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TURAS SIAR - A DOCUMENTARY
Pap and Kath Murphy discuss their journey to establish a centre that celebrates the local dialect, history and genealogy of the people of Belmullet. They discuss the state of Mayo-Irish dialect and their efforts to revive it.
Dé Máirt
8ú Meán Fómhair 2025
Verbs
Looking
Amharc - look, see
a'breathnú - looking
a'feiceáil - seeing
Stán - stare a'stánadh - staring
a'faire - watching
a'cuartú - looking for
a'faire ina dhiaidh - looking around
a'faire uait - looking behind
D'fheicfeá - you'd see
Aithneachtáil - recognising, differentiating
Listening
Éisteacht – listening
Le chluins - to be heard
Chluinfeá - you'd hear
Movement
a'tíocht - coming
Thigeadh - used to come
le dhul - to be going
Théadh siad - they would go
Ar a cheithre cruip - crawling, down on all fours
Bogadaí - stir, rocking movement
a'corradh - stirring, wobbling
Cromadaí - crouching
Rith – running
a'sliamadóireacht – dawdling
a'leanúint - following, repeating
a’tiontú – turning
Léim – jump
Léimneacht - jumping
Bocléim – jumping around acting the goat
Tramp - stamp
Damhsa - dance
Rince – dance
Misbehaving
a'cáiríneacht - messing about
Being inquisitive
a'cur fairnéis - enquiring about
a'ceilt - hiding, concealing
Eating and drinking
Ith – eat
Ól – drinking
Grabbing
Glám – To grab, clutch
Sciob – snatch, grab
a'piocadh - picking
Meandering
a'bparádaíocht - straying
a'ránaíocht - wandering
Cleaning
Glan – To clean, to clear
Pretending
cur i gcéill – pretending
Letting
a’ligean – letting
Helping
Cúnamh – help
Suffering
Céasadh – suffer
Cutting
Sceann – cut
a'sceannadh - cutting
Réabadh - to break up something
Stopping
Stad – stop, cease
Reducing
Laghdaigh – reduce
Tabhairt a'srúl - taking away
Opening and closing
Foscail - open
Dún - close, shut
Making, doing
a'déanamh - to do, to make
Le 'seáint - to be showing, to be demonstrating
Throwing
a'caitheamh - throwing
Shopping
Ceannacht - buying
D'fháighte - got
Gheobhadh siad - they'd get
D'fhaigheadh siad - they used to get
Thinking
a'cuimhniú - thinking
Waiting
a'feitheamh - waiting
a'fanacht - waiting
D'fhanadh siad - they'd wait
a'seasamh - standing
Water
a'preabadaith' - splashing about
Sú - absorb
Beginning
a'tosú - beginning
Thoiseódh siad - they would start
Flying
Eitilt - flying
Getting
Faoi dhéin - fetch
Giving and taking
a'tabhairt - giving, bringing
Belonging
a'coinneáil - keeping
Using
ag úsáid - using
Happening
a'tarlú - happening


