., m., a graceful oak plantation.

, -a, pl. -anna, m., a slender or graceful back; caol droma, the small of the back.

, -e, f., nettles; the herb heiriff (cúil fáidh, Don.).

, -fhóid, pl. id., m., the narrow sod turned up by the plough to clear the furrow.

, -aighe, a., shrill-voiced.

, -aighe, a., shrill-voiced.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, f., a slender, narrow eyebrow.

, f., the little bird that follows the cuckoo (Aran).

, m., narrow or sharp sight.

, -aighe, a., narrow-sighted, sharp-sighted.

, -túire, -túiridhe, f., a narrow tower, a pyramid (Kea.).

, -uighthe, m., act of making or becoming slender, or thin; attenuation, stint, restraint; cuir c. ort féin, restrain yourself.

, -ughadh, v. tr. and intr., I restrain, stint (myself); I go away quietly; do chaoluigh sé leis, he glided away quietly, made himself scarce.

, -oimhe, a., gentle, mild, fair.

, -oimh, pl. id., m., a friend, a relative.

See <<caomhnaim>>.

, -anta, f., protection.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a mild, gentle person.

, -aigh pl. id., m., a protector, a supporter.

, -mhla, a., slender, finely formed.

, g. id., m., poetry, versification.

, f., a small blaze, a moderate fire.

, -aighe, a., companionlike.

, -a, f., company; protection, defence; nurture, nourishment.

, -mhanta, m., act of keeping, maintaining; act of restraining; act of protecting, saving; protection, defence; nurture.

, -adh, v. tr., I preserve, protect, keep, maintain.

, -air, m., protection.

, -uighthe, m., act of protecting.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, a companion, an attendant.

, -ughadh and -mhamhaint, v. tr., I protect, defend, save; tá sé ar a chaomhamhaint, he is in a safe retreat.

, p. a., protected, nurtured, befriended.

, -thighe, a., protecting, protective.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a protector.

, -óige, -óga, f., an affectionate woman.

, -dhe, v. tr., I rehearse (O'N.).

, p. a., rehearsed (O'N.)

, -ora, -oiridhe m., a collector, a rehearser.

, -thaigh, pl. id., m., a friend, an associate.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I cherish, protect, save, defend, keep; perfect.

, -aigh, pl. -aighe or -acha, m., moss, stubble; caonach mara, sea-moss; caonach liach, mildew, mould.

, -air, m., cotton.

, -a, f., good-will; earnestness; devotion.

, -aighe, a., devout, assiduous, zealous.

, -óige, -óga, f., a nest of wild bees; tumult, strife, a fight (cuasnóg, id.).

, -aighe, a., tender, gentle, kind.

, indec. a., private, secret.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., im' ch. aonair, as a solitary wretch. See <<caogaidhe>>.

, -a, pl. id., f., a mountain berry, the rowan; grapes (in pl.); scáil na gcaor, the blush of the rowan berry; caor chon, dogberry; caor thalmhan, pig-nut, earth-nut.

, -oire, f., a red blaze, a flash, a firebrand, a flame; fire, thunderbolt; c. iarainn, a mass of iron red hot in a furnace.

, -aoir, pl. id., m., a dry clod or lump of earth or turf.

, g. -ach, d. caoirigh, npl. caora, caorcha, caoirigh, gpl. caorach and caoireach, dpl.

, f., a sheep, an ewe; Faill na gCaoireach, a cliff overlooking the Puffin Island (Ker.).

, -a, f., a foray or plundering of cattle; cattle and their caretaker.

, -a, f., scolding, satire; in phr., tóg aghaidh do chaoraidheachta dhíom, turn away the edge of your satire or scolding from me (said to a scold).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a clod, a fragment of dry peat used for fuel; a small spark; caofrán and caofróg (Don.); pron. cadhrán.

, g. id., f., wild rage; do léim sé 'n-a chaor-bhuile, he sprang wildly.

, -dheirge, a., ruddy, berry-red. See <<craorac>>.

, -uibhe, a., of the colour of blackberries; jet-black.

, -ainne, -anna, f., a sheepfold.

, -óige, -óga, f., a little berry; a bit of butter from the churn; caoróg léana, meadow rink (O'N.).

, g. -ainn, pl. id., m., the rowan or quicken tree, mountain ash; caor caorthainn, the berry of the quicken tree.

