EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
tuile, f. (gs. ~, pl. -lte). 1. vn. of tuil1. 2. Flood, flow. ~ na taoide, the flow of the tide. Tá ~ san abhainn, the river is in flood. Tá ~ uisce os cionn na móinéar, the water has overflowed the meadows. ~ gan trá, endless flood. ~ bháistí, downpour of rain. ~ shléibhe, mountain flood; cloudburst. ~ dheor, flood of tears. ~ achasán, stream of abuse. ~ shí (chainte), spate of words. Tá an ~ shí as a béal ar fad, she keeps babbling away all the time. I d~ a ratha, in the flood-tide of his prosperity. 3. Bot: ~ thalún, bulbous buttercup. S.a. liag3, sruth1 1, taoide1 1, tonn1 1, tráigh1 2.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
chun) Tá an tuile ag breith chuici, the flood is receding.
Tuile bhorb, raging flood.
Chart an tuile é, the flood swept it away.
Tuile a chosc, to stem, contain, a flood.
~ leis an tuile é, cast it into the flood.
Dháil an abhainn a tuile tharstu, the river poured its flood over them.
Tuile dhásachtach, raging flood.
~ tine, tuile, stoirme, intensity of fire, of flood, of storm.
Tuile dhian, strong flood.
Idir an tuile is an ~, between the deluge and the drought.
Tuile na ngrás gan ~, the flood of grace that never ebbs.
~ na tuile, na gaoithe, na stoirme, the rising of the flood, of the wind, of the storm.
Tá an abhainn, an tuile, ag éirí, the river, the flood, is rising.
1. ~ gaoithe, tuile, force of wind, of flood.
Tuile ~ trá, unebbing, never-ending, flood.
~ taoide, tuile, tide-, flood-, gate.
D’~ as an tuile, the flood subsided.
D’~ an tuile, the flood dropped.
D’éirigh an tuile leis na bruacha, the flood rose against the banks.
~ aife, ~ tuile, half-ebb, half-flow.
Tuile ~, torrent, torrential rain.
Tá sé ina thuile ~, there is a downpour.
Tuile mhear, rapid flood.
~ an ghaoth, an tuile, léi é, the wind, the flood, snatched it away.
Tháinig tuile san abhainn agus bháigh ~ an móinéar, the river flooded and submerged the meadow.
Tá an tuile ag spré, the flood is spreading.
~ líonta, ~ tuile, flood-tide.
~ thuile, thrá, flood-, ebb-, tide.
Rachaidh na móinéir faoin tuile, the meadows will be submerged by the flood.
Fan go dtite an tuile, wait till the flood abates.
Tuile thiubh, dense flood.
~ taoide, ~ tuile, tidal wave.
~ tuile, swelling of flood.
~ agus tuile, ebb and flow.
~ tuile, abatement of flood.
Níl tuile dá mhéad nach dtránn, (i) nothing can last for ever, (ii) things will eventually settle down.
Thraoith an tuile, the flood subsided.
Ní ~ go titim tuile, there is nothing as strong as a cascading flood.
Tá an abhainn ag ~e, the river is flooding.
Tá an taoide ag ~e, the tide is flowing.
An ag ~e nó ag trá atá sé? Is it ebbing or flowing?
Bhí siad ag ~e isteach, they were pouring in.
Tá an áit ~te díobh, the place is filled to overflowing with them.