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kys (=Ir. cé agus) (interrog.) how: kys t'ee er jeet dy ve myr ben-treoghe! Bible [O.Ir. co, cía chruth, cía indas, cindas]
kys dhyt How do you know: As dooyrt David rish y dooinney aeg dinsh da, Kys dhyt's dy vel Saul as Jonathan e vac marroo ? Bible
can (n.) curn, curneen; stainnaghey, stainney; (v.) fod, jarg; (interrog.) nod: Can you tell me what time it is? - Nod shiu gra rhym yn traa? JJK idiom; vod: How can you go out in such weather? - Kys vod shiu goll magh ayns lheid yn earish? JJK idiom; foddee: God lays on you no burden greater than you can bear - Cha vel Jee cur ort errey ny smoo na foddee oo ymmyrkey. JJK idiom; oddys: How can he be so cruel? - Kys oddys eh ve cha dewil? JJK idiom
conceive (v.) gientyn; gennaghtyn; sheiltyn: I cannot conceive how he can choose so ugly a colour - Cha noddym sheiltyn kys vod eh reih cullyr cha graney. JJK idiom; toiggal: I can't conceive how you can sleep so long - Cha nod mee toiggal kys oddys shiu cadley choud. JJK idiom
dy foshlit avowedly, frankly, professedly: hoilshee eh daue, kys v'eh er vakin y Chiarn er y raad, as dy row eh er loayrt rish, as kys v'eh er preacheil dy dunnal as dy foshlit ec Damascus ayns ennym Yeesey. Bible; above board, publicly; openly
oddys mayd can we: Son cre'n booise oddys mayd reesht y choyrt da Jee er y lieh eu Bible; shall we: Kys oddys mayd arrane y Chiarn y ghoaill: ayns cheer yoarree? Bible; should we: kys oddys mayd eisht cummal rish dy ve bio? Bible
bloom1 blaa, clooie, gloas; blaaghey; bloom; cur magh blaaghyn; my vlaa: See how the trees are in bloom - Jeeagh ec ny biljyn kys t'ad my vlaa. JJK idiom
convince (v.) shickyraghey: The orator knows how to convince - Shione da'n oraatagh kys dy hickyraghey. JJK idiom
face (v.) cur eddin rish, cur oaie rish; (n.) gruaie, oaie; eddin: How can you shut the door in your friend's face? - Kys vod oo jeigh yn dorrys ayns eddin dty charrey? JJK idiom; cheu-astan
feed1 beaghey: How do you feed your rabbits? - Kys ta shiu beaghey ny conneeyn eu? JJK idiom; (v.) beeaghey, beiyaghey, ee, faasaghey, faassaghey, fassagh, fassaghey, fassee, scoltey; (n.) bee, foddyr, lhongey, pastyr
general (n.) kionfenee: A good general knows how to reward his soldiers' valour - Ta fys ec kione-fenee mie kys dy chur leagh da treanid e hidooryn. JJK idiom; general; cadjinys; (adj.) cadjin
permission (n.) kied: How can you do that without my permission - Kys vod oo jannoo eh shen fegooish my chied. JJK idiom; lhiggey
rabbits (npl.) conneeyn: How do you feed your rabbits? - Kys ta shiu beaghey ny conneeyn eu? JJK idiom; conningyn
seafaring men (npl.) deiney ny marrey: How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men - Kys t’ou er dty choyrt naardey, oayl mooar deiney ny marrey Bible
see1 (n.) aspickys; (v.) fakin; jeeagh: See how the trees are in bloom - Jeeagh ec ny biljyn kys t'ad my vlaa. JJK idiom; faik: See for yourself - Faik dhyt hene. DF idiom; hirr
shall stand hassys: how then shall we stand? - kys eisht hassys shinyn? Bible; shassee: And the Lord shall stand by them, and save them - As shassee yn Chiarn lioroo as sauee eh ad: Bible
shut dooney; jeigh: How can you shut the door in your friend's face? - Kys vod oo jeigh yn dorrys ayns eddin dty charrey? JJK idiom; doont, dooint, jeight; dooin, doon; ghooin, ghooïn; yeigh
sleep (v.) cadley: I can't conceive how you can sleep so long - Cha nod mee toiggal kys oddys shiu cadley choud. JJK idiom; caddil
tributary1 fo cheesh; fo keesh: how is she become tributary - kys t’ee er jeet dy ve fo keesh! Bible; keeshagh
ugly (adj.) graney: I cannot conceive how he can choose so ugly a colour - Cha noddym sheiltyn kys vod eh reih cullyr cha graney. JJK idiom
valour (n.) erroort; treanid: A good general knows how to reward his soldiers' valour - Ta fys ec kione-fenee mie kys dy chur leagh da treanid e hidooryn. JJK idiom
ansooryn answers: Kys eisht ta shiu dy my gherjaghey syns fardail, fakin dy vel foalsaght ayns ny ansooryn eu?
