Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
insí
insil
insilbeirg
insileadh
insilteach
insilteoir
insín
insint
insínte
insínteacht
insíolrú
insíonn
insíothlaigh
insíothlú
insligh
inslin
inslitheach
inslitheoir
insliú
insníoch
inspeirm
inspéise
inspioráid
insint could be a grammatical form of:
inis »
insint, f. (gs. as s. ~e, as vn. -ste; pl. ~í). 1. vn. of inis2. 2. Relation, narration, utterance; version. Bíonn dhá ~ ar scéal, there are two ways of telling a story, two sides to an argument. Níl ach aon ~ amháin ar an scéal sin, the facts of that case are not to be denied. Níl an dara h~ air, there is no gainsaying the fact. Malairt d’~, different version. Chuala mé ~ eile air, I heard another version of it. Ní hé sin an ~ a thug sé domsa air, that is not how he told it to me. Beidh ~ scéil air, it will excite wonder, become wondrous in the telling. Chuaigh sé thar ~ scéil, it became indescribable. Níl léamh ná scríobh ná ~ béil air, it defies all description. Fear inste scéil, (i) storyteller, (ii) surviving witness. 3. Gram: ~ dhíreach, neamhdhíreach, direct, indirect, speech. (Var: insin)
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Buailfear thú as é a insint, you will be beaten for telling it.
~ a insint, to tell a lie.
Ba é do cheart sin a insint dom, you should have told me that.
Insint dhíreach, direct speech.
Rud a insint a mhíniú, a mhúineadh, do dhuine, to tell, explain, teach, sth. to s.o.
Rud a insint d’~ bheag agus d’~ mhór, to tell sth. to the world.
~ (inste) scéil, storyteller; bringer of news.
2. A fhortún a léamh, a insint, do dhuine, to read, tell, s.o. his fortune.
2. ~ (bhréige) a insint, to tell a whopping lie.
Scéal a insint, to tell a story.
Ós á insint duit é, while I am on the subject.
An fhírinne a insint, to tell the truth.
An scéala a insint, to tell the news.
Tá sibh i gcónaí ag insint ar a chéile, you are forever telling stories about one another.
Níl ~ sna leabhair air; níl ~ ná scríobh (ná insint béil) air, it passes comprehension, defies description.
Ba mhaith an ~ scéil a insint é, he was well able to tell a story.
~ a insint, to tell a story.
Níor tháinig fear inste scéil díobh, none of them survived to tell the tale.
