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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
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
A haon, a dó, a trí, one, two, three.
Séamas a Dó, James the Second.
Thug mé arán dó ach níor mhian leis a ithe, I gave him bread but he did not want to eat it.
Agus a dhaoire a chosain siad dó, considering how dearly they cost him.
Tá sé in ~, is ~ dó, teach a cheannach, he can afford to buy a house.
Is iontach an ~ a tháinig dó, he took such a peculiar notion.
Thug sé a oiread dó ~ a shásaigh é, he gave him enough to satisfy him.
Níl a fhios ag duine cad é atá in ~ dó, no man knows what is in store for him.
Nuair a tháinig ~ dó, when he grew up.
Íocfaidh siad a h~ is a dó as, they will pay dearly for it.
A haon as a dó, one from two.
Ní bhacfadh sin dó é a dhéanamh, that would not prevent him from doing it.
Cad a bhain dó? What happened to him?
Ní raibh ~ dó cuidiú a bheith aige, it was well for him that he had help.
Ní ~ dó, leis, lámh a chroitheadh le daoine, he does not make a habit of shaking hands with people.
Níl a fhios agam an ~ nó marbh dó, I don’t know whether he is alive or dead.
Ní ~ dó gan a bheith ag caint, he can’t stop talking.
Is ~ liom a shásamh a thabhairt dó, I don’t want to give him that satisfaction.
Tabhair lán a bhonn den bhóthar, den chnoc, dó, let him take the road, to the hills; send him packing.
Tabhair ~ a bhéil féin dó, give him what he asks for; let him decide his own terms.
~ a haon, a dó, fifty-one, -two.
Níor chás duit braon tae a thabhairt dó, it would be no harm for you to give him a drop of tea.
~ a choise a thabhairt dó, to let him move about, go where he pleases.
An rud a cheap Dia dó, what God ordained for him.
Lena cheart (féin) a thabhairt dó, to give him his due.
Tabhair a cheart tuarastail dó, pay him a proper wage.
Thug mé a cheart den bhata dó, I took the stick to him as he deserved.
Sin peann maith má thugann tú a cheart dó, that is a good pen if you use it properly.
Ba cheart dó a bheith láidir má lean sé a athair, he should be strong if he took after his father.
Mar ba cheart dó a bheith, as it should be.
B’fhearr dó an mac sin aige a cheartú, it would be better for him to correct, chastise, that son of his.
~ a haon, a dó, forty-one, -two.
Ba chóir dó ciall a bheith aige feasta ~, he is old enough now to have sense.
Ar meisce nó ar a chiall dó, whether he be drunk or sober.
Thug sí a chíoradh dó, she gave him a dressing down.
Lig dó a racht a chloí, let him give vent to his emotion.
Ní ligfeadh a choinsias dó é a dhéanamh, his conscience would not allow him to do it.
Lena chóir (féin) a thabhairt dó, to give him his due.
Is é mo chomaoin gar a dhéanamh dó, I owe him a good turn.
Thug mé ~ a bhuille dó, I returned his blow, struck him back.
Tabhair ~ a láimhe féin dó, pay him back in kind.
Tabhair a chomhairle féin dó, let him have his own way.
Is furasta ~ a chur ar scéal, ar laoi, dó, he is easily imposed upon.
Bhain sé a chreat dó, he salted him (at cards).
Is ~ an té a dhéanann a ghnóthaí dó féin, a wise man minds his own business.
Níor lig an ~ dó é a chaitheamh, he was too mean to spend it.
Tá a chlann, na barra, ag cruthú go maith dó, his children, his crops, are doing well.
An saol a chum sé dó féin, the life he made for himself.
Ar a chúrsa dó, on his journey, on his round.
Tabhair fad a chúrsa dó, give him plenty of rope.
