Duinnín agus na Beacha

Saite, a swarm (of bees, {et cetera})… MacShaithe, a second swarm
cráin beiche, a female bee
máthair áil, mother of a brood, a prolific mother, a queen-bee
céir bheach, bees wax, honey in the comb
fig. what is choice or perfect; c. bheach is péarla na Muimhneach, the choice and pearl of the men of Munster; but (iron.) Tá sé ‘na céir bheach agat

• Bhí an tAthair Pádraig istigh sa Leabharlann Náisiúnta, falla foclóirí[gpl] thart air, píosaí páipéir le focail luachmhara breactha orthu ag titim ina gconfetti ar an urlár thart air. Taobh leis bhí East Lynne le Mrs. Henry Woods [Diolann Amazon an leabhar sin]. Bhí dhá chairéad, duileasc agus úll leagtha amach go néata ar an leabhar seo. Léifadh sé Mrs. Henry ag am lóin chun a intinn a fhuaradh. Go dtí sin, choinneodh sí na cairéidí amach ón dúch.

  Father Dineen was in the National Library, a wall of dictionaries around him, pieces of paper with valuable words written on them falling like confetti on the floor around him. Beside him was East Lynne by Mrs. Henry Woods. There were two carrots, dulse[a seaweed] and an apple were neatly laid out on this book. He would read Mrs. Henry at lunchtime to cool his mind. Until then, she would keep the carrots out of the ink.

  falla = balla	wall	m
  luachmhar	Valuable, costly, precious
  breactha	speckled, dappled; written
  cairéad	carrot	m
  duileasc	dulse[a seaweed]

  
  
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Duinnín agus an Bhean nár tugadh Nimh di (tuilleadh)

• ‘Bhí sailéid[veriant] ag Miss Montague. Ubh beirithe a bhí agam féin.’
  ‘Cad a bhí sa sailéid?’
  ‘Bradán stánaithe, leitís, tráta agus prátaí beirithe.’
  D’ith an Duinníneach slaimice aráin agus d’ól sé muigín tae, gan focal as [3rd pers sing prep pronoun]. D’ól Minnie deora beaga tae ón mhuigín aici siúd go béasach agus chogain sí grabhóga aráin lena fiacla tosaigh mar dhéanfadh coinín.

  ‘Miss Montague had a salad. I myself had a boiled egg.’
  ‘What was in the salad?’
  ‘Canned salmon, lettuce, a tomato, and boiled potatoes.’
  Dineen ate a chunk of bread and drank a little mug of tea, without a word out of him. Minnie drank small drops of tea from her little mug there politely and she chewed bread crumbs with her front teeth like a rabbit would.

  sailéad	salad	m gs npl sailéid
  Bradán	salmon
  stánaithe	canned
  muga	mug	m
  deoir	drop	f npl deora
  béasach	Well-behaved; mannerly, polite
  cogain	chew
  grabhróg	crumb	f npl grabhróga
  tosaigh	begin, start
  tosach	beginning, front	m gs tosaigh

  
  
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