, g. id., f., a flash of lightning, a thunderbolt; also caor-theintean; cf., caor-theintean ort, blast you! (Don.).

, -thuinne, -thonnta, f., a fire-wave, a fierce wave.

, -aighe, a., showering. See <<ceathach>>.

(cith mheala), -aidh, m., mildew.

, g. -aill, pl. id. (in Con. and Don., also caiple), m., a horse, a nag; a mare, as distinguished from gearrán, a horse (U. and Con.); c. cáimheach, a very large herring (Youghal); c. nimhe, a sea-horse (Aran); c. fairrge, a sea-horse (Ker.); c. corrach, a see-saw.

, -óige, -óga, f., the herb dock; capóg sráide, f., sharp-pointed dock; c. mhór uisce, great water-dock; c. ghéar, sharp-pointed dock; c. shleamhain, coltsfoot (U.).

, g. id. pl. -idhe, m., a captain; caiftín (Don.).

, -a, f., a captaincy.

, g. carad, d. caraid, npl. caraid, cáirde, gpl. carad, m. and f., a friend, a beloved one, a relative, a term of endearment; nom. cára (Don.); nom. also caraid.

, g. id., m., a leg, a haunch; cara muice, a ham of bacon, carabhat, -ait, pl. id., m., a cravat.

, noise, tumult, excitement (Clare).

, m., noise, tumult (Don.).

, -aighe, a., friendly or befriended; having many friends.

, -mhla, a., friendly, befriended; widely connected; duine c., a person having an extensive family connection.

, -ais, m., alliance, amity; an act of friendship.

, -dadh, v. tr., I befriend.

, -ála, f., hardship.

, indec. a., hard, close-pressing (of wrestling).

, -adh, v. tr., I love.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a beloved one, a darling; ba charán ban is maighdean é, he was the darling of women and maidens (Om.).

, m., a conger eel (Ker.).

, -aighe, a., friendly (Don.).

, -ais, m., friendship (Don. and Omeath).

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., the captain of a ship (Ker.).

, g. cairb, pl. id., m., a ship; also, a plank, a bier; a scrimmage.

, -aid, pl. id., m., a chariot, coach, waggon, carriage, litter.

, -aid, pl. id., m., taste; the mouth, the gum, the jaw; fiacla carbaid, the teeth of the upper jaw.

, -a, f., act of making or of driving a chariot.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a toothless person.

, -óra, -óiridhe m., a charioteer.

, -nigh, pl. id., m., a periwinkle (Ker.).

, -aill, pl. id., m., the palate; the roof of a dog's mouth. a dog having a very black carball, is supposed to be a great fighter. See <<carbad>>.

, -aill, pl. id., m., a boulder, a very big rock (Ker.).

, -aill, pl. id., m., a carol, song; a confidential conversation, a discourse; caidé an carball é seo ar siubhal anois agaibh, what conversation is this in which ye are engaged? A réilteann na fairrge, a naomh-gheata Pharrthais, éist-se lem' charbhall, 's lem' agall ort do ghnáith. (T. G.)

, -aigh, pl. id., m., a ship's captain.

, m., a carp-fish (Ker.).

, -ait, m., a cravat; carbhata, id. See carabhat.

, -crach, pl. -cracha, f., a prison (Lat. carcer); a coffer; a slope, a sloping height.

, -ail, pl. id., m., antiphrasis, a quibble, a pun.

, -ala, f., tumult (T. G.).

(carraigheas), -aois, m., Lent (quadragesima); sorrow, compassion (Con.).

See <<carghaos>>.

, -ail, pl. id., m., a carbuncle.

, g. cairn and carainn, m., a heap of anything; a pile of stones; the piles on which the Druids lighted their solemn fires on May day; a pagan priest; the word carn is common in place names.

, -aighe, a., in masses (of the hair).

, -ála, f., act of heaping up, amassing (carnadh, id.).

, -adh, v. tr., I heap up, pile together; I place in heaps.

, -áin, (dim. of carn), pl. id., m., a heap; a pile; a hillock.

, g. -áin ch., pl. id., m., navelwort.

, m., a molehill.

, m., a monument.

, m., a heap of tresses, a mass of hair; an arrangement of the hair on the crown of the head.

, m., an udder having solid corners, as is found sometimes with cows soon after calving.

, m., a car, a dray, a waggon (also carra, M.).

, -airre, -a, f., scab, itch, mange, scurvy, crust, bran; carraidhe, id.; a grin. See <<cáir>>.

