Girleen

adj.

Heard in Mayo and Roscommon

A small girl in this case... Een... describes something small.

In use

A look at the wee girleen over there, the sizeen of her.

Posh English

Oh, observe the diminutive maiden over there, the tininess of her.

Same phrase, other counties

  • EenAdded to nouns to form a diminutive denoting something short, small or little.
  • Size-eenUsed to describe something very small indeed.
  • Boy/GirlSuffix which must be used as often as possible whilst communicating as deiseach.
  • Case of the ugelsExtremely ugly.
  • Head caseA derogatory term for a person suffering from mental illness.
  • Liary boy/girlA person who is lying or talking nonsense.