Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
croíúil
croíúlacht
crólag
crólinn
crólinnteach
cróloite
cróluí
Crom
cróm
cróma
crómach
cromada
cromadach
cromadh
crómafór
cromaide
crómail
crómailiteagraf
crómailiteagrafaíocht
crómaimír
crómainéime
crómáit
crómaitid
Crom3, m. (gs. -roim). pr. n. Crom. Dar ~! By Jove! In ainm Chroim! In the name of Providence! Domhnach Chrom Dubh, the last Sunday in July.
crom1, a1. Bent down, stooped. Ceann ~, bent, bowed, head. Slinneáin chroma, stooped shoulders. Craobh chrom, drooping branch. Súil chrom, condescending eye. ~ anuas ar, bent down over. ~ faoi ualach, le haois, bent under a load, with age. Tá sé ~ ar a chuid oibre, he is bent over, engaged at, his work.
crom2, v.t. & i. (pp. ~tha). Bend, stoop. Do cheann a chromadh, to bend one’s head. Chrom sé a cheann le náire, he hung his head with shame. Craobh a chromadh, to bend a branch. ~adh anuas, síos, to bend down. ~adh chun tosaigh, to bend forward. Ag ~adh leis an aois, bending with age. Chrom siad i gcúl na carraige, they crouched behind the rock. ~adh ar dhuine, chun duine, to bend over s.o.; to condescend to s.o. Ní chromfadh sí air, she would not condescend to have anything to do with him. Súil a chromadh ar dhuine, to look down, frown, on s.o. ~adh sé ar a mhacasamhail (féin eile), let him stoop to his own kind. ~adh ar rud a dhéanamh, to get down to doing sth. Chrom sé ar a chuid oibre, he bent, applied, himself to his work. Chrom sí ar chaoineadh, she started to cry.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ní dhearna sé ~ a cheann a chromadh, all he did was to bow his head.
Do cheann a thógáil, a chromadh, to raise, bend, one’s head.
~ cinn, gualainne, géige, the bending of a head, of a shoulder, of a bough.
~ na haoise, the stoop of old age.
~ Crom! ~ Duach! By Crom! By Duach!
Do dhroim a chromadh, to bend one’s back; to get down to work.
Cromadh is ~, bending and greying with age.
Dul ar do chromadh ~, to walk in a crouched posture.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ Crom! ~ Duach! By Crom! By Duach!
