Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
cnádánacht
cnádánaí
cnádú
cnádúil
cnáfairt
cnáfairtí
cnafás
cnag
cnagach
cnagadán
cnagadh
cnagaide
cnagaire
cnagaireacht
cnagairlín
cnagán
cnagaois
cnagaosta
cnagarnach
cnagbheirigh
cnagbhruith
cnagéadan
cnagóg
cnag1, m. (gs. -aig, npl. ~a, gpl. ~). 1. Knock, crack; blow. Buail ~ ar an doras, knock at the door. ~ de bhata, a (cracking) blow with a stick. 2. Cracking sound; crunch. ~ a bhaint as do mhéar, to crack one’s finger(-joint). ~ fiacla, crunch of teeth. Tá ~ san úll sin, there is a good bite in that apple. Fág ~ san fheoil, leave something to bite on in the meat, don’t overdo the meat. Prátaí ~, underdone potatoes. 3. Mec. E: Knock. ~ in inneall, knock in an engine. 4. Lump, knob. ~ adhmaid, cloiche, lump of wood, of stone. 5. (Hard) ball. ~ (iomána), hurling-ball. An ~ a thógáil, a bhualadh, to lift, strike, the (hurling-)ball. 6. ‘Nut’, head. (Var: f)
cnag2, v.t. & i. (pp. ~tha). 1. Knock, strike. Duine a chnagadh sa cheann, to knock s.o. on the head. Chnag sé lena dhorn, le bata, é, he struck him hard with his fist, with a stick. Chnag sé an bord, he thumped the table. Chnag sé ar an doras, he knocked at the door. Chnag sé an díon le cloch, he struck, rattled, the roof with a stone. Chnag sé an pota ar an urlár, he banged the pot on the floor. 2. Strike down, lay low. ~adh le fiabhras é, he was laid low with fever. Bhí mé ~tha ag slaghdán, I was laid up with a cold. ~tha leis an aois, decrepit with age. 3. Beat, surpass. Tá na ceithre scór ~tha aige, he has passed the eighty mark. 4. Crack, split. Cnó a chnagadh, to crack a nut. Rámh, crann seoil, a chnagadh, to spring an oar, a mast. Tá sé ~tha ina lár, it is cracked in the middle. 5. Crunch. Úll a chnagadh, to crunch an apple.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ a chur i d’éadan, i do mhala, to scowl.
