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Kirree (f.) Kitty: Ghow Kirree arrane, agh va'n coraa eck bing agglagh, gollrish kellagh-kiark gerrym ayns yn oie Dhoor
kirree cailjey lost sheep: AYR Ooilley-niartal as smoo lane jeh dty vyghin; Ta shin er n'gholl ershaghryn veih dty raaidyn casley rish kirree cailjey. PB1765
sheep (n.) keyrrey: One scabby sheep spoils the whole flock - Ta un cheyrrey screbbagh milley yn slane shioltane. JJK idiom; (npl.) kirree: He was grazing his sheep on the hill - V'eh fassaghey ny kirree echey er y chronk. DF idiom
sheep farmer (n.) troggeyder kirree
lost sheep (n.) keyrrey chailjey: I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost - Ta mee er n’gholl er-shaghryn myr keyrrey chailjey Bible; (npl.) kirree cailjey: My people hath been lost sheep - Ta my phobble er ve kirree cailjey Bible
keyrrey (=Ir. caora) (f.) pl. kirree sheep: Ta mee er n'gholl er-shaghryn myr keyrrey chailjey Bible
loaghtyn (of sheep) brown; (of cattle) brown: ooilley yn maase loaghtyn mastey ny kirree Bible; khaki
cows (npl.) baa; ollagh: The butcher kills sheep, pigs, lambs, calves, oxen, cows - Ta'n buitchoor marroo kirree, mucyn, eayin, lheiyee, dew, ollagh. JJK idiom
oxen (npl.) dew: The butcher kills sheep, pigs, lambs, calves, oxen, cows - Ta'n buitchoor marroo kirree, mucyn, eayin, lheiyee, dew, ollagh. JJK idiom
pigs (npl.) mucyn; muckyn: The butcher kills sheep, pigs, lambs, calves, oxen, cows - Ta'n buitchoor marroo kirree, mucyn, eayin, lheiyee, dew, ollagh. JJK idiom
slaves (npl.) raanteenyn; slaveyn: wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men - curnaght, as ollagh, as kirree, as cabbil, as fainee, as slaveyn, as anmeenyn deiney Bible; sleabyn
baa 1 cows, kine a: cur-jee ny baa fo'n chart Bible; 2 buss, playful kiss, smack; 3 (gen.) of a cow: mill, as eeym, as kirree, as caashey baa Bible
broighit befouled, dirtied: V'ad lommyrt ny kirree cheu-chooylloo son lurg gee yn aiyr noa va'd broighit lesh keck as ayns gaue dy ve goit ec y carchuillag. MB
buitchoor butcher, slaughterer, slaughterman: Ta'n buitchoor marroo kirree, mucyn, eayin, lheiyee, dew, ollagh. JJK
carchuillag (f.) flesh fly, fly, humming fly: V'ad lommyrt ny kirree cheu-chooylloo son lurg gee yn aiyr noa va'd broighit lesh keck as ayns gaue dy ve goit ec y carchuillag. MB [L. culex]
dorrysser porter: Dasyn ta'n dorrysser fosley; as ta ny kirree clashtyn e choraa: as t'eh geamagh er e chirree hene lurg nyn ennym, as dy leeideil ad magh. Bible
fer saa junior: As dooyrt eh, Ta foast fer saa n'ad shoh, as cur-my-ner, t'eh bochillagh ny kirree. Bible
muirht fatlings: ren Saul as y pobble sparail Agag as y chooid share jeh ny kirree, jeh ny dew, jeh ny muirht, as ny heayin Bible
murran influenza; murrain, plague: er ny cabbil, er ny assylyn, er ny camelyn, er ny dew, as er ny kirree; bee murran feer dewil Bible
oasht fyrryn (first year) male sheep: Bee'n eayn fegooish lheamys, oasht fyrryn: nee shiu goaill eh veih ny kirree, ny veih ny goair. Bible
oikanyn children: woaill eh Nob ard-valley ny saggyrtyn lesh foyr y chliwe, chammah deiney as mraane cloan as oikanyn, dew, as assylyn as kirree, lesh foyr y chliwe Bible
roie er-chea flee: t'eh fakin yn moddey-oaldey cheet, as t'eh faagail ny kirree, as roie er-chea Bible
scannane pl. scannaneyn 1 cine-film, diaphragm, movie, picture a: Shinyn va goaill ayrn sy scannane Ny Kirree fo Niaghtey, va shin jeant magh dy row sleih dy liooar coontey yn scannane shoh y ve foaysagh. Carn; 2 (of oil) film
slaveyn slaves: spiceyn millish, as myrrh, as frankincense, as feeyn, as ooil, as flooyr meen, as curnaght, as ollagh, as kirree, as cabbil, as fainee, as slaveyn, as anmeenyn deiney. Bible
trog-jee arise: Trog-jee erriu, lhig dooin goll seose noi oc Bible; take: Trog-jee ny-vud eu hene chebbal da'n Chiarn Bible; build: Trog-jee ard-valjyn da nyn gloan, as bwoailtchyn da ny kirree eu Bible
tutlerys (f.) chat, chatter, gossip, tale-bearing, taletelling, tattle, tittle-tattle: agh ta ourys ayn dy row Kirree geearree dy hannaghtyn ayns y vargey dy gheddyn yn naight s'anmee as tutlerys! Dhoor; loquaciousness
big (adj.) ard; liauyr; mooar: A big head with little wit and a little head without any at all - Kione mooar er y veggan cheilley as kione beg gyn veg edyr. JJK idiom; mooarey: Big bumps on the road - Tommanyn mooarey er y raad. DF idiom; vooarey: Big sheep - Kirree vooarey. DF idiom; thollee; vooar: We were struck by a big sea - Haink tonn vooar orrin. DF idiom; wooar
fatlings (npl.) brawnyn: all of them fatlings of Bashan - ad shoh ooilley brawnyn Vashan Bible; beiyn beiyht: my oxen and my fatlings are killed - ta my ghew as my veiyn beiyht marroo Bible; beiyn roauyrey: he sacrificed oxen and fatlings - dy heb eh dew as beiyn roauyrey ayns oural Bible; muirht: the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings - y chooid share jeh ny kirree, jeh ny dew, jeh ny muirht Bible
many1 (adj.) mooaran; mooarane: I have a great many recommendations to you - Ta mooarane moyllaghtyn aym diu. JJK idiom; ram; shimmey; shymmey; ymmodee: Many sheep were lost in the snow - Va ymmodee kirree er nyn goayl 'sy sniaghtey. JJK idiom
bunneenyn bales: Shimmey'n oie feayr as dorraghey ta mee er n'gholl magh maree gys y soalt yiarn lesh londeyr as bunneenyn dy choonlagh dy hroggal fastee son ny kirree as nyn eaynin, as boteil dy vainney son yn eayn meig. JG
curragh (=Ir. corrach) (f.) pl. curreeyn bog, fen, marsh, quagmire, swamp: Yn nah laa haink jees jeh ny kirree oc dy ve çhionn ayns curragh as v'ad sluggit sheese marish nyn laadyn CnyO; canoe, coracle: Ren Severin as fer keirdey ny jees troggal curragh ayns Nerin. Dhoor; wickerwork pannier
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