EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
milleadh, m. (gs. -llte). 1. vn. of mill2. 2. Impairment, ruination, destruction. ~ oibre, spoiling of work. ~ amhráin, mangling of song. ~ scéimhe, ravishing of beauty. ~ dóchais, blasting of hope. ~ tíre, spoliation of country. ~ scéime, wrecking of scheme. ~ corp, mutilation of bodies. ~ radhairc, destruction of view. ~ páistí, spoiling of children. Folk: ~ cnoic, louping ill. Mo mhilleadh! Alas! S.a. súil 1. 3. (In phrase) A mhilleadh sin, the contrary to that. Is é a mhilleadh sin agamsa é, it is the opposite case with me. Dúirt sé a mhilleadh sin ar fad, he said the very opposite.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ar milleadh, all that was spoiled.
Ná bíodh an ~ ag milleadh an anama agat, don’t prevaricate; don’t perjure yourself.
Tá siad ag milleadh na ~a, they are destroying the crops.
Ag milleadh agus ag díbheirg na tíre, despoiling and plundering the country.
Bheith ~tha millte, to be cut and mangled, all cut up.
Millte, scriosta, ~, completely spoiled, destroyed.
~eadh a chlú, his reputation was destroyed.
Tá do chuid ~te ort, your food is spoilt.
Bhí sé gearrtha ~te, he was disfigured with cuts.
Tá na páistí ~te acu, they have the children spoilt.
Ruidín ~te, withered, puny, little thing.
faoi) ~eadh faoi rud, to undermine, frustrate, sth.
Ag ~eadh faoi féin atá sé, he is defeating his own object.
Tá sé ~ go léir millte acu, they have destroyed it altogether.
~ cnoic, ~ díobhaill, ~ millte, ‘fairy dart’, louping-ill.