Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
léithuisce
leitiméir
leitir
leitís
leiviatan
lem
lena
leo
leobhéim
leobhtha
leoca(i)
leocaicít
leochaileach
leochaileacht
leodh
leofa
leog
leoga
leoghan
leoicéime
leoicín
leoidh
leoinín
Leo could be a grammatical form of:
le »
leo1, m. (gs. ~, pl. ~nna). Slush, slime. ~ ola, oil slick.
leo2 : le1.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bhí troid aige leo, he had a fight with them.
Ná ~ leo, (i) let them alone; don’t mind them, (ii) have nothing to do with them (for your own sake).
Ná ~ leo, don’t interfere with them.
Níl ~ ná páirt agam leo, I have no connection whatever with them.
Bíonn a ngrá leo ar bharra a ngéag, they wear their hearts on their sleeves.
Scaoil do bheannacht leo, you may say goodbye to them.
Tá an áit ina ~ leo, the place is alive, swarming, with them.
Tá an áit ~ leo, the place is swarming with them.
Níl dochar labhairt leo, it is no harm to speak to them.
Níl baint ar ~ agam leo, I have nothing to do with them.
Bhog mo chroí leo, my heart warmed to them.
Níl ~ an tlú leo, they have caught nothing (not even a fish for grilling).
Tá an áit ~, ~ ballach, leo, the whole place is dotted with them.
Bhí siad ag ~adh leo, they were carrying on, working away.
Tá mé bruite leo, I am fed up with them.
Is ~ bocht, ~ déirce, leo an méid sin féin a fháil, they are humbly grateful to get even that much.
Níor mhaith liom a bheith ina m~, in aon bhuíon leo, I would not like to be in their company.
Ba leo an áit de bhunadh, they had a hereditary right to the place.
Ba leo féin a m~, their settlement was their own.
Rug siad an chaid leo, they won the (football) game.
Ná ligigí an chaid leo, don’t let them away with the game.
Ná bíodh ~ ar bith agat leo, don’t associate with them in any way.
Má tá sé ~ agam, más ~ dom, labhairt leo, if I may be permitted to speak to them.
Fuair mé mo chéasadh leo, they were the bane of my life.
Tá sé i g~ leo, ina g~, he is connected with them by marriage.
Bainne a choimeád leo, to keep them supplied with milk.
Cos a choimeád leo, to keep pace with them.
Bhí ~ mhór leo an lá a pósadh iad, they had a great retinue of guests on their wedding day.
Tá rud éigin ~ leo, there is something wrong with them.
Chuir sé isteach a choraintín leo, he had a hard time with them.
Ná ~ do chuid leo, don’t waste your substance on them.
Tá an áit criathraithe leo, the place is honeycombed with them.
Ag caitheamh ~í leo, swearing at them.
Bhí lá ~ agam (leo), I had a hard day of it (dealing with them).
Chuir sé an chonairt leo, he set the dogs at them.
Tá na barra ag cur leo féin ó bhisigh an aimsir, the crops are progressing since the weather improved.
Nuair a fuair siad ~ mo chinn leo, when they got my back turned.
Níl ~ suas agam leo, I can’t put up with them.
Níl gaol ná ~ agam leo, I am not bound to them by ties of kinship or affection.
Rachadh sé le leas na tíre, ~ leo, it would benefit the country, in their opinion.
Ba dheacair liom dul thart gan labhairt leo, I didn’t want to pass by without speaking to them.
Níorbh é a dhearmad gan paidir a chur leo, he didn’t forget, was sure, to say a prayer for them.
Ba dheas liom labhairt leo, I’d like to speak to them.
Ní bheidh (aon) ~ agam leo, I will have no dealings with them.
Tá a ~ oiread agam leo, I have twice as much as they have.
Go ~, ba cheart duit labhairt leo, indeed, you should speak to them.
Le linn dúinn a bheith ag fanacht leo, while we are, while we were, waiting for them.
Is beag an ~ duit a bheith sásta leo, it is no wonder you are satisfied with them.
Ná bí chomh ~ sin leo, don’t be so surly with them.
Ná bíodh ~ agat leo, don’t go near, touch, meddle with, them.
