, g. céibhe, pl. ciabha, céibhe, céibheanna, f., a lock of hair, the hair of the head.

, fog. See <<ceo>>.

, g. céibe, f., sedge, coarse. mountain-grass (also cíob and cíb).

, -aighe, a., foggy, misty, hazy, dark.

, -aighe, a., hairy, bushy, having long hair.

, -a, f., keeping the hair in order.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a ringlet, a curlet, a lock of hair.

, -áin, m., light fog.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a gizzard.

, -air, m., hair or locks collectively; head of hair (M. poetic).

, -aighe, a., having curled locks or tresses.

, indec. a., having curled tresses.

dubh, g. ciabh-chinn duibh, m., scaly, stalked, spike-rush, deer's hair.

, f., a hair-pin.

, m., a lock of hair.

, -aighe, a., wearing long tresses, having the hair in locks.

, -óige, -óga, f., a small lock of hair; a fore-lock, a sidelock.

See <<ceobhrán>>, <<ceobhránach>>.

See <<ceobhrán>>, <<ceobhránach>>.

, g. ciaigh, m. (prop. gs. of cia or ceo, mist), oppression; stifling cold (the disease); hoarseness; asthma; mist; grief, sorrow, anxiety; ciach ort is a common form of imprecation.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a person suffering from chronic hoarseness; one who speaks in a hoarse, indistinct voice.

, indec. a., misty, foggy.

, -oige, -oga, f., a periwinkle.

, -sighe, -seacha, f., the female blackbird. See <<céirseach>>.

, g. céille, d. céill, f., sense, meaning, intellect, reason; discretion, prudence; wisdom, knowledge; cause or motive of anything; cur i gcéill, to make clear, make one understand (in Don. and Clare modern usage, to make one believe, to pretend); as a chéill, out of one's senses; caidé an chiall atá leis, what does it mean? cad is ciall dó, what is the sense of it? is ionann ciall dóibh, they have the same sense (meaning); goidé 's ciall duit? what on earth is the matter with you (what do you mean)? (Don.).

, -aighe, a., sensible, rational, prudent, discreet.

, -aigh pl. id., m., a lover, a sweetheart; a term of endearment; cf. a Sheagháin, a chiallaigh.

, -chta, m., act of signification.

See cealacan.

, -lta, m., act of equalising, poising, balancing.

, -adh, v. tr., I equalise, poise, balance.

, indec. a., sensible, prudent, rational.

, -a, f., sense, prudence, discretion.

, m., a Secretary of State (O'N.).

, -aighe, a., rational, sensible, prudent.

, -a, f., sense, steadiness, prudence, understanding, knowledge.

, -aire, a., sensible, prudent.

, -uighthe, pl. id., m., interpretation, meaning, sense; signification.

, -ughadh, v. tr. and intr., I mean, denote, signify, interpret.

, -e, a., misty, foggy, gloomy, obscure; sad, gloomy, melancholy (from ciamh = ciadh, fog, mist).

, gf. céine, a. (used mostly adverbially and as a noun), long, distant (of space or time); i gcéin, far away, afar; an gcéin, as long as; ní cian go, it was not long till; ó chianaibh, a while ago; ós na ciantaibh, from time immemorial; le ciantaibh, id.; is gairid dúinn an bás i gcéin, death of the future is nigh unto us (T. G.); ó chianaibh, a while ago, is pron. in M. ó chiainibh (P. O'C. translates ó chianaibh, long since, which is wrong); ó chiantaibh, ages ago, a very long time ago; ó chianaibhín, just a moment ago; tá sé na ciantaidhe ó chonnaic mé thú, it is ages since I saw you (Don.).

, m., tedium, grief; tóg an cian de, dispel his grief, cheer him up (U.), cianach, -aighe, a., sad, sorrowful (U.).

, -iughadh, v. intr., I journey afar.

, -áite, pl. -áiteanna, -áiteacha and -áite, f., a distant country (the strong pl. áiteanna prevails in M.).

, -mhla, a., sad. sorrowful

, m., a distant view or prospect.

, f., old age.

, indec. a., very aged.

, -ughadh, v. tr. and intr., I meditate, contemplate.

