Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
birth-certificate
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birthday
birth-mark
birth-place
birth-rate
birthright
Biscay
biscuit
bisect
bisection
bisector
bishop
bishopric
bismuth
bison
bisque
bissextile
bistoury
bistre
bisulphite
bit
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IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
To be like a cat on hot bricks, a bheith ar bís.
I was wrong? -- Clearly. bhí mé contráilte? bhís go cinnte, is léir go raibh.
Spiral conveyor, bís iompair.
I was burning with curiosity, bhí mé ar bís le teann fiosrachta.
To be dying to do sth., bheith ar bís chun rud a dhéanamh.
The result is awaited with expectancy, táthar ar bís ag feitheamh leis an toradh.
To be (all) in a flutter, bheith ar bís, ar bior.
You go next! bíse ar an gcéad duine eile!
To grip sth. in a vice, rud a cheapadh, a theanntú, i mbís.
Iron: Left to the tender mercies of . . ., fágtha faoi luí na bíse ag . . .
Nau: Av: (Screw-)propeller, lián m (bíse).
Bench screw, bís bhinse.
Screw joint, alt bíse,
Set screw, bís shuite.
A: The screws, bís f ordóige.
To put the screws on s.o., to tighten the screw, teannadh ar dhuine, duine a chur faoi luí na bíse.
Av: To get into a spin, tuirlingt bhíse a dhéanamh.
In a spiral, ar nós bíse.
Spiral stairs, staighre m bíse.
Winding, corkscrew, spiral, staircase, staighre m bíse.
To hold, keep, s.o. in suspense, duine a choinneáil ar bís, ar tinneall, ar cipíní.
F: To be on tenter-hooks, bheith ar bís, bheith do do bheophianadh.
He is tingling with impatience, tá sé ar bís, i mbroid, le mífhoighne.
To be on the tiptoe of expectations, bheith ar bís ag feitheamh.
To screw up, (bís, etc.) a theannadh.
Bench-vice, bís f bhinse.
To be wild to do sth., bheith ar bís chun rud a dhéanamh.
