Building
Types of building
Teach - house Tifí - houses
Teach ceann tuí - thatched house
Teach clúdaith - thatched house
Botaí - bothy
Caisleán – castle
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Walls
Balla - wall
Caipín – cap, top
Bundalaí - side of the house
Taobh balla - gable
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Brickwork
Blocán – block
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Timber structures
Geantrachaí – wedges
Ging – timber wedge
Leaba clárthaí – plank bed
Taobháin - support timbers
a'baint dhá chéilí - dismantle
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Parts of a building
Doras - door Doirsí - doors
Cónlaí - door
Poll na heochrach - keyhole or
Poll eochrach - keyhole
Fuinneog – window Fuinneógaí - windows
Gloine - glass
Simléar - chimney
Urlár - floor
Seomra – room
Lota - loft
Ceann an tí - roof
Creat - flat roof
Díon - sturdy waterproof roof
Mullach an tí - on top of the house
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Trioc – furniture
Cathaoir - chair
Triocsball - piece of furniture
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Tools
Gléas - tool, implement
Casúr – hammer
Táirne - nail
Mar bhíothar dhá n-úsáid linní - as they were used by us
Boltaí - bolts
Rópa - rope
Gad - short piece of rope
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Discussing the project
Díriú - straighten
á dhonacht maol, is meas a'mullach - trying to fix something but made it worse
Réitíodh siad amach ar a'gcaoi sin é - they worked it out like that
Teach a mbeifí a'cur ceann air - they'd be thatching a house
Thiocfadh leat úsáid eicínt a dhéanamh dó - you could get some use out of it
á mbeifeá a'dhul feadú dhó tóigeáil chlaí - you might be taking on building a fence
á dhonacht a raibh sé, ach tá sé a'breathnú níos measa anois - however bad it was, it's looking worse now
le n-aghaidh a n-úsáid fhéin - for their own use