Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
achtanna
achtú
achtúire
aclaí
aclaigh
aclaíocht
aclamadach
acmhainn
acmhainneach
acomhal
acomhlach
acordán
acr(a)(i)-
acra
acrach
acraiceintreach
acráiniach
acraíocht
acrasóm
acsón
acsónach
acu
ad
acmhainn, f. (gs. ~e). 1. Capacity, endurance. ~ teasa, ar theas, ability to withstand heat. ~ oibre, siúil, strength, capacity, for work, for walking. Tá ~ aige ar obair throm, he can stand up to heavy work. ~ óil, capacity for drink. ~ farraige, seaworthiness. Tá ~ grinn aige, he can take a joke. Níl ~ aige ar challán, he can’t bear noise. Níl ~ aici ar fheoil a ithe, she can’t take meat. Ní raibh ~ agam labhairt, I couldn’t bear to speak. Níl ~ agam air; níl sé ar m’~, I can’t bear it. Chuaigh sé, chuir sé é féin, thar a ~ leis, he overstrained himself at it, overdid it. Tharraing sé lena ~ air, he struck at it as hard as he could. Shil sí ~ a súl, she cried her eyes out. 2. (a) Means, resources. Tá sé in ~, is ~ dó, teach a cheannach, he can afford to buy a house. Níl sé d’~ aige na fiacha a íoc, he is unable to pay his debts. De réir, ar feadh, a ~e, according to his means. I ndeireadh a ~e, at the end of his resources. (b) Potentialities. 3. Equipment, gear. ~ tí, household equipment. ~ iascaireachta, fishing tackle.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá sé i n~ a nirt, a acmhainne, he has reached the end of his strength, of his resources.
Slua, eolas, acmhainn, an domhain, vast crowd, knowledge, resources.
Tá an fhaill agus an acmhainn aige, he has the time and the wherewithal.
Ar ~ a acmhainne, according to his means. (Deprecatory)
Thar bhur n-acmhainn ~, beyond your own means.
In acmhainn an cháin a íoc, having the means to pay the tax.
Gach fear ~ a acmhainn, every man according to his means.
~ acmhainne, cuntais, éilimh, gnóthaí, statement of means, of account, of claim, of affairs.
De ~ a acmhainne, according to his means.
Chuir sé é féin ~ a acmhainn leis, he went beyond his resources with it.