, indec. a., long distant.

, -a, f., tediousness, remoteness.

, a., very long, very distant; durable.

, f., long suffering; as a., long suffering or enduring.

, f., long continuance, perpetuity.

, f., a legacy.

, -aire, a., sad, sorrowful (Don.).

, -aighe, a., longlived, perennial.

, -óige, -óga, f., a small coin, a farthing, a mite (in Cork, Galway, Don., etc., half a farthing).

, -aighe, a., vexatious, troublesome, importunate.

, -ála, pl. id., f., strife, debate, contention; tá mé ag c. liom, I am struggling with the world as hard as I can; ciapadh, m., id.

, -adh, v. tr. and intr., I vex, harass, torment; I strive, contend.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a teaser, a vexer, a tormentor.

, -aighe, m., perverse, contentious, vexatious.

, -áil, v. intr., I strive, quarrel, contend.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a quarrelsome person.

, -óige, -óga, f., witchery (Don.).

, -aighe, a., vexing, teasing, annoying.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I vex, torture, torment.

, a comb. See <<cíor>>.

, -aire, a., dark-coloured, dark-brown, black; ciar-dhubh, dark-brown.

, -rtha, m., act of blackening, darkening, obscuring.

, -ála, pl. id., f., a quarrel, contention, brawl, fray.

, -aighe, a., perverse, forward.

, -dhuinne, a., brown, tawny, dim, dark-coloured.

, -dhuibhe, a., coal-black, jet-black.

, -óige, -óga, f., a cockroach, a beetle, a black chafer.

, g. id., f., Kerry; Oileán Chiarraidhe, Castle Island in Co. Kerry (the name Ciarraidhe was formerly confined to the north-western portion of the present county).

, -dhigh, pl. id., m., a Kerryman. Pierse Ferriter describes himself in one place as ciarraidheach cráidhte áirithe éigin, a certain tormented Kerryman.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a humming, buzzing; a grumbler.

, -aighe, a., buzzing.

, -úra, -úiridhe, f., a kerchief; a handkerchief; c. cinn, a covering for the head; c. póca, ahandkerchief.

, -a, f., blackness, darkness.

, p. a., swamped with a black flood (O'Ra.).

, -e, -eanna, f., the shank bone of a beast; the hand, the palm (O'N.); cibín, dim., the rump.

(gibé)

, indef. pr., whoever, whatever.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., the rump.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a bowlegged person, a nine-pin.

, -e, -eanna, f., a kick (A.).

, -e, f., a brood of chickens. (?)

, -sighe, f., as subst. in phr., cichinseach mná, a strong, handsome, bouncing woman; also ceithineach.

(gidh, cé.) See <<ciodh>>.

(somet. cidh trácht), conj., however, nevertheless.

, -oige, -oga, f., an unhandy fellow; a booby.

, -e (cigilt, -e), f., a tickling. See gigil.

, -lt (gigilim), v. tr., I tickle.

, -tighe, a., ticklish.

, I inspect, I see (O'N.).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., an inspector.

, -a, f., inspection.

, -eice, f., a small trout (Ker.). See <<giollóg>>.

, g. cille, pl. cealla (also cealltracha), a church, a churchyard, a burial place. (cill is properly ds. of ceall.) cill and ceall enter largely into place names, as Cill Áirne, Killarney; na Cealla Beaga, Killybegs, etc.

, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., a little church; a small cell; a churchyard set apart for infants; tá

, he has a great heap of money (M.).

, -nighe, -eacha, f., a place set apart for the burial of unbaptised children, generally near a lios, often a place name. See <<cillín>>.

, -bil, pl. id., m., a cymbal.

, -ta, m., pillage, plunder (O'N.).

, -adh, v. tr., I pillage, I plunder, devastate.

See <<cimeach>>.

, -migh, pl. id., m., a captive, a prisoner, a hostage.

, -ais, m., captivity, bondage.

, -iughadh, v. tr., I imprison, make a captive of.

, -milt, v. tr. and intr., I rub, touch (with le and do = de); ag cimilt bhaise dhe, patting him; ag cuimilt mheala fé, coaxing him. See <<cuimilim>>.

