The Irish language in County Mayo
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Tábhachtach - important
Tabhair - give
Tabhair chun bealaigh - send off; sack
Tabhair faoi deara - notice
Taca – Support i dtaca an lae - Close to day
Tachráin - kids; orphans
Tachtfadh - would choke; would suffocate
Tada - nothing
Tae – tea
Taephota - teapot
Tafann - barking
Tagair - refer, mention
Tagairt - reference, allusion
Taibhse - ghost Taibhsí - ghosts
Tairbhe - benefit, profit
Tarcaisneach - contemptuous, insulting
Tairg - offer
Tairiscint - offer, bid
Táirm – urgency, haste Ar a tháirm
Tairne - nail Tairní - nails
Tairngreacht - prediction, prophecy
Táirseach - threshold
Tairseach - threshold Tairsí - thresholds
Tais - damp, moist, humid
Taisce – store, treasure, hoard a thaisce – my dear i dtaisce - deposit
Taise – dampness, moistness Níor thaise – I replied in kind Taise don trua – compassion for the weak Ar thaisí
Taispeáint - show, display, exhibition
Taistil - travel
Taithí - habit; practice, experience.
Talamh - Earth, ground, land
Talún - Earth, ground, land
Tamall - space of time, while, spell
Tanaí - thin
Taobh – side taobh amuigh – outside Taobh thiar – behind Taobh thall - on the other side
Taobh-bhalla - side-wall
Taobhán - purlin
Taoide rabharta - surging tide
Taomadh - bailing
Tá orainn
Taoscán - quantity of liquid poured into vessel
Tapaí - quicken; grasp quickly
Tapaidh - fast
Tar – come Tar i dtír - land, come ashore
Tarcaisneach - contemptuous, scornful
Tar chuige féin - he is coming to his senses.
Tarbh – bull Tarbh tána - cattle-driving
Tarlú - incident, occurrence
Tarra - tar
Tarraingt - pull, tug
Tarraing ar - coming up to
Tart - thirst
Tásc - report of death
Táthar it is
Te – hot
Té - the person who an té -
Teach - house tithe - houses tí -
Teach na ngealt - mental health hospital
Teach an phobail - church
Teach ósta - inn Teach an ósta
Teacht - coming
Teachtaire - messenger
Téad - rope
Teagasc - teaching, instruction
Teagmhaigh - meet with, encounter
Teagmhála - touch, contact
Teallach - fire-place, hearth
Téamh - heating, warming
Teampall - temple; medieval church
Teampall Gallda - meeting-house
Téanam - Let us go
Teanga - language, tongue
Teannadh - tightening; squeeze, pressure
Teannadh ar - coming up to
Teann áthais - through sheer
Teanndícheall - to do your best
Teann géar
Teann leis - by sheer
Teas - heat, hotness, warmth
Teastáil – necessaries Teastáil uaim - I want it
Téigh - Go Téigh chodladh – Go to sleep
Teip - fail
Teitheadh - flight, retreat; escape
Teorainn - boundary, limit; border
Thaibhsigh - loom
Thall - over, beyond
Thairis - passed it Thairis sin - moreover Thairis sin féin
Thairg - offered
Thaitnigh - fancied
Tháladh - shed, pour; secrete
Thall - over, beyond
Thar – by, past Thar lear – abroad Thar sáile - overseas
Thar an gceart istigh aige - having too much
Tharla – happened Tharlódh - would happen
Tharrthaigh - rescue; save, deliver
Tharrtháil - rescue; help, deliverance
Thart - round, about
Théadh - used to go
Theas - (In the) south
Thastaíonn - want
Theastaigh uaidh - he wanted
Thiar - (In the) west; behind
Thiar thall - at long last
Thigeadh – Thigeas
Thionlacan - accompaniment, escort
Thíos - down, in lower place
Thitfeadh - would fall
Thoir - east
Thuaidh - in the north
Thuas - up, in higher place
Thugtaí air - is called
Thuirsigh - tire, weary, fatigue
Tí - house
Tiaraí - crupper
Tiardais - lordship, rule
Tiarna – Lord
Tiarna Talún - landlord
Tigeadh
Tig leat - you can
Timpeall – around ina thimpeall - around him
Timpist - accident, mishap
Tine – fire Trí thine - on fire
Tinn - sick; sore Tinne
Tiomáin - drive
Tiomána - driver
Tiománaí - driver
Tiománaithe - drivers
Tionlacan - accompaniment, escort
Tionóntaí - tenants
Tiontaigh – turn, revolve; change direction Tiontaigh siar - Ar thiompú siar - Tiontú - Turning, turn
Tíorántachta - tyranny; despotism, oppression
Tír – country, land Tíortha - countries, land
Tírghrá - patriotism
Tirim - dry
Tíse - housekeeping
Tite - fallen
Titim - fall
Titim anuas - fall down
Tiuc tiuc - call to chickens
Tlú - tongs
Tobac – tobacco caitheamh tobac - tobacco-smoking
Tobann - sudden, unexpected
Tobar – well Tobar beannaithe - blesssed well
Tochailt - digging, excavation; uprooting Ar cartadh
Tochairte - winding
Tochas - itch
Tocht - emotional catch; deep emotion
Todóg - cigar
Tóg - lift, raise; take up, take Tógáil – lifting, raising; taking Tógadh
Togha - pick, choice
Toghadh - choice, selection; election
Togradh - will, inclination
Toicí - man of means, wealthy person
Toil – will; inclination, desire, wish Toil Dé - will of God
Toilleann - fits, finds room
Toilteanach - willing, voluntary
Tóin - bottom, backside, posterior
Toinn - waves
Tóir - . pursuit, chase; hunt, search; pursuing party
Toirchim - heavy sleep, slumber;
Toirneach – thunder Toirní
Tóirsí - torches
Toirt - mass, volume; bulk, size
Toiseach - beginning i dtoiseach
Toisigh - begin toisiú - beginning
Toit - smoke
Tola - will; inclination, desire, wish
Tolgach - strong, violent
Tollta - pierced, perforated
Tom - bush, shrub.
