Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
bewilderment
bewitch
bewitching
beyond
bezel
bezique
Bhutan
bias
biased
bib
bibber
bible
biblical
bibliographer
bibliographic
bibliography
bibliomaniac
bibliophile
bibulous
bicarbonate
biceps
bichloride
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IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
He doesn't know A from B, níl spréach aige.
A woman is too interested in clothes, bíonn an iomarca spéise ag an mbean i gcúrsaí éadaí.
They were threepence a pound, trí phingin an punt a bhí orthu.
I know a Doctor Walsh, tá aithne agam ar dhochtúir (áirithe) de Bhreatnach.
They are of a size, tá siad ar aon mhéid.
(Of ship) To be aback, an ghaoth a bheith ina haghaidh.
He is only in the ABC, níl sé ach sa mhiontosach.
The matter is still in abeyance, tá an gnó sin ar fionraí fós.
(Of pers., thg.) It is abhorrent to me, tá gráin agam air.
It is abhorrent to, from, the constitution, níl sé ag cur leis an mbunreacht.
To abide at, in, a place, cónaí, bheith i do chónaí, in áit.
He did it to the best of his ability, rinne sé é chomh maith is bhí ar a chumas.
To be able to do sth., bheith in inmhe, in ann, rud a dhéanamh.
It proved abortive, ní raibh toradh ar bith air; theip air.
He is about again, tá sé ar a bhoinn arís.
There was a look of kindness about his face, bhí dreach cineálta air.
There is something uncommon about him, tá rud éigin neamhchoitianta ann.
There's something about a horse, that..., tá rud éigin ag baint le capall a...
There are about twenty of them, tá timpeall is scór acu ann.
It is about time, (i) tá sé ag tarraingt ar an am; (ii) Iron: is mithid é.
To quarrel about something, bheith in achrann faoi rud.
To be uneasy about s.o., bheith imníoch faoi dhuine.
To be about to do something, bheith ar tí rud a dhéanamh.
What were you about to say? céard a bhí tú ag brath a rá?
He is about his task, tá sé i gcionn a chuid oibre.
He knows what he is about, tá fios a ghnó aige.
What are you about? cad é atá ar siúl agat?
You haven't been long about it, ní raibh tú i bhfad leis.
While you are about it, nuair atá do lámh ann.
The water reached above their knees, bhí an t-uisce os cionn na nglún orthu.
A mountain rises above the lake, tá cnoc ina sheasamh ar imeall an locha.
As above, mar atá thuas.
To be above (all) suspicion, bheith os cionn amhrais.
He can trace his descent above four hundred years, tá ginealach a chine aige siar tuilleadh is, breis is, ceithre chéad bliain.
He is just back from abroad, níl sé ach tar éis teacht ar ais ón gcoigrích.
There is a rumour abroad, tá ráfla ag imeacht, ar siúl; tá an scéala amuigh.
He is all abroad, tá dul amú mór air; tá seachrán trom air.
I am all abroad, níl bun ná barr le fáil agam air.
He was conspicuous by his absence, thabharfadh an saol mór faoi deara nach raibh sé ann.
Why were you absent from school? cén fáth nach raibh tú ar scoil?
Don't be so absolute, ná bí chomh húdarásach sin.
It is absolutely forbidden to..., tá dianchosc ar ....
His work absorbs him, tá sé sáite ina chuid oibre.
He knows it in the abstract, tá sé aige ó thaobh na teoirice.
He lived in abundance, bhí flúirse agus fairsingeacht aige; bhí saol na bhfuíoll aige.
To abut sth., to abut on, against, sth., bheith teoranta le rud.
The two fields abut, tá an dá pháirc ag síneadh le chéile, teorainn ar theorainn le chéile.
He has a German accent, tá blas m, snas m, Gearmánach ar a chuid cainte.
He has a strange accent, tá canúint f, tuin f, aisteach air.
I have access to him, tá teacht agam air.
