Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
sléibhtiúlacht
sléidíocht
sleigh
sleighe
sléim
sleimhne
slí
sliabh
sliabhadóir
sliabhraon
sliacht
sliasaid
sliastach
sliastán
slíbeog
slíbhín
slíbhíneacht
slíbín
slibire
slibreáil
slibreálaí
slibrí
slige
sliabh, m. (gs. sléibhe, pl. sléibhte). 1. Mountain. (a) Cnoc nó ~, hill or mountain. Lucht sléibhe, mountain dwellers. Bóthar, droim, sruthán, sléibhe, mountain road, ridge, stream. Thug sé an ~ air féin, he took to the hills, went on the run, absconded. S.a. galar 1, luan1 1, luch 1, máchail12, maidhm1 1. (b) Sléibhte mara, mountainous seas. 2. Moor. Talamh sléibhe, moorland. ~ gorta, quaking-grass moor. 3. (As euphemistic int.) Dar ~! By Jove! M’anam don ~! I declare to goodness!
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ na farraige, an tsléibhe, sea, mountain, air.
~ an sliabh, out over the mountain.
~ sléibhe, mountain view; mountain scenery.
In ~ an tsléibhe, high up on the mountain.
~ cnoic, sléibhe, top of hill, of mountain.
Dul ~ na farraige, an tsléibhe, to go by the sea, mountain, route.
~ sléibhe, mountain peak.
~ sléibhe, toinne, crest of mountain, of wave.
~ an tsléibhe, bog-cotton.
Chomh geal le ~ an tsléibhe, as white as cotton-down.
~tar na daoine ar a chéile (ach ní chastar na cnoic ná na sléibhte), it is a small world (if one moves around).
~ sléibhe, farraige, mountainy, coastal, district.
Bhí sé ceathach ~ an tsléibhe, it was showery towards the mountain.
2. ~ (sléibhe), conical hilltop, pap.
I g~ sléibhe, in a mountain recess.
~ sléibhe, mountain track.
~ sléibhe, overgrown mountain stream.
An mhuintir a raibh ~ isteach acu ar an sliabh, those who had the right to use the mountain.
Dá airde an sliabh, however high the mountain.
An talamh, an cladach thall, mullach an tsléibhe, a dhéanamh, to reach land, the far shore, the summit of the mountain.
As diamhra an tsléibhe, from the mountain recesses.
Is olc an ~ cruithneachta an sliabh, the mountain is not a very likely place for wheat.
I ndoimhneacha an tsléibhe, in the recesses of the mountain.
Dul ~ sa sliabh, to go far into the mountains.
~ sléibhe, mountain-climbing.
Dhreasaigh sé na ba siar an sliabh, he chased, drove, the cattle over into the mountain.
~ sléibhe, ridge of mountain.
~ na gcnoc, na mbánta, na sléibhte, na gcoillte, d’éanlaith, vast flocks of birds.
Thug an sliabh a n~, the mountain defied, withstood, their efforts.
~ luachra, sléibhe, newt, eft.
~ an tsléibhe, decayed mountain vegetation.
~ sléibhe, ambrosia.
Bhí na sléibhte ag éirí romhainn, the hills were rising in front of us.
Chuir mé an sliabh i bh~ ar a lorg, I searched, looked, all round the mountain for them.
Ar fhairsinge na farraige, an tsléibhe, on the open sea, mountain.
~ shléibhe, golden plover.
~ cathrach, sléibhe, farraige, city, mountainy, seafaring, man.
~ fiáin, sléibhe, wild, mountain, goat.
~ sléibhe, ruggedness of mountain.
Tá seacht ngalair an tsléibhe air, he has every disease under the sun.
~ sléibhe, mountain finch.
3. ~ (shléibhe), broom.
~ shléibhe, twite, mountain linnet.
Sliabh, aer, ~, hungry mountain, air.
2. ~ cnoic, sléibhe, shoulder of hill, of mountain.
~ tíre, mara, sléibhe, margin of country, of sea, of mountain.
~ sléibhe, bog-jelly.
Go h~ an tsléibhe, to the top of the mountain.
~ sléibhe, wood-sage.
~ an sliabh, the mountain blazed.
