EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
gaineamh, m. (gs. -nimh). Sand. ~ beo, reatha, súraic, quicksand. ~ séidte, séideáin, síobtha, síobáin, faoi shiúl, blown, drifting, sand. S.a. cloch1 1(a), gabhlán3 1, gad1 2, maide 1(c), scadán 2, spéirlint 1. (Var: f, gs. gainimhe, gainmhe)
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Gaineamh aistreáin, shifting sand.
2. ~ gainimh, sandy tract; opening in sand-bank.
~ luatha, ghainimh, ash-, sand-, pit.
~ cloch, gainimh, airgid, heap of stones, of sand, of money.
~ (ghainimh, ghobach, shéanta), sand-eel.
Chomh ~ le móin, le féar, le gaineamh na trá, as plentiful as turf, as grass, as the sand on the sea-shore.
~ ghainimh, trá, seaweed growing on strand.
Gaineamh ag fuadach, sand becoming wind-blown.
~ ar ghaineamh, useless expedient.
~ gainimh, gairbhéil, coarse sand, gravel.
~ gainimh, salainn, a grain of sand, of salt.
~ coise sa ghaineamh, footprint in the sand.
Gaineamh a ~adh, to strew sand.
gainimh, stroighne, filling of sand, of cement.
Chomh ~ le gaineamh na trá, as numerous as the sands on the sea-shore.
Luí ar leaba, sa ghaineamh, faoi scáth crainn, to lie on a bed, in the sand, under the shade of a tree.
Gaineamh, púdar, ~, fine sand, powder.
~ cloch, leabhar, éadaigh, gainimh, heap of stones, of books, of clothes, of sand.
~ ghainimh, sandhill, sandbank.
Tá ~ gainimh sa talamh sin, that land is of a sandy nature.
~ gainimh, gairbhéil, créafóige, sand-, gravel-, clay-, pit.
~ ghainimh, silver pollock.
~ ghainimh, shneachta, driven sand, snow.
Gaineamh ag ~adh, sand drifting.
Gaineamh síobáin, blown sand, sand-drift.
Tá an talamh gainimh ag ~adh na báistí, the sandy ground is swallowing the rain.
An gaineamh ag sní san orláiste, the sand filtering through the hour-glass.
1. ~ (ghainimh), sand-eel.
~ siad gaineamh air, they spread sand over it.
Gaineamh súraic, quicksand.
Shúraiceodh an gaineamh sin thú, that sand would suck you down.
Ag ~e sa ghaineamh, rooting in the sand.
Tharraing sé ualach gainimh dom, he drew a load of sand for me.
~ ghainimh, ghrin, sandy, gravelly, beach.
~ féir, guail, gainimh, load of hay, of coal, of sand.