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aigéan
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ardaingeal
Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
apsaint
apstal
ápúil
ar
ár
ar aghaidh
ar ceann
ara
ára
Arabach
arach
árach
aracha
árachaí
árachaigh
árachas
árachóir
aracnóideach
arad
aradh
áradh
aradha
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Duine a ligean amach ar ~í, to release s.o. on bail.
Rud a ligean uait ar ~, to let sth. go easily, foolishly.
Rud a fhágáil, a ligean, ar ~, to lose sth. through absent-mindedness.
Rud a ligean ar ~, to let sth. fall into disuse, disappear; to neglect sth.
Is olc an ~ nach fiú fead a ligean air, ‘it is a poor hound that is not worth whistling for’, anything is better than nothing.
Duine, rud, a ligean ar ~, i n~, chun dearmaid, to let s.o., sth., be forgotten, slip into oblivion.
Rud a ligean ar ~, to let sth. go neglected, to loss.
~ a dhéanamh, a ligean, a chur (ar, le), to whistle (to, at).
Níl aige ach ~ a ligean ort, you are at his beck and call.
Ligean do rud dul sa fhraoch ort, to let oneself become confused about sth.
Ag ligean mine amach ar ~, giving out meal on credit (with interest to be charged).
Ná bí ag ligean geáitsí ort féin, don’t be showing off.
Rud a ligean ar ~, to lease out sth.
Rud a ~ean amach ort féin, to let out sth. about oneself.
12. Rud a ~ean amach ar ghreann, to treat sth. as a joke.
Do mheáchan a ~ean ar rud, to let one’s weight fall on sth.
Eallach a ~ean ar thalamh, to let cattle enter upon land.
Smál, salachar, a ~ean ar éadach, to let clothing become stained, soiled.
Costas, fiacha, a ~ean ort féin, to let oneself incur expense, debts.
Achasán, bréag, a ~ean ort féin, to let oneself be reproached, lied about.
Rud a ~ean ar cairde, ar dearmad, to let sth. be put off, forgotten.
Teach a ~ean ar cíos le duine, to rent a house to s.o.
Páirc a ~ean ar iníor, to let a field for grazing.
~ean ort go, to pretend that.
Ar ~, free in movement, running freely.
Tá an teanga ar ~ aici, she lets her tongue wag.
Bíonn an citeal ar ~ acu, they keep the kettle on the boil.
Tá sé ar ~ chun cainte, he is ready to talk freely, has an urge to speak.
~ ort, pretence.
Is ~ an chontúirt atá air a cheann a ligean leis, he is in less danger for being given his head.
Bíonn sé ag ligean ~e air féin, he pretends to be an expert.
Rud a ligean chun siobarnaí, ar ~, to let sth. fall into a state of neglect.
~ a ligean ar rud, to let sth. slant.
~ bréige a ligean ort, to feign illness, to malinger.
