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mess broagey; brock: This is a deuce of a mess - Ta shoh brock agglagh. DF idiom; brockey; commeeys; jannoo brock; roagh; sallaghey
mess (=Ir., Sc.G. meas) pl. messyn fruit, issue: y chied-vess jeh mess dy chooilley villey Bible [O.Ir. mes]
mess maker (n.) brockeyder
gymmyrkey mess fructiferous, fructification, fructify: As y fooilliagh t'er scapail jeh thie Yudah, nee foast fraue 'ghoaill sheese, as gymmyrkey mess seose. Bible
ymmyrkey mess fruit: V'eh soit ayns thalloo menoyr liorish ushtaghyn mooarey, dy chur magh banglaneyn, as dy ymmyrkey mess, as dy ve ny villey-feeyney aalin. Bible
fruit (n.) mess: This fruit is beginning to rot - Ta'n mess shoh goaill toshiaght dy loau. JJK idiom; troar; (v.) ymmyrkey mess
fruitless (adj.) fardailagh, gyn mess
brock (=Ir. broc) botch, bungle, cock-up, fiasco, hash, mess, mess up, muddle, refuse, remains, slip up, wastage: Nee ish jannoo brock jeh. DF; (rubbish) waste; badger
jannoo brock mess, mess up: T'eh ny spotcheyr agglagh, as t'eh dy kinjagh jannoo spotch jeh chengey erbee as dy mennick jannoo brock jeu! Dhoor
roagh (f.) disarray, mess, untidiness
bringing forth ymmyrkys: and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof - as er ny choyrt da ashoon ymmyrkys magh yn mess echey Bible
dried cheerit, shirkit, shyrgaghey; chirmit, chyrmit; hirmee, hyrmee; heer: They dried my shirt for me - Heer ad my lheiney dou. DF idiom; chirrym: Dried fruit - Mess chirrym. DF idiom
eating ee: Shameful leavings are worse than scandalous eating - Ta fooillagh naareydagh ny smessey na ee scammyltagh. JJK idiom; gee: I'm eating some fruit - Ta mee g'ee mess. JJK idiom
henceforth (adv.) maghey shoh; (ny) sodjey maghey shoh; (ny) jei shoh; veih shoh magh: May no fruit grow on thee from henceforth ever - Nar aase mess erbee orts veih shoh magh er son dy bragh. DF idiom
hereafter (adv.) foast; heese; lurg shoh; 'sy traa ry-heet; (ny) yei shoh; veih shoh magh: No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever - Nar ee dooinney erbee mess jeeds veih shoh magh er son dy bragh Bible; (n.) seihll ry-heet
husk (n.) bleayst: from the kernels even to the husk - veih’n mess hene eer gys y vleayst. Bible; fynneig; lhiannag; coghyl, jeeas, lhiannag; (v.) crottal; (n., v.) skilley
issue1 behrt; cur magh, roie magh; ingan; mess; sheel; sheeltaght; sliught; toar; cooish: This is the main issue - Ta shoh yn chooish hoshee. DF idiom
key1 boltal; chiooney; ellan injil, sker; gleaysh: The key of C - Gleaysh C. DF idiom; mess skianagh; ogher: Don't lose your key - Ny caill nyn ogher. JJK idiom; (v.) cur ayns carr mie
orchard (n.) garey mess; messghart; ooylagh: I'm very fond of our orchard - Shynney mooar lhiam nyn ooylagh JJK idiom; orchard
rot loauaghey, loaughey: This fruit is beginning to rot - Ta'n mess shoh goaill toshiaght dy loau. JJK idiom; loauid; loauys; molkey; ommidys; ommidjys; trouise
size ardjid, thummyd, tummyd; cur glooid er; glooid; mooad, mooadys: These trees are remarkable for the size of their fruit - Ta ny biljyn shoh feeu tastey kyndagh rish mooad nyn mess. JJK idiom; thummid; towse
trees (npl.) biljyn: These trees are remarkable for the size of their fruit - Ta ny biljyn shoh feeu tastey kyndagh rish mooad nyn mess. JJK idiom
Abbyr-jee Say ye: Abbyr-jee rish y dooinney ynrick, Dy jig eshyn jeh dy mie ; son nee ad soylley y ghoaill jeh mess nyn yannoo. Bible
beaynee (n., f.) pl. beayneeyn harvester, mower, reaper: As ta'n beaynee geddyn faill, as chaglym mess gys y vea veayn Bible