brasnaghey affront, bait, incense, incite, irritate, move, rev, spur, provoke, urge: Kys er-y-fa shen dy vel shiu nish brasnaghey Jee Bible; aggravation, incitement, provocation; excite
chengey ny mayrey (f.) mother tongue, native language: As kys dy vel shin clashtyn dy chooilley ghooinney loayrt ayns chengey ny mayrey ain hene? Bible
chianglaghyn See kianglaghyn bands: O Hiarn, kys dy vel mish dty harvaant: ta mish dty harvaant, as mac dt'inneyveyl; t'ou er vrishey my chianglaghyn veih-my-cheilley. Bible
craidoilee scornful: Kys dinsh ad diu, dy beagh craidoilee ayns ny laghyn s'jerree, yinnagh gimmeeaght lurg ny yeearreeyn meechrauee oc hene. Bible
credjue belief, confessional, conviction, creed, denomination, faith, religion: kys te nagh vel credjue eu? Bible; believing [L. credo]
doagh feeyney wine vat, winepress: Mannagh gooin y Chiarn lhiat, kys oddym’s cooney lhiat? nee veih laare y thoalt, ny ass y doagh-feeyney? Bible
Ellan Vannin (f.) (Isle of) Man, Mann, Isle of Mann: Shen myr ve eisht, kys va mish my lhiannoo ayns Sostyn, tra lhisins v'er ve ayns Ellan Vannin. JG
Fark ort (impv) Hold, Stop; Sit still: Eisht dooyrt ee, Fark ort, my inneen, derrey hee mayd kys hed y chooish Bible
gaggyrts claiming, impute: Kys ghow uss ort dy ee jeh mess y villey ta gaggyrts baase ort hene 's dty chynney ooilley? PC
gioaldeeaght (f.) mortgage: c'raad oddins troggal gioaldeeaght ny argid er-eeasaght, as kys oddagh cooid-troggal ve er ny ymmyrkey dys y tholtan er y chassan coon? Dhoor
glion (=Ir. gleann) (m., f.) pl. glionteenyn creek, glen, vale, valley: eisht cluinnee oo'n lhon kiaulleeaght bingys ayns dagh broogh as glion; yn kellagh ooasle gynsagh dooin kys ta yn oie goll shaghey PC
gred (=Ir. gred) burning sensation, heat, smart; believe: Agh mannagh gred shiu ny screeuyn echeysyn, kys nee shiu credjal ny goan aym's? Bible
gyn reaghey undesigned: Yn ellan lieh-varbaragh shoh, raad va riftanyn garroo shooyl stiagh sy thie gyn reaghey red erbee rolaue as gyllagh magh 'Kys t'ou uss, ven? SF; without purpose, without intent
hee mayd we will see: Eisht dooyrt ee, Fark ort, my inneen, derrey hee mayd kys hed y chooish Bible; we shall see
hoshiaght ooilley first of all: Son livrey mee diu hoshiaght ooilley shen ny hooar mee hene myrgeddin, kys dy dooar Creest baase son nyn beccaghyn cordail rish ny scriptyryn Bible
kione-fenee (of cause) champion; leader: Ta fys ec kione-fenee mie kys dy chur leagh da treanid e hidooryn. JJK
lane fea restful: Cur-jee my-ner lesh nyn sooillyn, kys nagh vel mee er ghoaill mooarane deinys, as ta mee er gheddyn dou hene lane fea. Apoc
lane fo defiance: ny kys oddym's y lane-y-choyrt fosyn, nagh vel y Chiarn er choyrt y-lane fo ? Bible
lhiettal clog, counteract, defer, disable, discourage, forbid, hinder, impede, intercept, inhibit, obstruct, prevent, prevention, restrain, restrict, stop down, veto: Kys dy vel shiuish, Voses as Aaron, lhiettal y pobble veih nyn obbyr? Bible; (n.) impediment
lhiggey rish disclose, discover: Chroym eh gys ainle jeu va mygeayrt-y-mysh as ren eh 'roon myr shoh y lhiggey rish: "O vraar gloyroil, kys oddys uss v'ec fea fo errey'n leigh dewil chie er cur dooin jea? PC
lilleeyn lilies: Gow-jee tastey jeh lilleeyn ny magheragh kys t'ad gaase; cha vel ad tooilleil, chamoo t'ad sneeu. Bible
lomarcan alone, lonely, singleton, singly, solitary, solitary person, unaccompanied: Kys te dy vel oo dty lomarcan? Bible; lone
