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short beg: Will you take a short walk? - Jean shiu walkal beg? JJK idiom; giare: Has not the time for sleep been short ? - Nagh vel traa yn chadlee er ve giare? JJK idiom; giare-chiarklaghey; giare-chiarkyl; giare-scannane; goan; goun; stuggagh; tiark
in short (adv.) gyn arragh y raa, gyn arragh y ghra; ayns focklyn giarrey; ayns beggan focklyn: I'll tell you in short - Inshym dhyt ayns beggan focklyn. DF idiom
short pastry (n.) teayst brishalagh
short time (n.) fhyt, gerrid, traa giare; tammylt beg: For a short time - Rish tammylt beg. DF idiom
courtship (n.) sooree: Short courtship is the best courtship - Sooree ghiare yn tooree share. DF idiom
stopped cummit; scuirrit; stappit; scuirr: He stopped short - Scuirr eh er y chooyl. DF idiom; stap: He stopped dead - Stap eh dy bollagh. DF idiom; sthap: I stopped the cheque - Sthap mee y sheck. DF idiom
time am, em; earish, emshyr, emshir, lhing, tammylt; traa: Time is short: Eternity is long - S'giare traa: S'foddey beaynid. JJK idiom; keayrt: I'll stay longer next time - Tanneeym ny sodjey yn keayrt sniessey. JJK idiom; (v.) towse
ayns focklyn giarrey in brief, in short, in summary: Ta mee hannah er n'insh dhyt nagh vod eh ve, nagh nhegin da ve; ayns focklyn giarrey, cha lhiggym da. JJK
beg (=Ir. beag) dwarf, few, miniature, minor, model, narrow, poky, quiet, short, slight, small, unsubstantial: ren ee beg y hoiagh jee'm Bible [O.Ir. bec]
cuttagh abrupt: T'ou dy-kinjagh cuttagh. JJK; bobbed, brief, cut short, docked, runt, runty, shortened; curtailed
fhyt fit: Tra cheayll e ven y naight shoh, haink fhyt urree as ren ee tuittym sheese shiartanse dy ghreeishyn. Dhoor; short time
gerrid (f.) brevity, imminence, short time, while: Agh ayns traa gerrid dirree geay dowil doirrinagh nyn 'oi enmyssit Euroclydon Bible
giare (=Ir. gairid) abbreviated, abridged, abrupt, brief, brusque, compact, concise, curt, laconic, short, summary: Vel my laue cha giare shen, nagh voddym livrey? Bible; mortal; (of persons) undersized; (of things) undersized; curtailed [O.Ir. gerr]
giare-heiltagh ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, of few days, short-lived: t'eh giare-heihltagh, as lane dy hreihys. Bible
goan (=Ir. gann) (words) address; expression, utterance: as ny lhig daue coyrt geill da goan fardalagh. Bible; (speech) words; meagre, rare, scant, scarce, short, slender, spare, sparse: cha vel y vooinjer ynrick agh goan mastey cloan gheiney. Bible; (of hair) thin; (of money) tight
jiulean cotler, husbandman, lodger for short time, temporary resident, vassal, sojourner: myr sharvaant failt, as myr jiulean vees eh mayrt Bible
neuveayn ephemeral, fluid, impermanent, non-durable, passing, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitory, unlasting, unsteadfast: Cooinaghtyn neuveayn. DF
perree short jacket, vest, waistcoat: Hie Perree Bane son yn chied cheayrt dys An Orient. Carn; jerkin
skeeal giare short story: ta screeudeyr ny banglane Manninagh er vriaght jeem dy insh skeeal giare mychione immeeaght ny Ghaelgey rish yn laa t'ayn jiu as er-lheh yn Cheshaght Ghailckagh. Carn
tiark few, rare, scanty, scarce, short, sparse, sporadic: Son shimmey t'er nyn eam, agh s'tiark t'er nyn reih. Bible; (of money) tight
towse giare under-dose, scant measure, short measure: Vel foast ny tashtaghyn dy vee-chairys ayns thie ny mee-chairal, as yn towse giare ta feodagh ? Bible
traa giare short time: Agh ta mee treishteil ayns y Chiarn, dy jig-yms mee hene myrgeddin ayns traa giare. Bible
anger (n.) corree: His anger was of short duration - Cha row eh corree foddey. JJK idiom; farg: I can sense the anger in the room - Ta mee gennaghtyn yn farg 'sy chamyr. DF idiom; ferg: He did it in anger - Ass ferg ren eh eh. DF idiom; elgys, fargys, jymmoose
giarrey1 (=Ir. gearradh) abbreviate, abridge, axe, beat out, carve, castrate, circumcise, cleave, clip, condense, cut, cut away, cut back, cut short, cut up, disconnect, dissect, erupt, flux, gash, hack, hew, incise, intersect, lance, levy, lop, mark out, prune, sever, shear, sink, slash, slicing, slit, snip; cut off: Ny jean-jee giarrey jeh sluight kynney ny Kohathiteyn, veih mastey ny Leviteyn Bible; (as words) clip: Nagh vaik oo dy vel dy chooilley hushtey ymmyrçhagh soit sheese ayns focklyn giarrey? CS; (as tail) crop; curtailment; diarrhoea; abridging, condensing, nicking, pruning, reaping; section [O.Ir. gerraid]
tammylt beg short time: Nish va fys ec Yeesey dy row ad aignagh dy enaght jeh, as dooyrt eh roo, Vel shiu briaght nyn mast' eu hene, er-y-fa dy dooyrt mee, Tammylt beg, as cha vaik shiu mee: as reesht, tammylt beg as hee shiu mee? Bible; shortly
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