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cloie (=Ir. cluich, cluiche) pl. cloiaghyn 1 act, charade, event, game, match, pastime, performance, play; 2 (v.) boil, bubble: a: Ta'n coirrey beg cloie DF; 3 enact, extemporise, perform, represent a: hig eh gy-kione, tra vees y spyrryd olk shoh ort veih Jee, dy jean eh cloie lesh e laue, as yiow couyr Bible; b: cheayll mee kiaull claaseyderyn cloie er nyn glaasaghyn Bible; 4 monkey, skylark, sport, playing: Jean oo cloie rish myr rish ushag? Bible; 5 dally
cloie lesh toying with, play with: as ren David cloie lesh e laue, myr bollagh eh: as va shleiy ayns laue Saul. Bible
cloie er y viol fiddling: V'ee cliaghtit çheet gys Yn Chruinnaght 'sy '80yn cloie er y viol as t'ee mie booiagh çheet er ash reesht. Dhoor
harping (n.) claaseyraght; cruitcheraght, kruiteryght; (v.) cloie er y chlaasagh; cloie er y chruitch
exaggerate (v.) cloie fodjeeaght: Don't let us exaggerate - Ny lhig dooin cloie fodjeeaght. JJK idiom; mooadaghey
performance (n.) cloie: The performance had been long - Va'n cloie er ve foddey. JJK idiom; jannoo; obbraghey
theatre1 (n.) theater; thie cloie: The theatre had been on fire - Va'n thie cloie er ve er aile. JJK idiom
truant shaghraneagh; shaghrynagh; truggan; trugganagh; trugganeyr; cloie trugg: He is playing truant - T'eh cloie trugg. DF idiom
aerobatics (n.) cloie speyragh
draw1 camtayrn, tayrnys; cloie cormey; cloie corrym; cron; cronchur; jallooaghey; jiole; kelkal; sluggey; stig; striggey; taaley; tayrn: Draw the curtains - Tayrn ny curtanyn. JJK idiom; yrjaghey
enact (v.) cloie; slattyssaghey
fiddle biol: You have been playing the fiddle very badly for some days - T'ou er ve cloie yn viol feer olk rish laa ny ghaa. JJK idiom; biol-chloieder; fiddyl; fidleyr; kialg; (v.) cloie er viol
paronomasia (n.) cloie er focklyn
pettifog (v.) cloie yn mynleighder
playing cloie: You have been playing the fiddle very badly for some days - T'ou er ve cloie yn viol feer olk rish laa ny ghaa. JJK idiom; lheimmyragh
three-ball match (n.) cloie troor
tawlish (f.) checkers, draughts: Va daa ghuilley nyn soie er coolliaght airh cloie tawlish, as v'ad cloie er boayrd argid lesh peeshyn airh. GB
playground2 (n.) boayl-cloie
possan-cloie playgroup: Ayns 1996 myrgeddin hie Phil Gawne as Chris Sheard (caairliagh jeh'n phossan- cloie Gaelgagh Yn Chied Chesmad) gys Nalbin d'eddyn magh mychione possan-cloie Gaidhlig hoal ayns shen. Carn
fodjeeaght (f.) range: Ny lhig dooin cloie fodjeeaght. JJK
match1 cheet jesh da, piyral; cloie; co-chloie; foaddan; keilley; mac-soylley; sheshey; soyllaghey; troddan
kiaull (=Ir. ceol) (f.) 1 music, noise, singing a: cheayll mee kiaull claaseyderyn cloie Bible; 2 minstrel, minstrelsy; 3 (of birds) warble
act1 aghtey, lhiggey; cloie; immeeaght; jannoo; obbraghey: To act for a person - Dy obbraghey er son peiagh. DF idiom
away ersooyl: When the cats are away the mice will play - Tra ta ny kiyt ersooyl nee ny lughee cloie. JJK idiom
boil (n.) askaid, gaer, mamm; (v.) broie: Shall I boil spinach or cabbage? - Jeanym broie spinach ny cabbash? JJK idiom; cloie
cards (npl.) kaartyn: He had the cards marked - Va cowraghyn er ny kaartyn echey. DF idiom; caartyn: They are playing cards - T'ad cloie er ny caartyn. DF idiom
event (n.) cloie; cor; cruinnaght; taghyrt: I arrived after the event - Raink mee erreish da'n taghyrt. DF idiom
fool (n.) bleb, kymmagh, moal-hushtagh, ommidan; ommydan: The fool hath said in his heart: There is no God - Ta’n ommydan er ghra ayns e chree: Cha vel Jee ayn Bible; spoagee; (v.) cloie yn ommidan, molley
football (n.) bluckan coshey: Watching a football match - Jeeaghyn er cloie bluckan coshey. DF idiom; bluckaneyrys
game1 (v.) cloie: The game is up - Sheer-charrooagh. DF idiom; (n.) gamman: They were on to his little game - Va enney oc er yn gamman beg echey. DF idiom
merrier (adj.) reaie: The bigger the company, the merrier the play - Myr smoo yn cheshaght s'reaie yn cloie. JJK idiom
patience (n.) cloie ny lomarcan; meeinid; meenid: She must have a great deal of patience - Shegin ve mooarane meenid eck. JJK idiom; meenys; surranse foddey; fuillaghtyn
pipe1 (n.) cuishley, feddan, pioban; piob: I am lighting my pipe - Ta mee jiargaghey my phiob. DF idiom; (v.) cloie er feddan
property (n.) cooid-seihllt, mayn, nhee thie cloie, shellooghys, tro; cair: I came in to the property - Haink mee ayns eiraght jeh'n chair. DF idiom; thie as thalloo: Property sale - Creck thieyn as thalloo. DF idiom
represent (v.) cloie; cowraghey; cur seose; shassoo: That's what I represent - She son shen ta mee shassoo. DF idiom; soiaghey magh; soilshaghey
started fo-raad; hoshee: Play started at one o'clock - Hoshee yn cloie ec 'nane er y chlag. DF idiom
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