Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
baoch
baog
baogán
baoghal
baoi
baoideach
baoige
baois
baoisceánta
baoite
baoiteáil
baoiteálaí
baoithe
baol
baolach
baon
baorthach
baosra
baosrach
baoth
baothacht
baothaibhse
baothán
baois could be a grammatical form of:
aois »
baois, f. (gs. ~e). Folly. ~ na hóige, youthful folly, indiscretions. Le barr ~e, out of sheer wantonness. Ag imirt a bháire ~e, sowing his wild oats. Ag dul i m~, getting silly. Tá sé ar ~ le hólachán, he is drinking himself silly. Ag déanamh ~e as a háilleacht, putting on airs on account of her beauty.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ baoise, game of folly; youthful folly.
Tá sé ar a bháire baoise, he is playing the fool, play-acting.
Rinne sé é le ~ baoise, sainte, he did it out of sheer folly, greed.
Do ~ baoise, your career of folly.
~ siad taom baoise leis, they thought he had taken a crazy fit.
Baois na huaire, the folly of the times.