billey pl. billaghyn bank bill: Billey y 'aagail gyn eeck DF; (proposed law) bill: Hug eh lesh stiagh billey ayns Y Chiare as Feed DF; pl. biljyn :1 big bush, tree: Ta mess y dooinney cairagh billey dy vea Bible [O.Ir. bile]
billey figgagh pl. biljyn-figgagh fig tree: Ga nagh der y billey figgagh magh e vlaa, as nagh bee mess er ny biljyn-feeyney Bible
commeeys 1 communion, connection, league, mess, participation, partnership a: cre ta commeeys y folliaght Bible; 2 (between people) relations
drogh vess bad fruit, evil fruit: Myr shen ta dagh billey mie tilgey mess mie: agh ta drogh-villey tilgey drogh vess Bible
drogh villey bad tree, corrupt tree: Son cha vel billey mie tilgey drogh vess: ny drogh villey tilgey mess mie Bible
gaggyrts claiming, impute: Kys ghow uss ort dy ee jeh mess y villey ta gaggyrts baase ort hene 's dty chynney ooilley? PC
gyn obbyr1 unemployed; without work: Yn ooir va roie j'ee hene cur magh e mess gyn obbyr laue, gyn greie dy obbragh lesh PC
heemayd we will see: boayl elley heemayd biljyn-ooyllagh croym, aarloo dy vrishey fo nyn mess cho trome PC
jallooyn stoamey goodly images: t'eh gymmyrkey mess da hene: rere earroo e vess, t'eh er vishaghey e altaryn; rere foays e halloo, t'ad er n'yannoo jallooyn stoamey. Bible
jeh troar of the seed: lhig eh ve jeh troar y vagheragh, ny jeh mess ny biljyn, te lesh y Chiarn Bible
jollys (f.) appetite, greed, rapaciousness, ravenousness, voraciousness: Bee jollys dooinney jeant-magh lesh mess e veeal Bible
murtaghey bungle, fumble, messing up, mess up: Va mee murtaghey 'sy dorraghys. DF; (with poor tool) work
obbyr laue (f.) handicraft, handwork, manual labour: Yn ooir va roie j'ee hene cur magh e mess gyn obbyr laue, gyn greie dy obbragh lesh PC
ooyllagh apple, apple-bearing: boayl elley heemayd biljyn-ooyllagh croym, aarloo dy vrishey fo nyn mess cho trome PC
orchard (pl -yn) orchard: er-gerrey da laadit lesh mess, lesh duilley as lesh blaa ec yn un cheayrt, maskey ny h-ooylyn elley trooid magh yn orchard cha vaik rieau e shilley. PC
orchardyn orchards: Ren mee dou hene garaghyn as orchardyn as hoie mee ayndoo dy chooilley cheint y villey mess Bible
pibbyr (=Ir. peubar) pepper: ayns ynnyd elley gum as spiceyn deyr, nutmeg, cloveyn, pibbyr, frankincense as myrrh, cassia, aloes, mace as cinnamon, dagh mess gaase er biljyn ny thammagyn PC
praddagyn worms: Nee oo garaghyn-feeyney y hoiaghey as lhiasaghey, agh cha jean oo edyr giu jeh'n feeyn, ny'n mess y haglym: son ver ny praddagyn mow ad. Bible
rass pl. rassyn, rassinyn seed, unknit, unravel, unstitch: Lhig da’n thalloo gymmyrkey faiyr, yn losserey ceau rass, as y billey gymmyrkey mess Bible [O.Ir. ros]
sett (f.) seed, seed potato, set: Ghow eh myrgeddin sett jeh mess y cheer, as phlant eh eh ayns magher messoil Bible
shocklaid (f.) chocolate: Va Cacambo twoaieagh er ghoaill kiarail dy lhieeney e phoagey lesh arran, shocklaid, yskid, mess, as boteil ny ghaa dy feeyn. CnyO
soylley (=Ir. sola) 1 embodiment, enjoyment, fruition, indulgence, matching a: nee ad soylley y ghoaill jeh mess nyn yannoo. Bible; 2 mind picture, mock up, pattern, possession
teih elect, select, single out; picking, plucking: Ta dooinney ny ghaa er ve bochillagh yn thammag as fer elley er ve teih yn mess. EF; option
toshee1 chief, commencing, fore, forward, front, precursory, pre-eminent, prefatory, preliminary, primary, senior, terminal; (gen.) of the beginning: va nyn ayraghyn dooys myr mess toshee yn villey-figgagh ’sy chied imbagh Bible; pack
