, -a, m., enchantment; fá gheabaidh, enchanted (Der.).

, -air, pl. id., m., a little fish with a big head found in pools by the sea (Con.).

, -óige, -óga, f., the sea-swallow (Aran).

, -a, pl. id., m., a compact spot; a buttock, a haunch; a white star on a horse's forehead (scead, id.); a small plot of ground.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a buttock, or haunch; the rump; a bird's craw.

, -aigh, -aighe, m., a despicable fellow (Don.).

, -óige, -óga, f., a big, rough, corpulent woman (O'N.); a buttock (Don.).

, -úis, m., a species of fish, the pike.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a gate (Der. and Don.). See <<geata>>.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a gatekeeper. See <<geatóir>>

, gsf. gile, a., white, bright; fair, good; ní geal leat é, you do not like him.

, -aighe, -acha, f., the moon; the white circle in a slice of a half-boiled potato or turnip; fear gealaighe, a lunatic; oidhche ghealaighe, a moonlight night.

, -áin, m., the glair of an egg; white of an eye.

, -a, f., clearing up (of weather).

, -lta, m., a clearing up, brightening; bleaching, whiteness, brightness; g. an lae, the dawn; fear gealta éadaigh, a fuller.

, -adh, v. tr. and intr., I brighten, whiten; I bleach; intr., I clear up (as the day, weather, etc.); I shine, dawn (as the day) (gealuighim, id.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., sudden brightness; lightning; lustre; a blaze or flash of light; i ngealán an lae, in the broad daylight; gealán na súile, the white of the eye; the white of an egg.

, -bháine, a., bright and fair.

, -ain (pron. gealún, M.), pl. id., m., a sparrow; g. guib reamhair, the hedge-sparrow (also g. caoch); g. cuilinn, the bull-finch; g. buidhe, the yellowhammer; g. sciobóil, the barn or house sparrow; gealbhainín sléibhe, the bog linnet, dim.

, g. gill, d. geall, gioll, pl. gill, m., a promise, pledge; wager, bet, prize, favour; regard, desire, love; geall le, equal to, the same as; i ngeall at, i ngioll ar, by means of, on the strength of, in return for, on account of, owing to; i ngeall, i ngioll (with gen.), in need of; i ngioll báire, in charge of the goal (Mon.); mar gheall (ghioll) ar, in return for, in consequence of, on account of, because, for = because of, in regard of; geall le, almost; geall le bheith críochnuighthe, almost completed; geall leis and geall leis dó, in answer to questions, as 'bhfuil leis, or geall leis dó, is it finished yet? almost so; i ngioll le, in pledge for; geall do chur le, to bet, wager with one; geall do chur as, to bet on; fearann i ngeall, mortgaged land; níl aon gheall aige air, he has no regard for it; ain-gheall, great regard; also g. gealla, pl. geallta.

, -lta, m., act of promising; a promising.

, vl. -adh and -amhain, p. p. geallta, v. tr. I promise; I assert; I state on my authority; I assure; sometimes used ironically, as déanfad, geallaim duit é, I will, I'm sure, I have a "great notion of it."

, -aimh, m., a promise (Kea.).

, -mhna, -mhnacha, f., act of promising; a promise or vow; a marriage contract (in sp. l., geallamhaint).

, -aire, a., desirous, anxious.

, p. a., promised, pledged.

, pl. (coll.), children (U.).

, -óige, -óga, f., a salmon fry, a little trout or salmon; a white eel (dim. gealóigín).

, -nighe, a., white rayed.

, -sceine, -sceana, f. white knife, surgical instrument.

, -eilt, -eilteanna, m., a madman, a lunatic; Gleann na nGealt is the name of a beautiful glen between Tralee and Dingle, whither all lunatics are supposed to direct their course when at large. See <<geilt>>.

, -aighe, a., fearful; jealous; astonished; skittish.

, -a, f., insanity; ag imtheacht ar gh., going mad.

, g. id., f., madness, rage, fury.

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

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a bleacher.

, -ughadh, v. intr., I fear, I dread; I am timorous.

, -ughadh, v. tr. and intr., I whiten, bleach; I grow white, begin to shine, dawn.

, p. a., bleached, whitened.

, m., prattle; cf. cuir uait an geamh.

, -aighe, a., blear-eyed (Meath).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., one of the masked mummers who went to houses on the occasion of marriages, etc. (Roscommon E. O'G.); elsewhere they were called cleathairidhe (G. J.).

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

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

, -aigh -aighe, m., a servant; a footman; a driver; a guide; a strong fellow (gíománach in some places, M., etc.).

, -air, m., corn in the blade; a green blade of corn; corn-grass.

, corn-grass; the Irish letter g; lubh-ghort, herb-garden; ubhall-ghort, an orchard; dim., guirtín or goirtín.

See <<sceamhghail>>.

, f., winter's night g. na gcéadta bliadhan (Iver.); is gearr geamh-oidhche id fhochair, short is the winter night in your company (Fer.).

