Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
cailitheoir
cáilitheoir
cáiliú
cáiliúil
cáiliúlacht
caill
caille
cailleach
cailleachas
cailleachúil
cailleadh
cailleanna
cailleoir
caillí
caillichín
cailliúint
cailliúnach
cailliúnaí
caillroinnt
caillstean
caillte
caillteach
caillteachán
cailleach, f. (gs. -llí, npl. ~a, gpl. ~).1. Hist:~ (dhubh, Mhuire), nun. S.a. 12. 2. (a) Old woman; hag. ~ feasa, wise woman, fortune-teller. ~ phiseogach, sorceress, charm-worker. Leigheas (na) caillí, old woman’s remedy. ~ na clúide, old woman in the chimney-corner. ~ na luatha (buí), (i) sit-by-the-fire, (ii) cinderella. S.a. 10. Comhrá ~, old wives’ tales. Folk:~ na gcearc, hag, witch. Scéal chailleach an uafáis, wild rumour; scare. (b) Midwife. 3. Precocious girl. ~ an ghiodail, na mbréag, pert, lying, hussy. 4. (Of man)(a) (Contemptuously) ~ (fir), spineless fellow, coward. (b) (Facetiously) Anois, a chailleach! Now, my lad! Maith thú, a chailleach! Good man yourself! 5. Spent, shrivelled, thing. ~ phráta, shrivelled potato; old seed-potato. 6. Stump; obstructing object. ~ dharach, ghiúise, oak, pine, stump. ~ bhasctha, protruding object in ground. 7. (Of straw, wrack) Truss, bundle. 8. Stone weight (on rope, net). 9. ~ (shúgáin), recess for bed; alcove. F: Snuggery. 10. Ent:~ na luatha, cricket. ~ chrainn, wood-louse. 11. Med:~ ghoile, tapeworm. Tá ~ ina ghoile le hocras, he is ravenously hungry. 12. Orn:~ dhubh, cormorant. ~ oíche, owl. 13. Ich:~ rua, loach. ~ bhreac, larger spotted dog-fish. 14. Bot:~ dhearg, corn-poppy. ~ bheag, bhréagach, fhuar, bee, spotted, early purple, orchis. S.a. codladh 2, smior1.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Cathaoir, cailleach, na ~e, the chair, the old woman, in the (fireside) corner.
~ an tsicín (sa bharrach), an traonaigh, na Caillí Béarra, protracted sleep.
~ cailleach, old wives’ tales.
Cailleach an diabhail! The infernal hag!
~ caillí, ‘an old woman’s pet’, pampered child, no-good person.
~ caillí, crone.
~ caillí, disagreeable hag.
~ mantach, ~ chailleach, spinal marrow.
An ~ chailleach a bhaint as rud, to remove all the inner parts from sth.; to take all the good out of sth.
~ na caillí mairbhe, egg-case of skate, mermaid’s purse.
~fidh cailleach i gcruachás, even a worm will turn.
2. Bean, cailleach, ~, witch.
