Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
babhstar
babhta
babhtáil
bábhún
Bablónach
bábóg
babún
bac
bacach
bacachán
bacachas
bacadaíl
bacadh
bacadradh
bácaeir
bacaí
bacaichínteacht
bacaideach
bacaidí
bacaigh
bacaíl
bacáil
bácáil
bac1, m. (gs. & npl. baic, gpl. ~). 1. Balk, hindrance. ~ a chur ar dhuine, le duine, to hinder, restrain, s.o. ~ tráchta, traffic block. Níl a bhac ort, there is nothing to prevent you. Níor bhac duit go raibh mise leat, it was just as well for you that I was along with you. Bhí mé ann agus níor bhac dom, I was there and it was just as well for me. Ch: ~ steireach, steric hindrance. Ph: ~ poitéinsiúil, potential barrier. 2. (Of terrain, etc.) Barrier. S.a. fód 2. 3. ~ (na tine), (fire)hob. Chomh dubh leis an m~, as black as soot. Poll an bhaic, hole in chimney corner (as receptacle). S.a. idir1 1(d). 4. Mattock. 5. Bend (in river, etc.). 6. (Door-)step. 7. Jur: Stay (of proceedings). 8 = bacadh.
bac2, v.t. & i. (pp. ~tha). 1. Balk, hinder. Rud a bhacadh ar dhuine, to hinder a person from doing sth. ~ na beithígh, head off the cattle. Ní bhacfadh sin dó é a dhéanamh, that would not prevent him from doing it. 2. (a) (With le) Interfere, meddle with. An rud nach mbacann leat ná ~ leis, don’t interfere in matters that don’t concern you. Ná ~ leo, (i) let them alone; don’t mind them, (ii) have nothing to do with them (for your own sake). Ná ~ leat! Carry on! (But you will rue it). Gan ~adh leis sin, irrespective of that. (b) Ná ~ tharat é, don’t have anything to do with it. 3. Heed. Ná ~ é, don’t mind him. Ná ~ an t-airgead, leis an airgead, don’t bother, it doesn’t matter, about the money.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ó théann (sé) ~ go dtéann, ná cuir bac air, since he is going, which he is, don’t stop him.
Níl bac ort fanacht anseo, there is nothing to prevent you from staying here.
1. ~ an mhuiníl, the nape of the neck.
Lán go ~, full to the brim.
Bac, cosc, a chur le rud, to prevent, check, sth.
Ná bacadh sin duit é, let that not baulk you of it.
Chomh ~ le hairne, le bac, le cleite an fhéich, le gual, le pic, le sméar, le tóin corcáin, le Poll Tí Liabáin, as black as a sloe, as a hob, as a raven’s feather, as coal, as pitch, as a berry, as the bottom of a pot, as Erebus.
~ baic, ~ ar bac, first strip turned in ploughing lea.
~ a thobhadh, a bhac, to levy, stay, execution.
Ní ~fainn bacadh leis, I wouldn’t dare to interfere with it.
~ bactha, (stabling) bail.
~ an bhaic, ~ an iarta, ~ an phaidrín, hole in chimney corner (as receptacle).
Bac ~, steric hindrance.
Ná bac leis an bhfear ~, (i) leave other people’s affairs alone, (ii) don’t mind what other people think.
Ná bac leis an diúlach ~, don’t mind that fellow.