, -e, f., act of touching, rubbing.

, -meadh, v. tr., I enslave, make a captive of, imprison.

, -nidh (cine), pl. -nidheacha, gpl. -dhach, dpl. -dhaibh, m., race, generation, tribe, family, offspring; nature. (díne, fine are cognate words.) also f.

, -aigh, pl. id., and -acha, m., a Gentile; an individual of any nation or people.

, m., the human race.

, -éil, pl. id., m., a kind, sort, class; a generation; affection, kindness; tá an lá cinéal fuar, the day is rather ("sort of") cold (also cineál).

, indec. a., kindly, gentle, humane; liking one's work; capall cineálta, a willing horse; luigh sé isteach go cineálta leis an obair, he took to his work with a willing spirit.

, -ais, m., kindness, affection.

, -oin, m., cinnamon.

, m., a king (A.).

, -e, f., Pentecost.

, -geadh, v. tr., I strengthen, improve; intr., I walk, step = céimnighim).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a loader, director.

, v. intr., I descend, spring from, am born.

, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., a little candle; an icicle (C.) (prop. coinnlín).

See inmhealaim, inmhealadh.

See inmhealaim, inmhealadh.

, g. and pl. of ceann, m., head, end.

See <<cionn-athadh>>.

, -bheirte, pl. id., f., a helmet, head-dress. See <<cinn-bheirt>>.

, -ais, m., sovereignty.

, -e, pl. id., f., a headband, a helmet, a head-dress.

(prop, gs.), a., having the head bound as a madman, etc.

, m., a poll tax.

, g. cinnte, m., act of appointing, deciding, determining, resolving on; appointment, destiny, fate; with comhairle, to take (counsel).

, -mhna, f., fate, destiny, lot, fortune, accident; is gur chiorrbhuigh an chinneamhain ar leomhain, and that our heroes succumbed to fate (McD.); más c. damh thú mar stór, if you are fated to be my treasure (Art MacC.); ill-luck, misfortune, as the loss of cattle, etc. If one buries the carcass of a cow, horse, etc., that died on his neighbour's land, the cinneamhain, or ill-luck, goes to the neighbour; chuir sé an ch. chugham, he turned the misfortune on me.

, -aighe, a., fatal, fated; accidental, eventual.

, m., a ringleader, captain.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., kilderkin, a measure.

, -ghéire, a., sharp-pointed.

, vl. cinneamhain, v. tr., I fix, appoint, decide, resolve, agree, decree, determine, assign; I surpass, excel (with ar); do chinn orm é dhéanamh, I failed to do it.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a leader, a guide, a protector, a provider.

, -a, f., leadership.

, g. -treach, pl. -litre, -litreacha, f., a head-letter, a capital.

, g. id., m., frenzy; chimera.

, v. tr., I madden, anger, annoy.

, indec. a., fixed, definite, appointed, arranged; certain, sure, accurate; pronounced; constant, steadfast, positive, strong; covetous, stingy, close; go c., surely; somet. go is omitted; bhfuil tú réidh? tá, cinnte, are you ready? yes, surely (Don.).

, -a, f., certainty; positiveness; confidence; punctuality; closeness, stinginess.

, -iughadh, v. tr., I constitute, decree, make certain.

, -tréine, a., obstinate, headstrong.

, g. id., f., an aspersion or stain (from cion, a fault).

, -seil, pl. id., m., aspersion or stain; want, necessity.

, -aighe, a., aspersed with shedding blood wrongfully; cruel.

, -ála, f., "kibing," a mode of sowing potatoes by burying the sets (scoilteacháin or scoilteáin) a few inches in the soil with a trowel-shaped iron instrument having a sickle handle to hold it by (Don.).

, -air, m., dust, dirt; trí ualaighe de chiobar (C. S., Don.).

, conj., though, although, yet, even; ciodh go, although; ciodh gur, id., before past tense; ciodh trácht (ciodh tra acht), however, be that as it may (cé, gé, giodh are variants).

, m., confusion; tá an teach 'm-a chiollar-chiot, the house is in confusion (Don.).

, -aighe, a., confused, in disorder (Don.).

