Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
babhta
babhtáil
bábhún
Bablónach
bábóg
babún
bac
bacach
bacachán
bacachas
bacadaíl
bacadh
bacadradh
bácaeir
bacaí
bacaichínteacht
bacaideach
bacaidí
bacaigh
bacaíl
bacáil
bácáil
bácailít
bacach1, m. (gs. & npl. -aigh, gpl. ~). 1. Lame person. 2. Beggar. 3. (a) Mean person, sponger. (b) Despicable person.
bacach2, a1. 1. Lame. 2. Halting, imperfect. Rannaire ~, halting rhymer. Leithscéal ~, lame excuse. Faoistin bhacach, imperfect confession. Béarla ~, halting, broken, English.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Céim bhacaí a bheith ionat, to have a limp.
Droim an bhacaigh a bhriseadh le déirc, to kill s.o. with kindness.
~ fir, bacaigh, able-bodied man, beggar.
Ag imeacht i g~ bacaigh, going about looking, dressed, like a beggar.
~ bhacaí, limp.
Chomh ~ le carraig, le bun crainn, le bianna ar mhaide bacaigh, as firm as a rock, as a tree-stump, as the ferrule on a beggar’s staff.
Ná ~ bacach díot féin, don’t reduce yourself to beggary; don’t act like a beggar.
Chomh ~ le bacach an mhála, le lúidín an phíobaire, le damh san eadra, as idle as a pedlar, as a piper’s little finger, as an ox at milking-time.
~ bhacaí, slight limp.
Tugadh ~ an bhacaigh dom, I was chased like a beggar.
Bhí céim bhacaí ann, he walked with a limp.
~ bhacach, dog Latin.
Shíl mé go raibh céim bhacaí leat, I thought you were walking with a limp.
~ bacaigh, beggar’s staff.
~ bacach, swarm of beggars.