, g. id., m., stepping stones, a causeway.

, -aighe, a., scabbed, mangy, bald; stony, rocky, barren.

, -áin, pl. id., m., the rock fish called "cobbler," more usually gréasaidhe; also the herb wild liquorice root; a scabby wretch; a person with an uneven gait.

, g. id., f., mange, scabbincss; carraidheacht, id.

, -e, f., the thick part of buttermilk; the barmy part of milk.

, g. -e and cairrge, pl. -e, -eacha, carraigreacha, f., a rock, a large, prominent stone; carraig i gcéill, a rock of sense (T. G.).

, f., a rock of which no part is above water in any tide, but which is not far below the surface of the sea.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a little rock (also cairrigín).

, -ála, f., fermentation of leaven, yeast, or barm.

, g. id., pl. -tidhe, m., a carriage; baggage, a bundle, stuff; dress, attire; gait, deportment, behaviour; courage, confidence, self-reliance.

, -mhla, a., courageous, self-reliant (pron. cráisteamhail).

, g. c. mhilse, f., wild liquorice root; wild peas.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a reaping-hook; a name for an indented or serrated mountain; Carrán Tuathail (the serrated mountain of Tuathal), Carn Tual, in Kerry, the highest mountain in Ireland (also corrán).

, -áin, pl. id., m., common scurvy grass.

, -áin, pl. id., m., the jaw; the knucklebone of the hip.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a car, a cart; carrán sleamhnáin, a slide car.

, -aighe, a., having long or prominent jaws; hooked.

, m., a sliding cart for taking loads down a hill.

, -ais, m., intemperance.

, -óige, -óga, f., a little pit; a fit of sulks; anger.

, -aidh, -aidhe, m., a pillar, monument; pier.

, -airte, -a, f., a common cart. Set cairt.

, -ttha, m., act of emptying out (as a cargo); act of throwing away; what is thrown away; bogstuff, rubbish; clearing, cleansing (U.); ag c. léadhbach, tanning hides (U.).

(scartaim), -adh, v. tr., I discharge (as a cargo); I rid, clear away, shovel; I overthrow violently, fling away, expel, subdue.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a small brown insect that eats into the flesh; in M. scartán, or sceartán.

, m., sheep-vermin (Don.); sor caorach, id.

, m., wild officinal valerian.

, -aighe, a., charitable, friendly, kind.

, -a, f., charity, kindness, friendliness, gentleness.

, -ais, m., friendship, relationship.

, -tadh, v. tr., I cleanse, tan, strip the bark off.

, g. id., pl. id., m., a wrestler; a debater. See coruidhe.

, gsf. caise, a., crooked, winding; wreathed, entwined, twisted; nimble, active; rash, peevish, angry, passionate; hard to deal with, difficult.

, -a, -anna, m., a fold, a plait; twist. See <<casadh>>.

, g., -aigh and -aighe, m. and f., a cough; chuir sé greas casachtaigh de, he had a fit of coughing, got over a fit, etc. (also casacht, -a).

, -sta and -aidh, m., act of twisting, turning, plaiting; act of returning; act of raising or beginning a cry, a song, etc.; act of charging one with some fault, act of accusing one (with le); a wrinkle, a fold; the beginning of the second part of an Irish air; cos chasaidh, the foot of a spinning-wheel.

, m., the ribs of a boat; the "crooked timbers" from which the ribs are usually made (Ker.).

, m., the ebb of the tide.

, m., the crest of a wave.

, -e, f., an incline; le casaidh = le fánaidh; thuit sé le c., he fell headlong; leig le c. mé, let me down.

, g. id., m., a spinner; lá 'le Brighde 'na shaoire ar chasaidhibh, the Feast of Bridget is a holiday for spinners.

, casadh, v. tr. and intr., I turn (a grindstone, a key, etc.), twist; I return; I twine, plait; I raise or begin (a cry, a song, etc.); in pass, impers., with ar (also do and le), I meet: do casadh fear orm, I met a man; I charge, tax a person with a fault, etc.; I accuse, question; do chas sé asmhuchán liom, he insulted me; I withdraw (a statement).

, -srach, -sracha, f., a thorn, bodkin, skewer; tempest, lightning, hail.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a talebearer.

, -nighe, -a, f., a flash of lightning (O'N.).

