Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
baighnéad
baighreán
báigíocht
baigisín
báigiúil
baignéid
baigthe
bail
bailbhe
bailbhín
bailc
bailcbhéim
bailchríoch
bailcimín
baile
bailé
baileabhair
baileach
baileachas
bailéad
bailéagar
baileamhair
bailéanna
bail1, f. (gs. ~e). 1. Prosperity. Ar ~ agus ar biseach, prospering and increasing. ~ Dé oraibh, ~ ó Dhia oraibh, God prosper you. ~ ó Dhia ar an obair, God bless the work. Is breá an leanbh é, ~ (ó Dhia) air, he is a fine child, God bless him. Tá ~ agus bláth ar an áit aige, he has the place in a prosperous condition. Ní bheidh rath ná ~ ar a leithéidí sin, the likes of those cannot prosper. Prov: Is fearr ~ ná iomad, ‘better enough than too much’. 2. Proper condition. Cuir ~ ar an teach, put the house in order. Chuir sí ~ ar a cuid gruaige, a cuid éadaigh, she did her hair, tidied her clothes. Chuir sé ~ ar na bróga dom, he mended the shoes for me. Ag iarraidh ~ a chur ar an saol, trying to settle the affairs of the world. Chuir sé a bhail féin ar an scéal, he told his own version of the story. ~ is críoch = bailchríoch. 3. State. Cén bhail atá oraibh? How are you keeping? Is deas an bhail atá anois orm! I am in a fine predicament now. Ar bhail na ngrást, in a state of grace. Ba mhaith an bhail ort go ndearna tú é, it was well for you that you did it. 4. Treatment. Aon bhail amháin a thabhairt orthu uile, to treat them all alike. Thug sé ~ na madraí orm, he treated me like a dog, roundly abused me. 5. Validity. Ionas go mbeadh ~ ar a fhaoistin, so that his confession might be valid. Gan bhail, invalid, void.
bail2, s. & adv. (In phrases) 1. ~ a mbí grá Dé, where there is the love of God. Fan ina bhail, stay with him. ~ a athair, athar, with his father. 2 = fail2.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Dúirt mé liom féin gurbh fhearr dom fanacht sa bhaile, I said in my own mind, I considered, that it would be better for me to stay at home.
Is mór an spórt é i mbaile gan ~, it is great sport for those who have nothing better to do.
~ an bhaile mhóir, the gaiety of the city.
Ag baile, at home.
D’~ mé é fanacht sa bhaile, I pleaded with him, begged him, to stay at home.
Ar an mbaile seo, in this town.
Tá sé as baile, he is away from home.
A bhaile féin a bheith ag duine, to have one’s own home.
Sa bhaile, ag ~, at home.
Faoi bhaile, at home, around.
Gar, deas, do bhaile; de chóir ~, near home; near at hand.
Cois ~, near, here at, home.
As ~, away from home.
I bhfad ó bhaile, far from home; far away.
I bhfad ó bhaile uainn an t-olc is an anachain; Dia dár réiteach i bhfad ó bhaile, God keep us from all harm.
Chluinfeá míle ó bhaile é, you could hear him a mile away.
Amuigh nó i m~, far or near.
I m~ nó i gcéin; i m~ nó i dtír, at home or abroad.
Níl ~ ná áit aige, he has neither house nor home.
Níor tháinig sé chun ~ chugat, duit (a leithéid sin a rá, a dhéanamh), you had no right (to say, do, a thing like that).
Dul chun an bhaile, to go home.
Arán, im, baile, home-made bread, butter.
~ fearainn, talún, townland.
~ beag, village.
~ mór, town.
Lucht ~ mhóir, townspeople.
Saol an bhaile mhóir, town, city, life.
~ tuaithe, country town.
~ aonaigh, margaidh, fair, market, town.
~ cuain, poirt, harbour town, port.
~ dúchais, native place, town(land).
An ~ seo againne, our town(land).
Duine thar ~ amach, as ~ amach, a stranger to the place.
~ biataigh, public hospitaller’s land; ancient land division equated to 480 Irish acres of arable land.
~ bó, portion of (grass-)land, [’tate’.
Is fearr duit an baile a bhaint amach, you had better go, make for, home.
~ bhaile, fhiáin, mheala, oibre, hive-, bumble-, honey-, worker-, bee.
Níl ~ an tí sa bhaile, the lady of the house, the mistress, is not at home.
Cár fhág tú é? Tá, sa bhaile. Where did you leave it? At home, of course.
~ baile, local sensation.
Baile Átha Cliath a fhágáil ar an m~ ag duine, to leave s.o. in the lurch.
Thug sé ~ ar an mbaile, he took a quick run home.
~ baile, cathrach, comhlachta, town, city, company, charter.
Bhí sí ag ~eamh i ndiaidh an linbh, an bhaile, she was pining for the child, for home.
~ baile, tame, domestic, cat.
4. ~ baile, town square.
baile biataigh. See
~ bliana déag, ~ bhaile dhéag, fourteen years, fourteen towns.
I mbaile is i gcéin, at home and abroad.
Tá an baile ina chíréib, the town is in an uproar.
