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fockle (=Ir. focal) pl. focklyn charm, vocable, word, word of honour: cha dod e vraaraghyn fockle d'ansoor y choyrt da Bible [L. vocida]
charm (v.) cur fo druaight, druaightey; cur y fockle er: She put a charm on me - Hug ee yn fockle orrym. DF idiom; (n.) druaight, fockle, gueshag, guess, oalys, obb, pishag, sheean; sheeanys: Woman full of charm - Ben lane dy heeanys. DF idiom
unnecessary word (n.) fockle feayr
valedictory (n.) fockle bannee
word (n.) fockle: In this sentence there isn't a word too much - Ayns y raa shoh cha nel fockle rouyr. JJK idiom; goo: the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. - huitt y Spyrryd Noo orroosyn ooilley va clashtyn y goo. Bible
prompt (v.) cur ayns kione feanish, cur yn fockle 'sy veeal, greinnaghey; (adj.) dy traaoil, er builley ny hoor, er y traa, siyragh, leah; (n.) fys jeh'n ockle
pronounced focklit: This is how the word is pronounced - Myr shoh ta'n fockle focklit. DF idiom; focklit magh; lajer: Pronounced accent - Blass lajer. DF idiom
saying (n.) raa: There is much between saying and doing - Ta lane eddyr raa as jannoo. JJK idiom; gra: She was saying the word over the other woman - V'ee gra yn fockle er y ven elley. DF idiom
sentence abbyrt, briwnys; raa: In this sentence there isn't a word too much - Ayns y raa shoh cha nel fockle rouyr. JJK idiom
stress chennar; egin; preays; stroos; trimmid; (v.) cur stroos er; cur trimmid er: To lay stress on a word - Dy chur trimmid er fockle. DF idiom
angaaish See angaish agony, anguish, torment: Cha row fockle erbee dy leshtal oc; by gummey lhieu yn angaaish va currit er my voir. JG
darragh1 (pl -yn) oak, oaken, oak grove, oak wood, sessile oak: honnick mish Absalom croghey ayns billey-darragh Bible; would come: va ny chaghteryn feer tastagh darragh fockle erbee voish Bible
jannoo drane rhyme, rhyming: As ta dooinney, Doug Faragher er lhiam, gra 'aigh' jannoo drane lesh yn fockle 'graih' er yn kishteen 'Gailck Coloayrtyssagh' Dhoor
jannoo gennal make happy: Ta trimshey ayns cree dooinney cur er croymmey: agh ta fockle dooie jannoo gennal jeh. Bible
kern pawn; pl. kernyn soldier, yeoman: Ta kern yn fockle kiart son "soldier" as eshyn, T'ad gra 'sidoor' nish agh cha nee kiart eh. JC
kishteen caddy, cassette: As ta dooinney, Doug Faragher er lhiam, gra 'aigh' jannoo drane lesh yn fockle 'graih' er yn kishteen 'Gailck Coloayrtyssagh Dhoor
lettyr (=Ir. litir) pl. lettyryn character, letter: Hug ad ennym Najavo er dagh lettyr jeh'n abbyrlhit yn aght nagh bee yn chied lettyr jeh'n fockle noa yn lettyr cheddin er'n ennym Baarlagh. Carn
loayrit rish (crowd) addressed: Hass mish lesh yn fockle scruit as hass my ayr lesh yn aght va Gaelg er ve loayrit rish sheeloghyn gyn earroo! JC
neuchiart (=Ir. neamh-cheart) amiss, incorrect, inexact, partial, unjust: Ec yn un cheayrt, foddee dy vel 'boirey' yn fockle neu-chiart er y fa dy vel fo ghlaraghyn berchaghey chengey dy mennick. Carn; uneven, not level
neu-chionysagh non-dominant: Ta'n imraa gra nagh vel y fockle 'mynlught' arganagh - 't'eh bentyn da possan ta sloo as neu-chionysagh. Carn
neuchruinn hazy, inaccurate, inexact, unrounded, vague: Nagh vel yn fockle cultoor neuchruinn as slobbagh? Carn
thoin backside: Va'n thoin aym cho ghonnagh cha dod mee sole sheese dy aashagh son shiaghtyn, as cha b'loys dou v'er ghra fockle ec y thie! JG
book1 (v.) cur fockle er, cur magh tiggad da, cur sheese, kionnaghey tiggad, screeu stiagh, kionnaghey er daayl; (n.) lioar: The first book, the sixth chapter, the ninth section - Yn chied lioar, yn cheyoo cabdil, yn nuyoo ayrn. JJK idiom; lioar ghiallyn
counsellor (n.) coyrlagh; coyrleyder: is thy counsellor perished? - vel dty choyrleyder er jerraghtyn? Bible; fer-coyrle; fer coyrlee: And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor - As hug Absalom fys son Ahitophel yn Gilonite, fer-coyrlee Ghavid Bible; pleadeyr: and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word - as cha row pleadeyr, tra vrie mee jeu, va fockle echey dy ghra Bible
drop bine: Until the drink was drunk down to the last drop - Derrey va'n jough iuit da'n vine s'jerree. DF idiom; shilley; brey; cliejeen; cooylley; cur stiagh; drig; drigey; drishlagh; faarney; jeeigane; jolt; leodaghey; lhiargagh; lhieggey, lhiggey neose; skyrraghtyn fockle; tuittym; strig
tip1 (n.) baare: The word was on the tip of my tongue - Va'n fockle er baare my hengey. DF idiom; chlash: They have gone to the tip - T'ad er ve ceaut magh. DF idiom; dooraght; faaue; (v.) cur faaue da; cur saayl er; cur yiarn er; irree; tig: Playing tip round the pool - Cloie tig mygeayrt y dubbey. DF idiom; yiarn
scryssey magh abolish, amortize, blot out, delete, efface, erase, erasure, obliterate, scratch out, scrub, shatter, strike off, wear off: Lhig dooin scryssey magh yn leigh shoh. JJK V'eh scryssey magh looghyn. DF Reireyder-troar, Graham Shimmin, t'eh gra dy vel kuse dy haghteraghtyn er nyn scryssey magh er y gherrid kyndagh rish y traastey mooar politickagh. BS Ren eh scryssey magh yn fockle. DF; (as vision) blur; abolition, abolishment, attrition, deletion, obliteration
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