, -aighe, a., of deep, fresh tint (from geamhar, corn-grass).

, -lighe, a., blear-eyed

, -a, -ta, m., favour, affection, love, liking, fondness; a humour, a mood, a frame of mind; laughter, a smile; gean do bheith ar, to be beloved; gean gáire, a hearty laugh; do mhaoidh orainn gean gáire, we burst out laughing (early mod. Ir.).

, -aighe, a., greedy, covetous.

, -mhla, a., lovely, lovable, acceptable, decent, modest.

, -a, f., loveliness, amiability, beauty, grace.

, m., January; Caillionn Geanair, the Calends of January, New Year's Day (hence perhaps Lá Coille, the usual expression for New Year's Day); also gionbhair.

, -ais, m., chastity, modesty.

, -aighe, a., chaste, modest, affable, amiable.

, -óige, -óga, f., a chaste, modest, amiable woman.

, -gtha, m., a mauling, a beating down (O'N.).

, -adh, v. tr., I maul, I hammer, I beat down.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a mauler, a hammer.

, indec. a., chaste, modest.

, -a, f., chastity, purity, virginity, modesty.

, ad. and prep., besides, over and above, except (obs.). also ceanmothá.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a hammer, a mallet. See <<geangaire>>.

, -a, f., a hammering, a pounding; a sharpening.

, -einnce, f., a snub-nose.

, -aighe, a., snub-nosed, vicious.

, g. id., f., snub-nosedness, deformity of the countenance.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a snub-nosed person.

, -aigh, pl. id., m., name for the luchorpán (leprechaun) in Mea. and portion of U.

, -ais, m., ill-temper, surliness.

, -óige, -óga, f., a snub-nosed person.

, -áin, pl. id., m., act of bewailing; a complaint; an accusation; a remonstrance; supplication; a cry, a sob, a groan; an té nach truagh leis do chás ná déan do ghearán leis, do not make complaint to the person not likely to be in sympathy with you.

, -aighe, a., complaining, groaning, murmuring, querulous; accusative.

, vl. gearán, v. tr. and intr., I complain, murmur, groan, accuse; complain of (ar).

, -eirbe, -earba, f., "scab," a disease in sheep; a scab, itch, mange; an excrescence; gearbóg, dim.

, -aighe, a., scabby, mangy, itchy; rough-surfaced.

, -eirge, -a, f., a blotch, a boil, a blister

, -aighe, a., blotched, blistered.

, -adh, v. tr., I blister, I blotch.

, -e, f., Germany; usually with art. in nom., gen. and dat.

, -nise and -nse, f., the German language.

, -naighe, a., German; as subs., a native of Germany, a German.

, gsf. giorra, a., short, near (of time or space); curtailed, abridged; transitory, deficient; is air ba ghiorra mhoill, little delay did he make, he easily or readily performed it.

, -a, m., a weir for catching fish.

, -rtha, m., act of cutting; a cutting or shearing; a gnawing; a ravine; a tax; a tribute, cess, a division; gearradh amach, apportioning; gearradh an tsionnaigh, vaccination; also gearradh na bolgaighe (Ker.); fear an ghearrtha, cess-collector (Don.); g. drúichtín, a crack in the foot from walking in the dew; an g., diarrhoea.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a cutter.

, m., a corncrake, a quail.

, -cighe, a., voracious.

, -adh, v. tr., I cut, lop off, mow, shear, slice, hew, shorten, clear; I tax, fine, charge; ghearr sé an-léim, he took a great leap (Der.); gearraim an méid seo ort-sa, I fine or tax you to this extent; I apportion (as a pension).

, -áin, pl. id., a horse, a gelding, a nag, a hack; in Louth, Con. and U. g. is used of a horse, as opposed to capall, a mare; in Don. beithidheach without any qualifying word means a horse, but beithidheach bó, a cow, and somet. b. gearráin, a horse; gearrán

, -aighe, a., broken-winded; suffering from shortness of breath.

, m., a short space of time; gearr-thamall, id.

, m., a boy, a stripling.

, -aigh, -aighe and -aigh, m., a nestling, an unfledged bird; fig., an infant.

, g. id., pl. -lidhe, m., a young girl, a maiden.

, -aighe, a., bob-tailed.

, m., a hare. See girrfhiadh.

, f., an extract, an abridgment.

, -e, pl. id., f., a horse-leech, a leech of any kind.

, f., a gloss, a short note, an abridgment (O'N.).

, -aighe, a., ready at repartee, witty of speech; insolent, giving "short answers."

, m., sarcasm (Con.).

, -óige, -óga, f., a portion, fortune; fate, destiny; a cut, a lot, small portion; gearróga dubha na Nodlag, the short dark days about Christmas.

, -laighe, a., short-lived.

, p. a., cut, gashed, divided, marked off; amerced; tá príosún bliadhna gearrtha air, he has been sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a cutter; a cold-chisel.

