Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
sarabann
sarachán
sárachán
sarafach
saraí
saraidh
saraifín
sáraigh
saraiglí
sáraíoch
sáraíocht
saraiste
Saraistín
Saraistíneach
saraithe
sáraithe
sáraitheach
sáraitheoir
saranáid
saranáidí
sarang
sárbheartú
sárbhliain
sáraigh, v.t. & i. 1. Violate. (a) Transgress, infringe. Aithne, dlí, a shárú, to transgress a commandment, a law. Riail a shárú, to infringe a rule. Cearta an duine a shárú, to violate human rights. Sháraigh sé a mhóid, he dishonoured his vow. (b) Profane. Eaglais a shárú, to profane a church. Tearmann a shárú, to violate a sanctuary. (c) Ravish. Bean a shárú, to rape a woman. 2. (a) Thwart, frustrate. Cuspóir a shárú, to thwart a purpose. Iarracht a shárú, to frustrate an effort. Sáraíonn an tsaint í féin, greed overreaches itself. (b) Belie, confute. Argóint a shárú, to confute an argument. Tá sibh i gcónaí ag sárú ar a chéile, you are forever contradicting one another. Seanfhocal nach sáraítear, a proverb that cannot be gainsaid. 3. (a) Overcome a difficulty. Gaisce a shárú, to better a feat. Údarás a shárú, to exceed authority. Duine a shárú i rás, to get the better of s.o. in a race. Sháraigh sé a bhfaca mé riamh, it beats anything I have ever seen. (b) Get beyond, pass. Má sháraím an mhala seo, if I manage to get over this incline. Ní sháróidh sé an oíche, he will not survive the night. Tá an leathchéad sáraithe aige, he has passed the fifty(-year) mark. (c) Head off. ~ na ba sin dom, head off those cows for me. 4. (a) Harass, worry. Bhí na madraí ag sárú na gcaorach, the dogs were worrying the sheep. (b) Weary, exhaust. Tú féin a shárú ag obair, ag rith, to exhaust oneself working, running. Tá mé sáraithe, I am tired out. 5. (With ar) Be too much for. Sháraigh orm é a dhéanamh, I failed to do it. Sháraigh an obair orm, the work was too much for me. Sháraigh an léim air, he failed to make the jump. Déanfaidh mé é nó sáróidh sé orm, I will do it or fail in the attempt. Má sháraíonn an saol orm, if all else fails me.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
An ~ a shárú, to pass the century mark.
Sárú gealltanais, breach of promise.
Níl a shárú faoi rás, faoi rothaí, faoi luí, na gréine, there’s nothing better than it under the sun.
Sáraithe ón lá, exhausted after the day’s work.
Sárú ~e, infringement of patent.
~ rialach, infringement of rule.
~ dlí, contravention of law.
~ cúnaint, breach of covenant.
~ cóipchirt, infringement of copyright.
~ eaglaise, profanation of church.
~ mná, rape of woman.
Thar ~, in violation of, in despite of.
~ iarrachta, frustration of effort.
~ argóna, refutation of argument.
Tá ~ coirp agus intinne ann, it is physically and mentally exhausting.
~ deacrachta, surmounting of difficulty.
Tá a shárú sin de scéal agam, I have an even better story than that.
Níl a ~ le fáil, there is nothing to beat them.
