Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
tionscnaigh
tionscnaíonn
tionscnaitheach
tionscnaitheoir
tionscnamh
tionscnóir
tionscra
tiontaigh
tiontaire
tiontaitheoir
tiontú
tionúr
tionús
tíopa
tíopáil
tiopal
tíopúil
tíor
tíor(th)
tíor(th)úil
tíorach
tíoracha
tíorachas
tiontaigh, v.t. & i. Turn. 1. Revolve; change direction. Tiontú thart, ar do sháil, to turn round, on one’s heel. Tiontú ar clé, ó thuaidh, isteach i gclós, to turn left, north, into a close. Do cheann a thiontú, to turn one’s head. Ná ~ do chúl liom, don’t turn your back to me. 2. Invert, reverse. An féar a thiontú, to turn over the hay. Leathanach a thiontú, to turn a page. ~ amach do chóta, turn your coat inside out. Thiontaigh an bád, the boat capsized. Thiontaigh sé an tobán béal faoi, he turned the tub upside down. 3. Return. Thiontaigh siad ar ais abhaile, they turned back home. Ag tiontú dá eachtra dó, when he was returning from his expedition. 4. (a) Change colour, form or condition. Thiontaigh na barra dubh le sioc, the crops turned black with frost. Thiontódh sé ina chloch, it would turn to stone, become as hard as a stone. Tiontóidh sé amach ina leadaí, he will turn out to be a boyo. Thiontaigh an lá amach go breá, the day turned out fine. (b) Turn sour, go bad. Thiontaigh an bainne, the milk turned sour. Tá an fheoil ag tiontú, the meat is turning. (c) Nauseate. Thiontódh sé do ghoile, it would turn your stomach. 5. (a) Direct one’s course (to, from). Tiontú ar dhuine, to turn towards s.o.; to turn on s.o. Tá sé ag tiontú ar an Eaglais arís, he is turning to the Church again. Thiontaigh siad ó Dhia, they turned away from God. Thiontaigh an saol (amach) ina aghaidh, the world turned against him. (b) Change about. Thiontaigh Dia an t-ádh linn, God gave us better luck. (c) Convert, be converted. Duine a thiontú chun cúise, chun creidimh, to convert s.o. to a cause. to religion. Thiontaigh sé ina Chaitliceach, he turned Catholic. 6. Translate. Leabhar a thiontú ón Laidin, go Gaeilge, to translate a book from Latin, into Irish. 7. Lit: (Of judgment, etc.) Recall, revoke, annul.
RELATED MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ cinn, turn of head.
~ fód, turning of sods.
~ feithicle, overturning of vehicle.
~ taoide, turn of tide.
~ goile, stomach upset, vomiting.
~ sreibhe, (condition leading to) milk fever.
~ chun creidimh, conversion to religion.
~ focal, translation of words.
~ cait ina chraiceann, wonderful feat of dexterity.
~ conartha, annulment of contract.
