Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
lam
lama
lamb
lambency
lambent
lambing
lamb-like
lame
lamé
lamella
lamellar
lamellate
lameness
lament
lamentable
lamentation
lamented
lamina
laminar
laminate
laminated
lamination
Lammas
New English–Irish Dictionary has an entry for
lame »
lame1, a. 1 a Bacach. He is lame of, in, one leg, tá leathchos bhacach faoi; tá bacaí i gcois leis. He walks lame, tá tarraingt bhacaíola ann. He went lame, tháinig bacaíl ann. b Lame verses, véarsaí bacacha. 2 (Of excuse, story) Bacach, leamh. Lame excuse, leithscéal agus a leathbhéal faoi; leithscéal agus a thóin leis. Lame story, scéal gan dath, gan dealramh. ► lamely, adv. 1 Go bacach, etc. 2 Gan dealramh, etc.
lame2, v.tr. a Déanaim bacach. The shoe has lamed me, táim bacach ag an mbróig. b Martraím, ciorraím, fágaim (duine) ina mhairtíneach.
PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
He is lame, droll, good-looking, tá sé bacach, barrúil, slachtmhar.
To help a lame dog over a stile, fóirithin ar an té atá i sáinn.
A lame duck, (i) donán m, cláiríneach m; (ii) loiceach m.
A lame excuse, camleithscéal m, leithscéal is a thóin leis.
Lame as well as blind, dall agus bacach chomh maith.
