Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
fiaigh
fiaile
fiaileach
fiailnimh
fiailteach
fiáin
fiaire
fial
fialach
fia-lacha
fialacht
fialaigh
fialamán
fialann
fialas
fialchaire
fiallach
fialmhaireacht
fialmhaitheas
fialmhar
fialmhas
fialra
fialsíoda
fial1, m. (gs. féil, pl. ~a, gpl. ~). Veil. 1. ~ a chaitheamh, to wear a veil. Ecc: ~ gualainne, humeral veil. 2. Curtain, screen, cover. B: ~ an teampaill, the veil of the temple.
fial2, m. (gs. féil, npl. ~a, gpl. ~). Vial.
fial3, a. (gsm. féil, gsf. & comp. féile, npl. ~a). 1. Lit: Seemly, proper; noble. 2. Generous, hospitable. Bheith ~ le duine, faoi rud, to be generous to s.o., about sth. ~ fairsing, flaithiúil, generous and open-handed. Bord ~, plentiful table. 3. (Used as s.) ~ ar bheagán stóir, a generous man with little to give. Ní théann ~ go hifreann, generosity is a saving virtue.
fial4, in expletive phrases = diabhal.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Féile ~, movable feast.
Tar éis na Féile Bríde, after the feast of St. Brigid.
Oíche chinn, cheann, féile, eve of festival.
~ féile, ócáide, celebration of feast, of occasion.
~ (na) féile, public hospitaller’s cauldron.
Féile, ócáid, an Cháisc, a chomóradh, to celebrate a feast, an occasion, Easter.
~ na féile, the soul of generosity.
Scaoil ~ (na féile) ann, he had a generous impulse.
Den fháilte an fhéile, generosity makes the welcome.
Duine fial ~, generous, welcoming person.
Roinn siad go fial ~ linn, they shared munificently with us.
A féile agus a ~ do na boicht, her generosity and liberality towards the poor.
Fairsingiú chun féile, to expand towards generosity.
Is é na ~a féile duit é, it is wonderfully good of you to do it.
~ aistritheach, movable feast.
Lá Fhéile Bríde, Pádraig, na Naomh Uile, na Marbh, St. Brigid’s, St. Patrick’s, All Saints’, All Souls’, Day.
Oíche Fhéile Eoin, Sin Seáin, St. John’s Eve.
~ Michíl, Mártain, Michaelmas, Martinmas.
~ Bríde a tharla sé, it happened round about the feast of St. Brigid.
Mí na ~ Bríde, the month of February.
Tá an fhéile i gcónaí á ~eadh acu, they are always prepared to be generous.
Féile ghnách, customary hospitality.
~ Fhéile Pádraig, St. Patrick’s Day.
~ San Svaítín, ~ Fhéile Abhóige, St. Swithin’s Day.
Lá Fhéile Michíl, Michaelmas.
Téarma na Féile Michíl, Michaelmas term.
Féile as ~, boundless hospitality.
Lá Fhéile ~ (Mór), the Feast of the Assumption.
Lá Fhéile ~ na gCoinneal, Candlemas.
~ chinn féile, eve of festival.
Tiarna, teampall, féile, ~, honoured lord, temple, feast.
~ mór an earraigh, na Féile Pádraig, na n-éan, spring equinoctial tide.
~ mór an fhómhair, na Féile Michíl, autumn equinoctial tide.
Lá Fhéile Muire na Sanaise, the feast of the Annunciation.
Féile, pósadh, a shollúnú, to solemnize a festival, a marriage.
~onna na Féile Bríde, Hilary sittings.
~ na Féile Michíl, na Féile Bríde, na Cásca, Michaelmas, Hilary, Easter, term.
~ Fhéile Eoin, St. John’s Eve bonfire.
I d~ na féile seo, in this hospitable home.
