Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
dalbacht
dalbhadh
dalbóg
dalc
dalcaire
dalcán
dálgas
dall
dallabhrán
dallacáil
dallacán
dallacántacht
dallach
dallachar
dalladh
dallaigeanta
dallaigeantacht
dallamlán
dallamullóg
dallán
dallarán
dallbhach
dallbheart
dall1, m. (gs. & npl. daill, gpl. ~). 1. (a) Blind person. Na daill, the blind. Súile an daill, sightless eyes. An ~ ag déanamh an eolais don ~; an ~ ag giollacht an daill, the blind leading the blind. Aimsíonn an ~ a bhéal, a blind man can find his mouth, everybody can do something for himself. S.a. abhaill. (b)~ bán, albino. 2. Dull, uninformed, person. 3. Dimness; gloom, obscurity. Idir ~ is dorchadas, ‘between the dim and the dark’, at dusk. Dubh agus ~ na hoíche, the darkness and obscurity of the night. 4. ~ na mullóg = dallamullóg. ~ an phúicín = dalladh púicín : dalladh 4.
dall2, a1. 1. (a) Blind. Bheith ~, to be blind, sightless. (b) Blinded. Bheith ~ ag solas, to be dazzled by light. ~ ag deora, blinded by tears. Tá sé ~ ag an ól, he is blind drunk. 2. (a) Dull, uninformed; in the dark. Bheith ~ ar rud, to be ignorant of, unable to comprehend, sth. Duine ~ nach dtuigeann é, one would need to be very dull not to understand it. Tá sé ~ ar imeachtaí a mhic, he doesn’t realize how his son is conducting himself. Chomh ~ le bonn mo, do, bhróige, as blind as a bat; as stupid as an ass. (b) Dazed, stupefied.
dall3, v.t. 1. Blind. Duine a dhalladh, to blind s.o., to put out s.o.’s eyes. Ná ~ thú féin leis, don’t ruin your eyes with it. 2. Bedim; dazzle; daze, stupefy. Bhí a súile ~ta ag na deora, her eyes were bedimmed with tears. Dhallfadh sé thú le caint, le bréaga, le mionnaí móra, he would confound you with talk, with lies, with curses. ~adh le náire mé, I was overcome with shame. Bhí sé ~ta (le hól), he was blind drunk. 3. (Of opening) Darken; block, obscure. Fuinneog a dhalladh, to darken, to close up, a window. Dhall siad na cosáin, they camouflaged the paths. Ná ~ an doras agam go brách arís, never darken my door again.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Urchar an daill faoin ~, a shot in the dark.
Is cuma leis an dall cé air a bhfuil an bhreall, what the eye sees not the heart rues not.
~ agus bodhaire, blindness and deafness.
~ radhairc, dimness of vision.
~ intinne, intellectual blindness, ignorance.
~ a dhéanamh ar dhuine, to blind s.o.; to dazzle s.o.
~ (agus caochadh, dubhadh) orm (má), strike me blind (if).
Bhí ~ bia agus dí ann, there were lashings of food and drink.
Tá ~ airgid aige, he has lots of money.
Ag obair, ag báisteach, ar ~, working, raining intensely.
4. ~ púicín, (i) blind over eyes (in game of blindman’s-buff); blindman’s-buff, (ii) confusion; deception, delusion.
~ púicín a chur ar dhuine, to hoodwink s.o.
Bhain tú an ~ púicín díom, you opened my eyes for me.
~ an daill ar an dall, the blind leading the blind.
~ an daill, ~ chaorach sa duibheagán, leap in the dark.
Is ~ do dhaoine dalla an domhain é, it is clear to anybody who wants to see it.
Ag imirt dalladh ~, playing blind-man’s-buff.
