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Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
bruinleog
bruinn
bruinne
bruinneall
bruinnigh
bruinnte
brúintín
bruíon
bruíonach
bruíonachas
bruíonta
brúire
brúireach
bruis
brúisc
brúiscéir
brúisciúil
brúisciúlacht
bruiseáil
bruiseanna
bruisín
bruite
brúite
bruíon1, f. (gs. -íne, pl. ~ta). 1. Lit: Hostel. 2. Fairy dwelling. 3. (In phrase) Bhí an teach ina bhruíon chaorthainn, chanainn, acu, they had the house in an uproar.
bruíon2, f. (gs. -íne, pl. ~ta). 1. vn. of bruíon3. 2. Strife, quarrel. Lucht bruíne, trouble-makers. Ag beochan bruíne, causing trouble. Druid le fear na bruíne (agus gheobhaidh tú síocháin), face up to the trouble-maker (and he will leave you in peace). Is olc bua na bruíne (agus is measa a díomua), nothing is ever settled by fighting over it.
bruíon3, v.i. Fight, quarrel. Ag troid is ag ~, fighting and quarrelling. Ná bígí i gcónaí ag ~, don’t be always squabbling. ~faidh siad fós, it will come to a fight between them yet.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ag ~ is ag bruíon, bickering and quarrelling.
Ag beochan bruíne, stirring up a quarrel.
Ag ~ chun stoirme, bruíne, threatening storm, fight.
~ bruíne, cogaidh, fomenting of strife, of war.
Tá ~ chun bruíne air, he is bristling for a fight.
~ bruíne, ~ teanga, drubbing, scolding.
Bhí sé i ~ na bruíne, he was in the thick of the fight.
An méid acu a thit sa bhruíon, those of them who fell in the fight.
