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Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
café
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caffeine
caftan
cage
cage-bird
cahoot
caiman
Cain
cairn
Cairo
caisson
caitiff
cajole
cajoler
cajolery
cajoling
cake
caking
calabash
calamary
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IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
The boys and girls are kept apart, coinnítear na buachaillí agus na cailíní ó chéile.
F: Bachelor girl, cailín m a bheadh ag déanamh di féin.
She has become a big girl, cailín mór atá anois inti.
Bevy of maidens, scata m cailíní.
She blossomed into a fine girl, d'éirigh sí ina cailín breá, rinne sí cailín breá.
To bring out a young girl, cailín óg a chur in aithne don phobal.
Cook-general, cailín cócaireachta agus tí.
A fully developed girl, cailín déanta.
Domestic servant, s.domestic, cailín m aimsire, searbhónta m.
The elder girls (of the school), na cailíní móra.
To flirt with a girl, bheith ag suirí, ag cliúsaíocht, le cailín.
A grown-up girl, cailín óg.
Girls' school, scoil cailíní.
Marriageable girl, cailín óg; cailín inphósta.
My dear girl! a chailín ghil mo chroí! a iníon ó!
My eldest girl, an cailín, iníon, is sine agam.
(Shop-) girl, cailín siopa.
(Servant-)girl, cailín aimsire.
Work-girl, cailín oibre.
Mother's help, cailín aimsire, cailín cúnta (ag máthair clainne).
She was with them as a kind of maid, bhí sí mar shórt cailín aimsire acu.
P: My young lady, mo chailín, mo chiairseach, mo leannán.
A fine likely girl, cailín breá cumasach.
Little girl, cailín m beag, gearrchaile m.
The bill, Miss, an cuntas, a chailín.
The girl from next door, an cailín béal dorais;
One of the women, girls, bean, duine, de na mná, de na cailíní.
She is one of the best girls . . ., tá sí ar na cailíní is fearr . . .
A platinum-blond, cailín fionnbhán.
F: To pop the question, ceiliúr pósta a chur ar chailín.
To be potty on a girl, a bheith splanctha i ndiaidh cailín.
Very practical little girl, cailín beag fíriúil.
To propose to a girl, ceiliúr pósta a chur ar chailín.
To relegate one's wife to the position of a servant, cailín aimsire a dhéanamh de do bhean.
To make a runaway match with a girl, éalú le cailín.
Saucy little maid, rógaire beag de chailín.
Scullery maid, cailín m cistine.
Young ladies' seminary, coláiste cailíní óga.
Domestic servant, cailín m aimsire; (of man) buachaill m aimsire, giolla m.
General servant, cailín m gach cúraim.
Well set up girl, cailín dea-chumtha.
To shingle s.o.'s hair, bearradh garsúin a thabhairt ar (chailín).
F: To be smitten with a girl, bheith splanctha i ndiaidh cailín.
F: She's a (real) good sort, cailín dea-chroíoch í.
Fine strapping lass, cailín breá scailleagánta.
To take a girl about, bheith ag siúl amach le cailín.
To get a girl into trouble, cailín a chur ó chrích, ó rath.
Waiting maid, cailín freastail.
Waitress! a chailín!
(Of young man) To walk out one's girl, do chailín a thabhairt amach ag spaisteoireacht.
