Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
duaisiúil
duaisleabhar
duaisliosta
duaithne
duaithní
duaithnigh
duaithníocht
dual
duala
dualach
dualadh
dualaí
dualainn
dualaíocht
dualán
dualbhata
dualdaite
dualgas
dualta
duamhar
duan
duán
duanach
dual1, m. (gs. & npl. -ail, gpl. ~). 1. Lock, tress. ~ gruaige, lock of hair. 2. Wisp, tuft. ~ lín, olla, tuft of flax, of wool. Is é an ~ is faide siar ar a choigeal é, it is the least of his cares. ~ droinne, wool-tuft as mark on back of sheep. ~ na droinne a bhualadh ar dhuine, to give s.o. a trouncing. Fuair sé ~ na droinne de, he got more than he bargained for. 3. Ply, strand. ~ snáithe, téide, strand of thread, of rope. 4. Twist, twine. ~ de chorda a chur ar rud, to twine a cord round sth. 5. Spiral, whirl. ~ deataigh, smoke spiral.
dual2, m. (gs. & npl. -ail, gpl. ~). 1. Dowel. 2. Knot (in timber).
dual3, s. used adjectivally with copula. 1. Native, natural (do, to). An rud is ~ do dhuine a dhéanamh, what is natural for one to do, what one may be expected to do. An toradh is ~ don chrann, the natural product of the tree. Is ~ di a bheith cineálta, it is in her nature to be kind. Ní ~ dó an bhréag a dhéanamh, it is not like him to tell lies. Is ~ athar dó é, he took after his father in that respect; like father like son. Ba dhual dó sin ón dá thaobh, he took that from both sides of his family. Mar is ~ dá leithéidí, as is typical of their kind. S.a. dú1 2. 2. Proper, fitting. An áit, an oidhreacht, is ~ dó, his rightful place, inheritance. Is dó is ~ é, it is his due. 3. In the natural order of things; fated; possible. Is ~ dúinn uile an bás, death must come to all of us. Dá mba dhual do na mairbh a bheith beo, if it were possible for the dead to live. Dúirt sé gur dhual don mhac a bheith in aghaidh an athar, he said that it was fated for son to oppose father. Is ~ sin féin, even that may come to pass. Dá mba dhual é, if it were in the natural order of things, if it were to be.
dual4, v.t. Twine; braid, coil; interlace, fold.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Gheobhaidh tú an ~ is dual, you will get due respite.
A duail chiardhubha, her raven locks.
An té ~ dual an mí-ádh, he who is unfortunate by nature.
Is é is ~ agus is dual, is ~ agus is dúchas, dó, it is in his very nature.
A duail ar dhath an fhiaigh, her raven locks.
