Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
díomuaine
díomuan
díomuanna
diomúch
díomuí
díomúinte
díomuíoch
díon
díonach
díonacht
díonadh
díonadóir
díonadóireacht
díonaigh
díonaíocht
díonbhrat
díonbhrollach
díonchruthú
diongaibh
diongbháil
diongbháilte
diongbháilteacht
diongbháladh
díon1, m. (gs. dín, pl. ~ta). 1. vn. of díon3. 2. Protection, shelter. (a) (From elements, from infiltration of water) Dul faoi dhíon, ar ~, to take cover; to seek shelter. ~ a chur i rud, to make sth. watertight. ~ in éadach, i mbróga, waterproof quality in clothes, in shoes. Níl ~ deoire ann, it gives no protection from water, from rain; it is porous, leaky. Prov:Is ~ an crann fad is ~ dó féin é, a tree provides shelter, but only until it becomes saturated. (b) (From harm) ~ agus dídean, shelter and refuge. ~ agus daingean, a protection and a bulwark. Dul ar, faoi, dhíon duine, to place oneself under the protection of s.o.; to shelter in s.o.’s house. Go ndéana Dia ~ dúinn, God protect us. (c) (Of person) Bheith i do dhíon do dhuine, to be a protector of s.o., to afford shelter to s.o. ~ na lag agus na ndeoraithe, shelterer of the weak and the wanderer. S.a. brat12 (b), dos11. 3. (a) Covering. ~ a chur ar rud, to cover sth. against the elements. (b) Roof. ~ tuí, slinne, leacán, thatched, slate, tiled, roof. ~ diallaite, saddle-backed roof. Chuir sé ~ ar an teach, he roofed the house. S.a. cloch11(f).(Var:gs. & pl. ~a)
díon2, s. (In phrase) Ag cur de dhíon is de dheora, pouring rain, raining cats and dogs.
díon3, v.t. 1. Protect, shelter; cover against elements. 2. Make watertight; proof. 3. Roof, thatch. 4. Immunize.
díon4 = díol13.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Cosain, díon, ar, protect, secure, against.
~ dín na mbocht, protector of the poor.
~ dín, protective covering.
Ag bualadh ar an díon, beating against the roof.
~ (dín), line of twigs binding eaves (of thatched roof).
Ag ~ ar an díon, clattering, pattering on the roof.
~ dhín, mhullaigh, phréacháin, spideoige, cope-stone.
Chnag sé an díon le cloch, he struck, rattled, the roof with a stone.
~ ar chathaoir, as an díon, é, hang it on a chair, from the roof.
~ áirse, dín, the pitch of an arch, of a roof.
Díon ~, high-pitched roof.
~ dídine, dín, refuge, sanctuary; one used as a foil.
Rinne sí ~ dín de, she made a cat’s-paw of him.
Claibín, cóta, díon, deannaigh, dust-cap, -coat, -guard.
~ dídine, dín, sheltering bush.
~ dhín, skylight.
~ dín, roof-garden.
Bhí sé ina dhíon os ár gcionn, it formed a roof over our heads.
Tá sé ag iompar an dín, it carries the roof.
~ áirse, dín, support of arch, of roof.
~ dín, urláir, teallaigh, roof, floor, fireplace, tile.
Tá an díon ag ~ean isteach, the roof is leaking.
~ dín, valley (in roof).
Duine a shábháil, a dhíon, a shaoradh, a fhuascailt, a tharrtháil, ó rud, to save, shelter, free, deliver, rescue, s.o. from sth.
Bhí an fhearthainn ag ~eadh den díon, the rain was cascading off the roof.
Uisce ag ~eadh den díon, water dripping from the roof.
~eacha na gcloch ar an díon, the clattering of stones on the roof.
~ anuas den díon, come down off the roof.
Tá an díon ~ acu, they have put on the roof.
Díon a thrusáil, to truss a roof.
