Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
cúnantaí
cúnantaigh
cúnantóir
cuncar
cuncas
cunfairt
cung
cúng
cúngach
cúngaigeanta
cúngaigh
cúngas
cúngchroíoch
cúnglach
cúnglaigh
cúnglóg
cúngrach
cúngraigh
cúngraíocht
cúngtheasach
cúngú
cunlach
cunlacht
cúng1, m. (gs. & npl. cúing, gpl. ~). Narrow; narrow part.
cúng2, a. (gsm. ~, gsf. & comp. cúinge, npl. ~a). Narrow. (Of breadth) Bealach, doras, béal, ~, narrow way, door, opening. 2. (Of space) Áit chúng, narrow, confined, place. Tithe beaga ~a, narrow little houses. Más ~ leis fágadh, if he doesn’t like it let him go elsewhere. 3. (Of fit) Bríste, sciorta, ~, narrow, tight-fitting, trousers, skirt. Más ~ do bhróg, if your shoe pinches. 4. (Of circumstances) An bheatha chúng, narrow circumstances, poverty. Bhí an saol ag teacht ~ orainn, we were feeling the pinch. 5. (Of traits) Dearcadh ~, narrow outlook. Tuairimí ~a, hide-bound opinions. Guí chúng, restricted prayer. Tá croí ~ aige, he is mean at heart, miserly. 6. (In phrase ~ caol) D’áitigh sé ~ caol orm (go), he used the most subtle arguments to persuade me (that). Déanfaidh sé ~ caol é, he will use any means to do it.
RELATED MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Béal cúng ~, narrow and exposed channel.
Théadh sé i g~ chúng chloiche do thabhairt péine dá chorp, he used to confine himself in a narrow stone cell in order to mortify his body.
Bord na gC~ Cúng, the Congested Districts Board.
~ chúng, narrow passage.
Ba chúng ~ leis nó dul tríd, he was determined to push his way through.
~ clárach, cúng, leathan, fionnaitheach, flat, narrow, broad, hairy, chest.