, the stormy petrel (Tory) (from gearr = little bird, and úsc, animal oil).

, -eise, -a, f., a bond, a spell, a prohibition; a taboo, a magical injunction, the violation of which led to misfortune and death (genly. in pl.); several geasa were often laid on the same hero; geasa droma draoidheachta, a special kind of geasa, for which see Kea.; the Polynesian taboo somewhat resembles the geasa; pl. also geasracha: goidé na geasracha atá ort? what on earth is coming over you (Don.).

, pl. of geas or geis, f., spell, obligation, etc. See geas.

, -adh, v. tr., I conjure (O'N.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a kind of small fish; an oath, a vow. See giosán.

, -óige, -óga, f., a divination practice; superstition; spell, charm; geasróga Samhna, all Hallowtide divination ceremonies.

, -aighe, a., superstitious (Donl.)

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a conjurer.

, -ail, m., necessity, want; a defect.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a gate, a door.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a small cake; a splinter of wood for lighting; a long rush; g. tomtha, a rush dipped (in tallow) for lighting; a man of slight build.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a porter, a doorkeeper.

, -e, -idhe, f., a sloven, an untidy person.

, -dighe, a., slovenly, untidy, unkempt.

, -dil, pl. id., m., a fan.

, -aighe, a., white-breasted.

, -lis, m., traffic (O'N.).

, -e, -eanna, m., a lunatic.

, g. id., pl. -nte, f., light emitted from decaying wood.

, -mhle, pl. -mhlidhe and -mhleacha, f., a chain, a bond; restraint, bondage, captivity.

, -lighe, a., held in bondage, fettered; as s., a prisoner.

, -éid, -éada, m., a gimlet (A.).

, -iughadh, v. tr., I fetter, bind, chain.

, p. a., held in bondage, fettered (also geibhlighthe).

, -ridh, m., winter.

, -mhla, a., wintry.

, vl. geimhreadh, v. intr., I winter, take up winter quarters (also geimhrighim, -ughadh).

, -e, f., offspring, child; conception; embryo; a swan (also gin).

, -nte, pl. id., m., a generation.

, -laigh, pl. id., m., generation; genesis; a pedigree; a family.

, -mhna, f., act of being begotten; generation; birth; nature; níl aon g. ann is said of an addled egg.

, -naighe, a., generative, genitive.

, -oige, -oga, f., a gem; a female infant; a midwife

, -neamhain, v. tr., I beget, engender, generate; in pass., descend (as children).

, -e, -eacha, f., a wedge; ging (Don.); pl. geanntracha (Con.). See ding.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a hammer. See geannaire.

, -a, f., a hammering. See geannaireacht.

(ginte)

, pl., the Gentiles (O'D.).

, p. a., begotten, born; a depreciating epithet of wheat, probably wheat that has prematurely sprouted (Kea.).

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a sower, a planter; a begetter.

, a., Gentile, heathen, magical, necromantic.

, -a, f., Paganism, Gentilism.

, -e, f., fat, tallow, grease, suet, lard.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a girdle, a girth (O'N.).

, f., a partridge (also cearc ghearr).

, -sighe, -seacha, f., a lass, a damsel, a girl (also girrseach and giorrsach).

, -oige, -oga, f., a little girl. See geirrseach.

, -e, f., a vow; forbidden custom; a restriction, prohibition. See geas.

, -e, f., a fright, start, a jump; de gheit, suddenly; bhain sé geit as, he frightened him, made him start.

, vl. geit, v. intr., I start, jump with fright.

fut. stem of gabhaim, I take, seize, go, etc., which see.

, -oice, f., the windpipe, the neck; a yoke.

, -aigh -aighe, m., a vagrant, a stroller, a parasite, a glutton, a mime (formerly the geocaighe were recognized as a distinct class; now the word is used only in contempt, especially of females).

, -aighe, a., ravenous, voracious.

, -mhla, a., strolling, parasitical.

, -a, f., the act of strolling and begging; playing the parasite.

, -áin pl. id., m., a pipe, a reed, a fife (also deocán and diúcán). See diúcán.

, -ughadh, v. intr., I act the stroller or parasite.

, -e, f., a shout, a cry; a confused uproar; a joke, fun (also a fool, the object of ridicule).

, -e, f., a belly, a paunch; a scrip, a budget, a satchel; the womb.

, -sigh, -sighe, m., a gormandiser.

, g. id., pl. -tidhe, m., a lazy person.

, -ainne, -a, f., a goose-house (also géalann).

, -bhaigh, -bhaighe, m., the gills of a fish; the upper part of the throat, a jowl; g. dúbalta, a double chin; geolrachán, fat under chin (also geolmhach or geolrach and sceolbhach).

See <<geolbhach>>.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a yawl, a fishing-boat.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a small stalk; a shaft or arrow, fig., a slender person. See <<géasadán>>.

, -ail, pl. id., m., a lean child (Con.).

, -a, f., want of virility (Con.).