, -ail, pl. id., m., a chasuble.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a path, a road, a way; cor fá chasán, a kind of MS. contraction.

, -e, f., a complaint; act of complaining (against, ar).

, -dighe, a., full of complaint, wrangling, grumbling.

, -ora, -oiridhe m., a complainant, a plaintiff.

, m., a boat, a ship (Ker.).

, -rt, v. tr., I slay, slaughter, kill; I melt or thaw, or put to rout; lá cascartha an tsneachtaidh, a day that melts the snow.

, -artha, f., slaughter, massacre, butchery. See <<coscairt>>.

, g. id., pl. -the, f., a ringlet, a curled lock of hair.

, m., common honeysuckle, woodbine.

, f., curled hair, a wig.

, -aighe, a., of curled hair.

, -aighe, a., ringleted, thickly curled.

, -namh, v. tr., I defend. See <<cosnuighim>>.

, -óige, -óga, f., a coat, a long coat; a skirted coat; a cassock.

, p. a., twisted, turned, folded, involved, intricate, entangled, plaited, curled (of the hair); idiomatic (of speech).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a twister, a jester.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a little fork used in putting rings on the noses of pigs, etc.; bárr-lúb, id.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I cross, consecrate (Con.).

, -úir, pl. id., m., a hammer.

, a curled bush of hair.

, g. cait, coit, cuit, pl. id., m., a cat; dhéanfadh sé cat is dá earball, he would do wonders (lit., make a cat with two tails); cat marbh (somet. cat mara): cia an cat marbh a chas in mo shlighe thú? what mischief brought you my way? is cuma liom 'sa gcat marbh, I don't care a straw (Con. and U.).

, -a, pl. id., and -anna, m., a battle; strife, trouble; an Irish battalion of 3,000 men; a tribe.

, -aighe, a., warlike, belonging to battle.

, -aigh, m., a reliquary taken to battle; a copy of the Psalter supposed to have been written by St. Columbkille, and used in battle by the chieftains of Tyrconnell. It is now in the Library of the Royal Irish academy.

, -aighe, a., curly.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a curlyheaded person; a sheep with curly wool.

, -ais, m., caterwauling; heat in cats, e.g. tá an cat ar c.

, temp. conj., when.

, g. -thrach, pl. -thracha, gpl. -thrach, f., a city, a court, a mansion; cathair mar ainm ó's cathair gan Séafradh, a mansion only in name, since it is a mansion without Geoffrey (Elegy on O'Donoghue).

, m. or f., a mansion, seat; a chief city.

, -e, f., a guard, sentinel, a watch; a term of endearment. See <<caithis>>.

(caithiseach)

, -sighe, a., brave, valiant, stout, clever; vigilant, quick; excellent, amiable. See <<caithiseach>>.

, -ail, m., valour; also the proper name of a man, Ang. Charles.

, -áin, m., knap of shagged cloth.

, -each, -eacha, f. (cathair, Don.), a chair, a seat; a christian name, Ang. Cahir and Charles; cathaoir bhaclann, an armchair; cathaoir chláir, a wooden chair; cathaoir shúgán, f., a hay-rope chair, somet. called a suidhistín (suidhisteog, Don.); c. shocamhlach, an easy chair.

, -ligh, pl. id., m., a chairman, a president (recent).

, -aighe, a., belonging to a city; also cathardha.

, -bhairr, pl. id., m., a helmet, headpiece.

, -úin, pl. id., m., an officer, a commander.

, -aighe, a., victorious in battle.

, f., a bulwark in battle.

, -sighe, a., eager for battle.

, m., a squirrel; a rat-trap.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a mean trifling fellow.

, -labhartha, f., the speech of a general before battle.

, -righ, -righe, m., the field of battle. See <<cath-láthair>>.

, -láthrach, f., a battlefield.

, -lidh, pl. id., m., a hero, a military commander, a champion in battle (also caith-mhíleadh).

, -óige, -óga, f., the strawberry bush (O'N.).

, -aighe, a., abounding in strawberries (O'N.).

(caitliceach)

, -cigh, -cighe, m., a Catholic.

, -cighe, a., catholic, universal.

, -e, pl. id., f., a quick, sharp look.

-uighthe, m., act of fighting, rebelling against (re); act of sorrowing; sorrow, contrition; temptation, trial; mo chathughadh é, alas! I grieve because of it.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I fight, battle, war against, contend with, tempt.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a tempter.