, -óige, -óga, f., a hedge sparrow; an chiológ riabhach, the bird that follows the cuckoo (also called riabhóg).

, -aigh (coll.), m., shreds, fragments, as a hare torn to shreds by the hounds, or a plausible story torn to atoms by a lawyer (W. Ker.).

, -thadh, v. intr., I chatter.

, -aigh, -acha, m., a lout, a clout; a slattern, an untidy person; in pl., tattered old clothes; ciomachán, id.

, npl., old shabby clothes.

, -adh, v. tr., I comb, I card.

(Lat. cymba), g. id., pl. -idhe, a little boat (Ker.).

, g. ceana, m., regard, attention, respect, esteem; affection, love, appreciation; ainm cheana, a fond name, a term of endearment.

, g. ceana, pl. cionta, m., a share, division, portion, quota or dividend; mo chion de'n Nodlaig, my share of the Christmas festivities; mo chion do'n airgead, my share of the money; cion tíre, a country tax or tribute; táid gan cion, they are without a portion, disinherited (O'Ra.); cion trom, a large quota; an cion trom, the greater portion, the majority.

, g. -adh, d. -aidh, pl. -ta, gpl. -adh, dpl. -taibh, f. (somet. m.), sin, transgression, a fault, guilt.

, -a, pl. id., m., occasion, cause (prop. cionn-fáth).

, -a, f., a share, a portion, a dividend; cionmhair, id. (pron. cionúireacht).

, d. of ceann, m. (which see), head, end; cause, account, reason; do chionn, because, for the reason that; i gcionn, at the end, head of; with regard to; with verb of motion, to or for; ós cionn, over, above, on top of, overhead; in preference to (with gen.); ós mo (do, etc.)

, m., the forehead, the countenance; am bhfuil sé slachtmhar as a chionn-aghaidh, has he a handsome countenance? (Con.). also ceann-aghaidh and cinn-aghaidh.

, connus, interrog. pr., how? in what manner?

, -aidh, m., the face, the features. See <<cionn-aghaidh>>.

, m., fate, destiny, foresight.

, -aighe, a., ordaining, destining, far-seeing.

(from cion), g. id., pl. -aidhe, m., a crime, a fault; sin, guilt; a cause or occasion; ní fhuil cionnta uaim-se leis, it is no fault of mine; cionnta cómhráidhte, a verbal insult (P. O'C.).

, -aigh, pl. id., m., a wicked person.

, -aighe, a., guilty, culpable, wicked.

, -a, f., guilt, crime.

, -a, f., emergency (O'N.).

, -ughadh, v. tr. and intr., I reproach, condemn; I sin, am guilty.

, p. a., accused, charged, convicted.

, -óige, -oga, f., a small coin, a farthing; a kernel; a small portion or slice of anything (dim. of cion, share, portion); also cianóg.

, -óige, -óga, f., a little stick; c. rámhainne, a worthless spade, a spade which is a mere stick.

See <<ciorrbhadh>>, <<ciorrbhaim>>.

See <<ciorrbhadh>>, <<ciorrbhaim>>.

, -ail, pl. id., m., a circle, a compass, a hoop.

, a., circular; go c., in a circle.

, -aighe, a., circular, rotund.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I encompass, hoop, gird.

, -e, f., a noisy melee, or wordy scuffle (Don.); also garrabhuaic.

, -aigh, pl. id., m., a maimed or disabled person.

, -aidhthe and -aidh, m., act of cutting, maiming, mangling, hewing, slaughtering, mutilation, cutting short, laceration; ciorrbhadh ort, may you be cut or mangled (a common form of imprecation); ciorrbhadh is pron. cirriughadh.

, -adh, v. tr., I cut, hew, shed, take away, abbreviate, lacerate.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I abbreviate, take away, waste, consume, shed, mutilate, mangle, mortify. See <<ciorrbhaim>>.

, -mighe, a., maimed. See <<cithréimeach>>.

, -cuighthe, m., a squabbling, a fighting.

, g. ceatha, pl. ceathanna, citheannaidhe, m., a shower of rain.

, the left hand, used in derivatives, as ciotach, 7c.