Tom aitinne - whin bush
Tom driseacha - clump of briars
Tomhais - measure; weigh, gauge, estimate
Tonn - wave
Tonntracha - waves
Torann - noise
Torannach - noisy
Tórramh - wake, funeral
Tortóg - hummock, tussock. Tortóg fheasóige
Tost – silence ina dtost - silent
Tostach - taciturn
Trá - beach, strand
Tráigh - ebb
Trach – trough
Trácht - mention
Tráchtála - trading; trade, commerce
Traein - train Traenacha - trains
Traisteal - noise, commotion
Tránn - ebbs
Traochta - wear out, exhaust
Trasna - across
Tráth - hour; time, occasion; day, period
Tráthnóna - afternoon, evening
Treabhadh - ploughing
Trealaí - .fitfulness, changeableness, capriciousness
Treallúsaí - industrious, enterprising
Tréan - strong, powerful; intense, violent Tréana
Tréanach - abstinent
Treascair - knock down; overthrow
Treascairt - knock-down, overthrow, downfall, defeat
Tréigean - desertion, abandonment
Treise - strength, power, dominance; force, emphasis
Tréithe - weakness, feebleness
Treo – direction, way i dtreo - so that
Treoraigh - guide, lead, direct Treorú - guidance, direction
Triall - journey, expedition
Trian - third
Triantán - triangle
Tríd - through
Trína chéile - confused
Trinse - trench Trinsí
Trioblóid - trouble
Trioc ball - piece of furniture
Triomaithe - dried
Troimpléasc - loud noise, explosion
Triomú - drying, drying quality
Triopallach - clustered, bunched
Tríú - third
Triúr - three people
Trócaire - mercy; clemency
Trodaí - fighter, combatant
Troid - fight, quarrel
Troigh - foot (distance)
Troimpléasc - loud noise, explosion.
Troithe - feet (distance)
Troithín - stocking
Trom - heavy
Tromach tramach - topsy-turvy
Tromfháscadh - struggle, strife
Troscadh - fast
Troscáin - furniture.
Trua - pity, sympathy, compassion
Trucail - truck, trolley; cart
Truisle - stumble; trip
Trup trap - clack-clack (of hooves)
Trúslóg - hop
Tuaim - tumulus
Tuairim - opinion
Tuairisc - account, report, statement
Tuairt – thud, crash De thuairt - with a thud
Tua - axe; hatchet
Tuar - sign
Tuarastal - salary, wages
Tuar ceatha - rainbow
Tuargain - pound; batter, crush; thump, hammer
Tuartha - signs
Tuata - ordinary person
Tuath - rural districts, country
Tuathal - direction against the sun, wrong direction
Tubaiste - calamity, disaster, tragedy
Tugtha - given Tugadh faoi deara - notice
Tugadh leis anuas
Tuí - thatch
Tuig – understand tuigeann - understands
Tuigbháil - i dtuigmhail
Tuige? - why?
Tuile - flood, flow
Tuilleadh - more; earn
Tuillfeadh - would earn
Tuilte - earned
Túir - .tower
Túirne - spinning-wheel
Tuirseach – tired Tuirseach tnáite - knackered
Túisce - sooner, rather
Tuisceanach - understanding; wise, discerning
Tuiscint - understanding; wisdom, discernment
Túlán – kettle Túlán fraoigh
Tumadh - dip, dive, plunge
Tur - dry, arid
Turas - journey, pilgrimage
Tús - beginning, commencement, start
Tusa - you
Túsaíodh
Tútach - crude, awkward
Tútaí - senseless, stupid
Tutáil - stuttering