EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
úr1, m. (gs. ~a). Lit: 1. Heath. 2. Letter U in ogham alphabet.
úr2, m. (gs. úir). 1. Anything fresh or new. An t-~ is an críon, the fresh and the sere; the young and the old. S.a. críon1 1. 2. ~ olla, wool-grease. Olann faoi ~, wool in the grease. An t-~ a bhaint as an olann, to remove the yolk from the wool.
úr3, a1. 1. (a) Fresh. Duilliúr ~, fresh foliage. Buinneán ~, fresh, green, shoot. Im ~, fresh, unsalted, butter. Feoil, iasc, ~, fresh meat, fish. Aer ~, fresh, invigorating, air. Uisce ~, fresh, newly-drawn, water. Adhmad ~, unseasoned timber. Leathar ~, untanned leather. Cneá ~, fresh, recent, wound. Tá tú chomh h~ óg is a bhí tú riamh, you are as fresh and young as ever you were. (b) New. Éadaí ~a, new clothes. Dearcadh ~, new, different, outlook. Dóigh ~ le rud a dhéanamh, new, novel, way of doing sth. Níl scéal ~ agam ná seanscéal, I have nothing new or old to relate. Talamh ~, newly-reclaimed, newly-cultivated, land. Saol ~, new mode of life. 2. Free, liberal. Tá siad ~ faoi bhia, they are hospitable in regard to food. D’ól sé go h~ é, he drank it freely, with relish. 3. Moist. Tá an bhó ~, the cow is coming into heat.
úr4 = iúr.
úr5 = bhur.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ úr na maidine, fresh morning air.
~ leachta, ~ in úir, headstone, monument.
Iasc úr ~ as an uisce, fish fresh out of the water.
An Bhliain Nua, Úr, the New Year.
Is úr iad broibh go Nollaig, the dead season really begins at Christmas.
Is maith a úr is a chríon, it is good when new or old.
~ úr, lán, new, full, moon.
1. ~ úr, fresh, unsalted, butter.
San úir ~, in the bare earth.
~ úr, ghoirt, rósta, fresh, salt, roast, pork.
An tO~ Úr, the New World, America.
Níl ~ úr ná sean~ agam, I don’t know what is going on in the world.
Is mór an ~ na prátaí nua, an t-iasc úr, the new potatoes, the fresh fish, are a treat.
~ mhín, fine soil, mould.
Dul san ~, to be laid in earth, buried.
Tá siad uile san ~, they are all in their graves.
Go dté mé san ~, till I am dead and gone.
2. ~ an duine, the human body.
~ scéil, newness, novelty, of story.
~ talún, newly cultivated state of ground; fertility in soil.
~ slaite, freshness, greenness, of rod.
~ coille, verdant state of forest.
~ uisce, freshness of (newly-drawn) water.
~ aeir, freshness, briskness, of air.
~ snua, freshness of complexion.
~ uibhe, freshness of egg.
~ ime, freshness, unsalted state, of butter.
Déan as ~ é, do it all over again.
Tá ~ oinigh ann, he is lavish of his hospitality.
~ glan, milis, úr, clean, sweet, fresh, water.