, -aighe, a., left-handed, awkward, helpless; inconvenienced; common as a soubriquet, as Seaghán ciotach, John the left-handed.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a left-handed person.

, -áin, pl. id., m., the left hand, dim. of ciot.

, -aire, a., showery.

, -óige, -óga, f., the left hand; a left-handed person.

, id., as a., left-handed, awkward.

, -maigh, pl. id., m., an abject person.

, -aighe, a., mean, low.

, -ais, m., rudeness, awkwardness, impudence.

, -e, -idhe, f., a fall, an accident (Wat.).

, g. id., pl. -pidhe, f., a rank of soldiers.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a little stick; a dibble; a pin for tying and fastening a tether; cipín soluis, a match. (cipín is dim. of ceap.)

, -nigh, m., fragments, bits; dhein sé c. de, he smashed it to atoms, tá c. déanta aige, he devastated everything all round.

, -eola, f., flesh of a hen, chicken.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a little hen, a pullet.

, m., a small whistling bird; a kind of sea-bird, always met with along the beach.

, .i. cirte, compar. of ceart; similarly, córtaisí for córa and feárrdisí for fearra.

, -e, pl. ciseanna and ceasanna, f., a wicker basket; wickerwork to fit on a cart, 'cliabh cis agus lód' (Raftery).

, -sighe, -seacha, f., a causeway; a raised path over a stream, etc., generally made of wicker-work, wild rods, furze, or heather; a wicker basket.

, -sil, pl. id., m., a stratum; a layer or row of sheaves in a corn-stack; a hollow or furrow like that between waves.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a wickerwork basket, a large basket, cliabh, an ordinary basket;

, -oige, -oga, f., a round, shallow basket; the stem of corn or straw; the detachable bottom of a pannier or creel (also scítheog).

(cisim), -iughadh I am watchful, control my feelings (with ar).

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a little basket.

, g. id., pl. -tidhe, m., a chest; a store; treasure; a term of endearment.

, -a, f., house-keeping, kitchen-keeping, store-keeping.

, g. id. and -each, pl. -eacha, f., a kitchen; bágún na cistin, the bacon hung up for curing in a kitchen.

, -ighe -eacha, f., a kitchen.

, a shower of rain. See <<cioth>>.

, -til, pl. id., m., a kettle.

, m., life, vigour; féach an citeal atá fé, see how lively he is, said of a person, a spirited horse, etc. (also ciotal).

, -bigh, m., tumult, bustle; waste, debris; pron. cáithréabach in Ker.: tá sé 'na cháithréabach agat, you have reduced it to shreds, crushed it to a pulp.

, -mighe, a., crippled, maimed (7c.), also ceithréimeach.

, -aighe, a., cubic, cubical.

, -e, a., calm, gentle, quiet, still, mild, placid.

, -aighe, a., silent and guilty; sly.

, g. id., f., calmness, quietness, rest, silence; modesty.

, -nis, m., a calm, a silence; relief in sickness after loud complaining (as in toothache); patience.

, -iughadh v. tr., I quiet, calm; v. intr., I lapse into silence, talk lower, calm down.

, p. a., quieted, stilled (also ciuinte).

, -neadh, v. tr., I calm, still, pacify; ciuin an leanbh, pacify the child (O'N.).

, -e, a., good, perfect, faultless; quiet; cf. tarraing go ciuin go ciuir, draw quietly and gently.

, -iughadh, v. tr., I cover over, gather about (generally said of a great coat or of bed clothes).

, g. -e, pl. ciumhsa, ciumhaiseacha, f., an edge, a border, a selvage, a limit (also ciumhas, -ais, m.).

, m., a mild countenance (O'N.); prop., a quiet eye.

, -aighe, -acha, f., a. fig. term for a young woman.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a pacifier.

, -aighe, a., good, perfect; quiet, an ch. bhléinfhionn, the good white-loined cow.

, -aigh, pl. id., m., a dizzard, an aimless, erratic person.

, -a, f., dizziness, moving about aimlessly, recklessness.

, g. id., pl. -aidhe, m., a deep, pregnant saying; a clever hit (M.).

, -aighe, -a, f., a red-headed bird (O'R.).