Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
moss-stitch
mossy
most
mote
moth
moth-balls
moth-eaten
mother
mothercraft
motherhood
mothering
mother-in-law
motherland
motherless
motherliness
motherly
motif
motility
motion
motionless
motion-picture
motivate
motive
New English–Irish Dictionary has an entry for
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mother1, s. 1 Máthair f -ar. She is the mother of six, tá seisear clainne aici. Every mother's son, gach mac máthar. Attrib.Mother goat, minseach f. Mother hen, cearc f áil. 2 Ecc: The Mother Superior, An Mháthair-Uachtarán. 3 Mother metal, bunmhiotal. Mother rock, buncharraig f. Mother country, máthairthír f. Mother earth, an talamh torthach. Mother naked, deargnocht. Mother ship, long choimhdeachta. Mother tongue, teanga dhúchais. Mother wit, gus m. Mother of pearl, néamhann f.
mother2, v.tr. 1 To mother a child, (i) bheith mar mháthair ag páiste; (ii) peata a dhéanamh de pháiste. 2 To mother a young wolf upon a bitch, coileán faolchú a chur á thógáil ag madra.
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PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
He is tied to his mother's apron-strings, tá sé faoi shlat ag a mháthair.
Mother Car(e)y's chicken, peadairín na stoirme.
A mother's darling, peata m.
Expectant mother, bean a bheadh le haghaidh clainne.
The child is fretting for its mother, tá an páiste ag caoineadh le cumha i ndiaidh a mháthar.
He gets his timidity from his mother, óna mháthair a thug sé an scáfaireacht leis.
He is always hanging on to his mother, tá sé i gcónaí sna sála ag a mháthair.
Mother's help, cailín aimsire, cailín cúnta (ag máthair clainne).
Your mother and hers, do mháthairse agus a máthairse.
I gave the calf back to its mother, thug mé an gamhain ar ais dá mháthair.
I learned Irish at my mother's knee, in ucht mo mháthar a d'fhoghlaim mé mo chuid Gaeilge.
(Incorrect use=as) I cannot knit like mother does, níl mé inchurtha le mo mháthair a cniotáil.
The portrait has a look of your mother, tá cuid de do mháthair sa phortráid.
My mother-in-law, máthair mo chéile.
Stark naked, mother naked, lomnocht, (é) ina chraiceann dearg.
Necessity is the mother of invention, múineann gá seift.
Nursing mother, máthair chíche.
The love of a mother, grá máthar.
Orphaned both of father and of mother, gan athair gan mháthair.
He owes his ability to his mother, óna mháthair a tug sé an intleacht.
He is his mother's pet, is é peata a mháthar é.
He resembles his mother, lena mháthair atá sé ag dul.
I forgive you for your mother's sake, maithim duit é as ucht do mháthar.
He is related to me on his mother's side, tá sé gaolmhar dom de thaobh a mháthar.
What do you think (that) my mother will do? cad is dóigh leat a dhéanfaidh mo mháthair?
He has no thought for his mother, níl cás ar bith dá mháthair aige.
Unmarried mother, máthair gan phósadh.
The girl whose mother I meet, an cailín a gcastar a máthair dom.
He lives with his widowed mother, tá sé ina chónaí lena mháthair atá ina baintreach.