magheragh agrarian, lowlander; (gen.) of a field: Gow-jee tastey jeh lilleeyn ny magheragh kys t'ad gaase Bible
nagh vel ayn non-existent: kys ta paart nyn mast' eu gra nagh vel ayn irree seose-reesht ny merriu? Bible
neeal yn aer face of the sky: O shiuish chrauee-oalsey, ta toiggal eu kys dy ghoaill baght jeh neeal yn aer, as nagh vod shiu baght y ghoaill jeh cowraghyn ny hearishyn? Bible
Nherin Ireland: kys v'eh ny eeasteyr goll dys y yeeastagh ec Kinsale, as shiaulley dys puirt elley ayns Nherin as ny h'Ellanyn Albinagh MB
obbraghyn mooarey great acts: Eisht ghow ad rish obbraghyn mooarey as yindyssagh Yee, as kys va ainle y Chiarn er yeeaghyn eh-hene daue. Apoc
ommidagh 1 (of person) crack; 2 daft, fond, inept a: kys ta'n pobble ommidagh er loayrt goan mollaghtagh noi dty Ennym. Bible; 3 (of mind) dense
ônid innocence: kys t'eh coyrlaghey dy chooilley ghooinney dy eiyrt er yn ônid oc. PB1765; simplicity
rish foddey by far, long since: Kys hie ny ayraghyn ain sheese gys Egypt as ta shin er vaghey ayns Egypt rish foddey dy hraa Bible
scriptyryn scriptures: Agh kys eisht vees ny scriptyryn er nyn gooilleeney, dy nee shoh myr te dy ve? Bible
sheese lesh (intj) down the hatch; down with: Cooinee er cloan Edom, O Hiarn, ayns laa Yerusalem: kys dooyrt ad, Sheese lesh, sheese lesh, corrym rish y thalloo. Bible
shirveish y spyrryd ministration of the spirit: Kys nagh bee shirveish y spyrryd ny smoo gloyroil ? Bible
shlee na (ny) above; more than: My jir oo ayns dty chree, Ta ny ashoonyn shoh ny shlee na mish, kys oddym's ad y eiyrt magh ? Bible
shooyl stiagh walk in: Yn ellan lieh-varbaragh shoh, raad va riftanyn garroo shooyl stiagh sy thie gyn reaghey red erbee rolaue as gyllagh magh 'Kys t'ou uss, ven?' SF
sliee 1 lap, lapping: Nee ad sliee yn joan myr yn ard-nieu Bible; 2 more a: kys va ny Phariseeyn er chlashtyn dy row Yeesey jannoo as bashtey ny sliee dy eiyrtyssee na va Ean. Bible
treanid braveness, doughtiness, exploit, feat, heroics, might, starkness, strength, valiantness, valour: Ta fys ec kione-fenee mie kys dy chur leagh da treanid e hidooryn. JJK
vlasht See blasht tasted: kys ta my hooillyn er nyn niartaghey, neayr's vlasht mee kuse jeh'n vill shoh. Bible
voïnyn from us: Ta shin guee erriu, vraaraghyn, as coyrlaghey shiu liorish y Chiarn Yeesey, 'naght myr ta shiu er n'ynsaghey voïnyn kys lhisagh shiu nyn mea y ymmyrkey? PB1765
vrie enquired: Vrie mee jeh Illiam kys v'eh dy row y ven flah ayns cabbane y chleree, as dreggyr eh, "Foddee dy vel yn ayr eck er chionnaghey y shamyr cour y turrys," JC
ynnyd oanluckee burial place, catacombs: kys oddym agh ve trimshagh; choud as ta'n ard-valley, ynnyd oanluckee my ayraghyn, ny lhie follym-faase, as ny giattyn eck stroit lesh aile? Bible
colour1 (n.) brattagh; cullyr: I cannot conceive how he can choose so ugly a colour - Cha noddym sheiltyn kys vod eh reih cullyr cha graney. JJK idiom; daah: He would choose this colour - Reihagh eh yn daah shoh. JJK idiom; (v.) cullyral, cur crackan er, cur daah er, daaghey, daahghey
groan (n.) osney; sogh; (v.) soghal: he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man - nee eh soghal kiongoyrt rish, myr soghyn dooinney ta guint gy-baase Bible; osnaghey: we ourselves groan within ourselves - ta shinyn shin hene osnaghey cheu-sthie j’in hene Bible; garveigagh: How do the beasts groan! - Kys ta ny beïyn garveigagh! Bible
