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aduantas
sadness, angst at finding yourself in strange surroundings or with strange people (noun)
ainbhlinn
froth from the mouth of a decaying corpse (noun)
amainiris
two days after tomorrow (adverb)
asclán
something carried under one arm (noun) / gusset [triangle of fabric] between the legs of pants (noun)
bánóg
green patch of grass, especially one used for or worn down by dancing (noun)
bearrthóir
tail-chewing animal (noun)
beochaoineadh
lament or elegy for someone who has gone away, but not died (noun; "mourning, crying, keening for the living")
béaláiste
toast to seal a deal (noun)
bénitier
font, vessel for holy water in a church (noun)
bogán
egg without a shell (noun) / soft ground (noun) / weak or spineless person (noun)
bothántaíocht
the act of visiting houses for pastime or gossip (noun)
breachtraíocht
the act of using herbs to make charms, cures, or spells (noun)
buaile
milking-place in a summer pasturage (noun)
buaircín
guard on an animal's horn (noun)
bunbhríste
worn-out but usable pants (noun)
bunbhróg
a worn-out but usable shoe (noun)
bunchulaith
a second-best suit (noun) / a worn-out but usable suit (noun)
cealdrach
old burial ground (noun) / burial ground for unbaptized infants (noun)
citeóg
left-handed person (noun)
clochscríbhinn
stone inscription (noun)
criathróir
animal that is sure-footed on boggy ground (noun)
cróchadh
practice of coloring food and fabric with saffron (noun)
dearglach
red glow in the sky (noun)
driongán
animal in poor condition (noun)
drochdheoir
a negative personality trait a child inherits from their parents (noun; "bad drop")
eadra
morning milking time (noun)
flaith
a member of a powerful family with a high degree of sovereignty (noun) / lordship (noun) / lord (noun) / aristocrat (noun) / sovreignty (noun)
foiseach
grass inaccessible to a mowing machine (noun) / growing along the margin of a field (noun)
geamhar
young, green cereal grain (noun) / a field used for growing corn grass (noun)
gormánach
young seal after it sheds its white baby coat (noun)
iombhá
ship half-sunk in water (noun) / place where there is danger of drowning (noun)
ioscaid
hollow behind your knee (noun)
ladhar
gaps in your fingers and toes (noun)
leacht
grave-mound (noun) / memorial stone on burial mound (noun) / memorial cairn (noun) / headstone (noun) / fluid (noun)
lios
courtyard (noun) / enclosure (noun) / ringfort (noun) / fairy mound (noun)
longhaire
the song of a blackbird (noun; "blackbird's laughter")
rabharta
spring equinox tide, surge, flood (noun) / abundance (noun)
séanas
gap between the upper front teeth (noun)
spéirbhean
woman as beautiful as the sky (noun; "sky woman", "woman of the heavens")
pasúr
pounding-stick used in clothes-washing (noun)
pocléimnigh
excitably leaping into the air (verb; "buck-jumping") / frolicking (verb) / gambolling (verb)
plobaireacht
the act of being unable to speak clearly through crying (noun)
plobán
a hole made by the hoof of an animal that has filled with water (noun)
seachrán
aberration (noun) / the act of wandering, roving, straying (noun) / delusion (noun) / distraction (noun)
stranach
the whistling, murmuring of the ocean as it moves in and out of a cove (noun)
súitú
the sucking-out sound of the sea as it moves through stones (noun)
tápholl
the calmness when two tides meet and shift (noun)
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