Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
trealmhaigh
tréamanta
treamhanta
treamhnaigh
treampa
treampán
treampánach
tréan
treana
tréanach
tréanas
tréandathach
tréanfhear
tréanghoin
tréaniarracht
tréaniolra
tréanlámhach
tréanlus
tréanmhór
tréanmhuir
treánn
treánna
tréanna
tréan1, m. (gs. & npl. -éin, gpl. ~). 1. Triduum. 2 = tréanas.
tréan2, m. (gs. & npl. -éin, gpl. ~). 1. Strong man; warrior, champion. Ba é a dtaoiseach agus a d~ é, he was their leader and their champion. 2. Strength, power, intensity. Faoi thréan namhad, under enemy power. Le ~ na gaoithe, with the force of the wind. Le ~ a nirt, by dint of his strength. Le ~ mailíse a dúirt sé é, he said it out of sheer malice. Ní ~ go titim tuile, there is nothing as strong as a cascading flood. Ní sheasfaidh mé é a thréan ná a threas, a thréan ná a thrua, I won’t be able to bear it, no matter how I try. S.a. buan1 1. 3. Plenty, abundance. Tá ~ airgid acu, they have plenty of money. Bhí ~ aithne agam air, I knew him very well. Tá ~ oibre romhat, you have a lot of work ahead of you. Tá ~ le rá aige, he has plenty to say.
tréan3, a1. (comp. treise & tréine). Strong, powerful; intense, violent. Sruth ~, strong current. Teas ~, intense heat. Gaiscíoch ~, doughty warrior. Pianta ~a, violent pains. Cumha thréan, poignant parting sorrow. Coimhlint thréan, fierce contest. Nuair ba threise an stoirm, when the storm was at its height. Ba threise leo oraibh, they were too strong for you. Gura leat is treise, may you win the day. Tá sé go ~ ina shláinte, he is in excellent health. Tá mé ~ air (go), I am strongly inclined to believe (that). Is air is treise mé, I am nearly sure of it.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ agus treise leat, more power to you.
Ní bhíonn tréan ~, violence cannot endure; easy does it.
Nár dhiúltaigh do chúinsí na dtréan, who did not shirk from facing the warriors.
Le tréan diúnais, through sheer wilfulness.
Le (tréan) ~ dúinn a rinne sé é, he did it out of (sheer) spite towards us.
Is treise ~ ná oiliúint, ‘instinct is stronger than upbringing’.
Reathaí tréan a bhí ann, he was a strong runner.
Treise ~, force of arms.
An té is treise ar ~, he who can hit the hardest, wound the most.
Tá siad ag pórú go tréan, they are propagating at a great rate.
Tharraing sé as an talamh é le tréan ~a, he pulled it out of the ground by sheer force.
Is treise i d~, strongest in time of need.
Le ~ lámh, by main force.
~ thola, strength of will.
Ghabh siad ~ orainn, they gained supremacy over us.
~ a chur le cás, to strengthen a case.
~ a chur le do ghuth, to speak in a louder voice.
~ a chur ar fhocal, to emphasize a word.
~ leat! More power to you!
An tréan agus an ~, the strong and the weak.
~ na dtréan, the humbling of the mighty.
Le tréan ~, by sheer strength.