harlot (n.) ben oainjyr: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot - lurg kione three-feed as jeih bleeaney gow-ee Tyre arrane myr benoainjyr Bible; ben oainjyragh: Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot - Eisht hie Samson gys Gaza, as honnick eh ayns shen ben oainjyragh Bible; co-lhiabbagh; streebagh: Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot? - Kys by-lhoys da dellal rish y chuyr ain, myr rish streebagh? Bible; strumpag: And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot - As cur-my-ner haink ben ny whail ayns coamrey strumpag Bible
orator (n.) coraatagh; oraatagh: The orator knows how to convince - Shione da'n oraatagh kys dy hickyraghey. JJK idiom; raatagh; pleadeyr: the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator - y fer-keirdee schleioil, as y pleadeyr flaoill Bible; ard-phleadeyr: with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus - marish y chanstyr, as ard-phleadeyr dy row enmyssit Tertullus Bible
plentifully (adv.) dy palchey: The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully - Ren thalloo dooinney berchagh dy row mess y chur magh dy palchey Bible; dy slane: and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? - as kys t’ou dy slane er hoilshaghey yn chooish myr te? Bible
reward (v.) jiyltys, eeck; (n.) faill, toilchin, unnysup; sollaghey-laue; leagh: I shall reward you and your brother - Verym leagh diuish as da nyn mraar. JJK idiom; cur leagh da: A good general knows how to reward his soldiers' valour - Ta fys ec kione-fenee mie kys dy chur leagh da treanid e hidooryn. JJK idiom
shall we oddys mayd: How shall we sing the Lord's song: in a strange land? - Kys odd ys mayd arrane y Chiarn y ghoaill: ayns cheer yoarree? Bible; jeanmayd: Shall we then hearken unto you - Jean mayd eisht lhiggey lhieuish Bible; nee mayd: What shall we drink? - Cre nee mayd son ushtey? Bible
deiney ny marrey seafaring men: 17 As troggee ad seose accan treih er dty hon, as jir ad rhyt, Kys t'ou er dty choyrt naardey, oayl mooar deiney ny marrey, yn ard-valley ooasle, va lajer ayns yn aarkey, ish as ny cummaltee eck hug nyn dappey vouesyn ooilley va taaghey huic. Bible
lhiassit alleged: Ta ny screeunyn bentyn rish haglym lhiassit eddyr yn Ard-scrudeyr as yn Ard-veoir- shee, lurg da'n eear-Ard-shirveishagh, Richard Corkill, v'er ny ghoaill ec ny meoiryn-shee. BS; contrived: Ta'n mess soilshaghey kys va'n billey lhiassit: myr shen ta raa cooishagh veih cree yn dooinney. Apoc; preserved; potted
pluckey evulsion; pluck, plucking, pluck off: va Satan dooisht, dowin tilgey ayns e chleeau kys yioghe eh'n cheshaght-chaggee er e heu dy irree magh noi'n ooilley-niartal Jee as pluckey neose eh veih dy ve ny ree, yn Mac y hilgey magh veih'n eiraght wooar, 's eh hene y hoiagh' seose er stoyl y phooar. PC
rouanys (f.) excess, immorality, profligacy, wantonness: Ayns dty vroïd ta rouanys Bible; lewdness: Ta mee er vakin kys t’ou er vrishey poosey m’oï, yllaghey dty reaid, rouanys dty vaarderys, as dty obbraghyn naareydagh Bible; drunkenness: ta dty phrinceyn gee ayns traa cooie, son ooraghey, as cha nee son rouanys Bible; lasciviousness, lust: Maarlys, saynt, olkys, molteyrys, rouanys, drogh-hooill, goan mollaghtagh, moyrn, ommijys Bible; rioting, riotousness: Lhig dooin gimmeeaght dy onneragh myr ayns y laa: cha nee ayns rouanys as meshtyrys Bible
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