vagheragh (y) of the field: As ooilley jaghee’n thallooin, lhig eh ve jeh troar y vagheragh, ny jeh mess ny biljyn, te lesh y Chiarn Bible
veih shoh magh ever, future, hence, henceforth: Nar ee dooinney erbee mess jeeds veih shoh magh er son dy bragh. Bible; hereafter
vel (interrog.) am, are: Vel mish ayns ynnyd Yee, t’er vreaylley void mess y vreïn? Bible; are: Vel oo cheet dy sheeoil? Bible; Is: Vel eh dy mie mayrt? Bible
ymmyrkey magh bear out, carry out: dy jarroo rishyn ta troggit veih ny merriu, dy voddagh shin mess y ymmyrkey magh da Jee. Bible
ymmyrkys bringing forth: Dy bee reeriaght Yee er ny ghoaill veueish, as er ny choyrt da ashoon ymmyrkys magh yn mess echey Bible; behaviourism
goodly (adj.) menoyr: A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit - Billey-olive glass, aalin, as lesh mess menoyr Bible; menoyragh, mie, mieyssagh; ooasle: I have a goodly heritage - ta aym eiraght ooasle Bible; stoamey: And Joseph was a goodly person - as va Joseph ny phersoon stoamey, as feer aalin. Bible; aalin: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child - as tra honnick ee dy row eh ny lhiannoo aalin Bible
of the seed jeh cloan: What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper - Dooinney erbee jeh cloan Aaron ta ny lourane Bible; jeh sluight: If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews - My ta Mordecai jeh sluight ny Hewnyn Bible; jeh troar: whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree - lhig eh ve jeh troar y vagheragh, ny jeh mess ny biljyn Bible
on you erriu; (emph.) erriuish; ort: I shan't call on you again, until you invite me - Cha derym shilley ort reesht derrey chuirrys oo mee. JJK idiom; (emph.) orts: May no fruit grow on you ! - Nar aase mess erbee orts! DF idiom; ort-hene
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
span1 goll harrish; oor; reaish, reish: a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof - bee eh reaish er lhiurid, as reaish er lheead Bible; reaysh: Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? - jean ny mraane gee mess nyn gorp hene, as cloan jeh lhiurid reaysh? Bivle; seihll: Our mortal span - Yn seihll ain. DF idiom; tammylt; towse ayns reishyn
eunyssyn y vea pleasures of life: As shen huitt mastey drineyn, yn vooinjer, tra t'ad er chlashtyn, ta goll magh as ta plooghit lesh kiarail as berchys, as eunyssyn y vea shoh, as cha vel ad gymmyrkey magh mess gys lhieeney vie. Bible
foddee (=Ir. b'fhéidir) can, mayhap, maybe, perchance, perhaps, possibly, probably: Foddee dy der Joseph dwoaie dooin Bible; may: Jeh mess ooilley biljyn y gharey foddee oo dy arryltagh gee Bible; peradventure: Foddee nagh bee’n ven booiagh cheet marym gys y cheer shoh Bible; able
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
milley (=Ir. mile) (v.) See mhilley botch, corrupt, debauch, deflower, despoil, disfigure, impair, mar, marring, mess up, muff, murder, ruin, spoil, spoiling, tarnish, vandalism: T'eh milley yn laa. DF; (as work) blemish; corruption, disfigurement, despoliation, impairment; (as vision) blur; (n.) pl. millaghyn thousand: milley as keead thousane dy gheiney Bible [Lat. mille]
nar 1 albeit, even though; 2 when: NAR va ymmydi pobyl chiaggilt kuyjaght, as v'ayd er jiit huggesyn magh as ny hayrd valchyn ully, loyr eshin liorish koghaslys. PB1610; 3 do not a: Nar aase mess erbee ort’s veih shoh magh er son dy bragh Bible; 4 our
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