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ushag (=Ir. fuiseog, Sc.G. uiseag) (f.) pl. ushagyn bird: dy chooilley ushag jeh dagh horch. Bible; shuttlecock [O.Ir. uiseóg "lark"]
edd ushag bird's nest: My haghrys oo er y raad er edd ushag, ayns billey erbee, ny er y thalloo, my she êin ny ooyn t'ayn, as y chenn ushag ny hoie er ny heïn, ny er ny ooyn, cha jean oo goaill yn chenn ushag Bible
ushag awiney (f.) kingfisher
ushag veealeraght (f.) babbler bird
ushag ny hawin (f.) kingfisher
ushag ny hoie (f.) nightingale
ein birds: My haghrys oo er y raad er edd ushag, ayns billey erbee, ny er y thalloo, my she êin ny ooyn t’ayn as y chenn ushag ny hoie er ny heïn, ny er ny ooyn, cha jean oo goaill yn chenn ushag marish ny heïn. Bible; fowls
babbler bird (n.) ushag veealeraght
bird (n.) ushag: A bird in the hand is as good as two in he bush - Ta ushag 'sy laue chammah as jees 'sy tammag. JJK idiom
bird's nest (n.) edd ushag: If a bird's nest chance to be before thee - My haghrys oo er y raad er edd ushag Bible
Booilushag (n.) Boayl yn Ushag
shuttlecock (n.) kiark cholgagh, ushag
vulture (n.) ushag chonvayrtagh; vulture
ooyn eggs: my she êin ny ooyn t’ayn, as y chenn ushag ny hoie er ny heïn, ny er ny ooyn, cha jean oo goaill yn chenn ushag marish ny heïn Bible
little sup (n.) lane pihtt-ushag
around chymmylt; mygeayrt: The bird flew around them - Dettyl yn ushag mygeayrt oc. DF idiom; mysh; ym-
hatch aalagh; cooylley; grainney; guirr: Let every bird hatch its own eggs - Lhig da dy-chooilley ushag guirr e hoohyn hene. JJK idiom; hatch; clussaghey
nest (n.) aal; edd: Every bird likes its own nest best - Share s'laik lesh dagh ushag e hedd hene. JJK idiom; straih; (v.) jannoo edd, troggal edd
tame2 (adj.) (not wild) meein, meen: This bird is tame, isn't it? - Ta'n ushag shoh meen, nagh vel? JJK idiom
Assyria (f.) (Yn) Assyria: Nee ad clussaghey myr ushag veih Egypt, as myr calmane ass cheer Assyria: as soie-ym ad ayns nyn dhieyn hene, ta'n Chiarn dy ghra. Bible
bing (f.) (pl -aghyn, pl -yn) committee, jury, tribunal: Cre ta currym dooinney t'er ny loo ayns bing? CS; (adj.) melodious, musical, shrill, sweet, tuneful: T'ee cha bing as yn ushag. DF [O.Ir. bind]
êin birds: My haghrys oo er y raad er edd ushag, ayns billey erbee, ny er y thalloo, my she êin ny ooyn t’ayn Bible
foillan (f.) gull: Cheayll gagh nhee bio eh, foillan as follican, ollagh as ushag as gagh banglane 'gosnagh; 'solley cheayll ad eh, as yn gheay neear sheidey. Coraa
follican butterfly: Cheayll gagh nhee bio eh, foillan as follican, ollagh as ushag as gagh banglane 'gosnagh; 'solley cheayll ad eh, as yn gheay neear sheidey. Coraa
goit ayns ribbey trapped: Vod ushag ve goit ayns ribbey er y vagher, raad nagh vel sniem soit er y hon ? Bible
lhiggey'n raad da let go: Agh nee oo dy shickyr lhiggey'n raad da'n chenn ushag, as nee oo goaill ny hein, dy vod eh ve mie mayrt, as dy vod dty laghyn 've beayn. Bible
shey pingyn (f.) sixpence, tester: Hooar eh ushag aalin dy chur lesh thie marish, as cha ren eh geeck agh shiaght skillin as shey pingyn er y hon! JG
sniem (f.) bow knot, snare; (n., v.) knot: Vod ushag ve goit ayns ribbey er y vagher, raad nagh vel sniem soit er y hon ? Bible Kiangle ad kinjagh er dty chree, as sniem ad mysh dty wannal. Bible
bittern (n.) coar vooar: I will also make it a possession for the bittern - Nee’m eh y yannoo ny chaitnys da’n choayr-vooar Bible; coayr: But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it - Agh nee yn cormorant, as y choayr cummal ayn Bible; bittern: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it - nee chammah yn choayr as y bittern goaill aaght ayns ny linteyryn mullee eck Bible; ushag ny boob
wandering1 rouail: He is wandering about - T'eh rouail mygeayrt. DF idiom As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying - Myr ta’n ushag ayns rouail, as y ghollan-gheayee ayns getlagh Bible; rouailtagh; shaghraneys; shaghranys; shaghrynagh; shaghrynys: Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire - Ny share ta shen ta roish dty hooillyn, na shaghrynys yn yeearree; stravaagey: She is wandering about - T'ee stravaagey mygeayrt. DF idiom; wandreilagh; wandreilys; rouaillagh; er-shaghryn: he was wandering in the field - v’eh er-shaghryn fud y vagher Bible
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
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