Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
riadh
riafa
riafóg
riagh
riaghadh
riaghaire
riaigh
riail
riailbhéas
riailbhéasach
riailchíos
riailchiumhais
riailéad
riailmhaide
riaisc
rial
rialach
rialachán
rialachas
rialadh
rialaí
rialaigh
rialaithe
riail1, f. (gs. -alach, pl. -alacha). Rule. 1. Regulation, principle. ~ a dhéanamh, a bhriseadh, to make, to break, a rule. Rialacha iompair, imeartha, bóthair, rules of conduct, of play, of the road. De réir na rialacha, in accordance with the rules. 2. Sway, authority; order. Bheith faoi ~ duine, to be ruled by s.o. Faoi ~ Shasana, under English rule. Níl ~ acu ar na páistí, they have no control over the children. Dream gan ~, unruly set. S.a. reacht 1. 3. Ecc: Code of discipline. ~ Cholm Cille, San Doiminic, the rule of St. Columcille, of St. Dominick. ~ chrábhaidh, rule of piety. 4. Jur: Order. ~ chúirte, rule of court. 5. Mth: ~ na dtríonna, rule of three. 6. Graduated measure. An ~ a chur ar rud, to run the rule over sth. ~ ingir, plumb-rule. Surv: ~ treorach, sighting rule. Mth: ~ lúdraí, sector. ~ ochtréid, octet rule. Typ:~ (phráis, chruach), (brass, steel) rule. (Var: riaghail, gs. & npl. riaghla(cha))
riail2 = rialaigh.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
An dlí, na rialacha, móid, gealltanas, a choimeád, to keep the law, the rules, a vow, a promise.
Riail a chomhall, to observe a rule.
~ crábhaidh, rialach, reachta, observance of piety, of rule, of law.
(ar riail, of a rule).
Aitheanta, rialacha, a chomhlíonadh, to keep commandments, rules.
Riail, slat tomhais, a chur ar rud, to run a rule, a measuring-rod, over sth.
Duine a chur faoi riail, faoi umhlaíocht, to bind s.o. to rule, to obedience.
Riail dhaingean, hard and fast rule.
Dlí, riail, coinníoll, a dhéanamh, to make a law, a rule, a condition.
Rialacha ~, definite rules.
Riail dhocht, strict rule.
~ rialach, strictness of rule.
~ ó riail, exception to a rule.
Ag ~áil le riail, going by rule.
Clár, riail, ingir, plumb-rule.
Riail, nós, a ~úint, to follow a rule, a custom.
~ aithne, rialach, breach of commandment, of rule.
~ rialach, non-observance of rule.
Riail agus ~, law and order.
Riail a shárú, to infringe a rule.
~ rialach, infringement of rule.
Rialacha ~, elastic rules.
Daoine a thabhairt faoi riail dlí, to bring people under the rule of law.
Caithfimid dul leis na rialacha, we must go by the rules.
Dul thar riail, (i) to transgress a rule, (ii) to become unruly.
~ rialach, strictness of rule.
Rialacha ~a, guiding rules.
