Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
leabhrú
léabóg
leabtha
leabthacha
leabthachas
leabthan
leabú
leac
leaca
leacach
leacaí
leacaigh
leacaire
leacam
leacan
leacán
leacanta
leacdha
leáchán
leáchas
leacht
léacht
leachta
leac, f. (gs. leice, npl. ~a1, gpl. ~). 1. Flat stone or rock; flagstone, slab. (a) ~ chloiche, flat stone; stone slab. ~ phábhála, paving flag. ~ urláir, floor slab; floor tile. Urlár, cosán, ~, paved floor, path. Ar ~a na sráide, on the paved street, on the pavement. ~ tine, teallaigh, tinteáin, hearthstone. Ar ~ na tine, on the hearthstone, in front of the fire. ~ an dorais, the threshold(-stone). ~ na fuinneoige, the window-sill. (b) ~ bhuailte, cháite, chruaite, flat rock used as floor for threshing, winnowing, drying, grain. ~ an bháid, flat shore-rock used as landing-stage for boat. Chomh lom leis an ~, as bare as a rock. (c) (Of sedimentary rock) ~a dearga, glasa, (red, grey) bedrock layers. Síos go dtí an ~ liath, down to the living rock. ~ mhara, flat-topped rock in seabed. (d) ~ ifrinn, na bpian, (pit of) hell. B’fhearr liom ar ~a (dearga) ifrinn é, I’d see him damned first. (e) (Of monumental slab) ~ uaighe, thuama, gravestone, tombstone. Tá sé faoi ~, he is in his grave. Go dté ~ os mo chionn, till I am dead and gone. Tá ~ lena cheann, he is dead and buried. Go lá na leice, till Tibb’s Eve. ~ chuimhneacháin, memorial stone, tablet. (f) ~ fuinte, baking slab. ~ is losaid, (baking) slab and (dough) tray. S.a. losaid 1. (g) Typ: ~ shuite, imposing stone. (h) ~ ar tinneall, trap-fall. (i) Fig: Brú ar ~ an doichill ag duine, to impose oneself on s.o. 2. (a) Flat hardened surface. ~ a dhéanamh de rud, to beat sth. flat. Tá an talamh ina ~ ag an triomach, the ground is rock-hard from the drought. (b) Hard patch, callus. Tá ~ in úth na bó, there is a hard patch in the cow’s udder. Bhí mo chroí ina ~, my heart was like stone. 3. (a) Flat covering, lid. ~ soithigh, pota, (flat) lid of vessel, of pot. (b) Platter. Tá a ~ lite, he has ’licked his plate’, finished his meal, his supper. Tá a ~ lite agus a chosa nite, he is prepared for bed; he is ready to take his last rest. (c) Opt: ~ optúil, optical flat. 4. ~ oighir, (sheet of) ice. Tá ~ oighir ar an linn, the pool is frozen over. Ag sleamhnú ar an ~ oighir, sliding on the ice. 5. Cards: (Silver piece used as) kitty. Bheith sa ~, to have a share in the kitty, to be in the game. Cá mhéad atá tú sa ~? How much are you owed from the kitty? Tá an ~ buailte, the kitty is exhausted. Bain as an ~ dó é, give it to him out of the kitty; pay him off. 6. Fig: Rud a chur ar an ~ do dhuine, to make sth. quite clear to s.o., to tell s.o. off about sth. (Var: pl. ~acha)
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá an sioc, an leac oighir, ag ~adh, the frost, the ice, is yielding.
Bhunaigh sé é féin ar leac na tine, he planted himself on the hearthstone.
3. ~ leice, sea-anemone.
Istigh faoi chab leice, in under a flat protruding rock.
Tháinig an choscairt ar an leac oighir, the ice began to break up, to thaw.
Leac chruaiteacháin, drying-stone.
Leac chuimhneacháin a chur le duine, to put up a tablet in memory of s.o.
Doras, leac, an doichill, unwelcoming door, hearth.
Bhí a ~ mar an rós, her cheek was like the rose.
Ar ~ an chnoic, on the hillside.
D’imigh sé orm idir leac is ~, idir an luid is an ~, I lost it at the critical moment.
Leaca mhín cnoic, smooth slope of hill.
Leac mhín, smooth flagstone.
~ leac, flag pavement.
Cloch, leac, phábhála, paving-stone.
Ag ~ ar leac oighir, running on (thin) ice.
~adh ar leac oighir, to slip on ice.
~ ar an leac é, scrape it on the flagstone.
Ag sleamhnú ar an leac oighir, sliding on the ice.
Leac, maide, tairsí, threshold stone, plank.
