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
Ar ~ nó ar éigean, willingly or unwillingly; at all costs.
Is ar éigean a thug siad as an ~ í, they were hardly able to free her from her entanglement (in bog, cleft).
Ar bhealach éigin, somehow.
Tá ~ éigin air, he is unfortunate.
Tá sé ar ~; tá ~ air (le rud éigin a dhéanamh), he is impatient (to do sth.).
Tá ~ éigin ar mo shúil, there is some kind of swelling about my eye.
Tá ~ éigin air inniu, he is annoyed about something today.
Tá rud éigin ag ~eamh air, there is sth. the matter with him.
Tá rud éigin ag cur caite air, there is sth. troubling him.
Ar chaoi éigin, somehow.
Tá rud éigin ar ~ leis, something has gone wrong with him.
~ ar éigean, coarse, sedge-like, grass.
Tá ~ éigin ar na díslí aige, he is up to sth.
Cuir ~ (éigin) ort féin, smarten yourself up.
Ar chor éigin, somehow.
Tá rud éigin ar cois, there is something going on.
Chuir sé ~ éigin air féin, he smartened himself up a bit.
B’éigean dó fuarú sa chraiceann ar théigh sé ann, he had to cool down of his own accord.
Ba cheart duit ~ éigin a chur ort féin, you should make some plans for yourself.
B’éigean di ~ a chur ar an obair, she had to gather help for the work.
Cuir ~ (éigin) ort féin, tidy yourself up.
Tá rud éigin ar a chúl sin aige, he has some ulterior motive for that;
Cuir ~ (éigin) ort féin, look to your appearance, smarten yourself up.
Ar chuma éigin, somehow.
Níl ~ ar an éigean, ar an riachtanas, necessity knows no law.
Ar dhóigh éigin, somehow.
Tá ~ éigin ar siúl, there is some devilment afoot.
~ a dhéanamh ar dhuine, to do violence to s.o.
Ar ~, hardly, barely, with difficulty.
(Is) ar ~ a chreid sé mé, he hardly believed me.
Ar ~ a rinne sé é, he barely did it.
Is) ar ~ atá a fhios agam, I hardly know.
Tá sé le feiceáil ar ~, it is barely visible.
Tá a dhóthain ar ~ aige, he has scarcely enough.
Tá sé beo ar ~, he is barely alive.
Níl sí bliain d’aois ach ar ~, she is hardly a year old.
D’imigh siad ar ~ air, they barely escaped from him.
Ní raibh ann ach ar ~, it was a narrow shave.
Ar ~ báis, ar ~ Dé, a thug mé m’anam liom, it was only by the merest chance that I escaped with my life.
Ar ~ báis is beatha a rinne sé é, he barely managed to do it.
D’imigh an capall ar ~, the horse broke loose, bolted.
Ar dhóigh ~, in some way, somehow.
Tá múineadh ~ orthu, they have some manners.
Cuir ~ éigin ort féin, tidy yourself up a bit.
Is ar éigean is ~ é, it is hardly necessary.
Tá sé ar na gaobhair in áit éigin, he is somewhere around.
B’fhéidir go dtiocfadh mo ghar ort uair éigin, you might be able to do me a return service some time.
D’~ rud éigin air, something happened to him.
Ar ~ ar ea, ar ~ ar éigean, barely, by dint of extreme effort.
Bhain mé an baile amach ar ~ ar éigean, I barely managed to reach home.
