PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá an-~ eatarthu, they are a big distance apart.
~ (mná), big strong woman.
Dá mhéad é is ~ is fearr é, the bigger (it is) the better.
Tá sé an-mhór, it is very big.
Tá sé mór dá ~, ina ~, he is big for his age.
2. ~ fir, mná, big, strong, man, woman.
Bheith mór, beag, óg, aosta, to be big, small, young, old.
2. ~ (de ghasúr), big lump of a lad; pudgy boy.
Fear ~ mór, fine big man.
Le ~ ualaigh, with too big a load.
2. ~ (d’fhear, de ghasúr), strong rough man, big strong youth.
Bhí ~ mór ann aréir ag an damhsa, there was a big fight last night at the dance.
~ fir, mná, big robust man, woman.
de dhuine, big awkward person.
Cé chomh mór leis? How big is he?
Chonaic mé ~ loin ba mhó ná do cheathrú martáin, I saw a blackbird’s thigh that was bigger than your little quarter of beef.
Is ort atá an ~! Your mouth is too big, you talk too much.
~ tine a chur síos, to put on a big fire.
~ d’fhiacail, de chos, big flat tooth, foot.
~ capaill, maide, big strong horse, stick.
~ fir, mná, big lazy man, woman.
~ de bhuachaill, big lump of a boy.
Tá lá mór oibre os mo choinne, there is a big day’s work confronting me.
Ní mór an ~ é, he is not very big, not hard to feed.
~ de bhean mhór, a big broad-built woman.
~ cloiche, big lump of stone.
Fuair mé ~ an iarraidh seo, I got a really big one this time.
~ mór, láidir, cliste, extremely big, strong, clever.
Níl sé chomh mór d’fhear leat, he is not as big a man as you.
Is maith leis fear mór a dhéanamh de féin, he likes to make a big man of himself.
~ bhfuinneog mhóra, ten big windows.
1. ~, an dá, chrann mhóra, two, the two, big trees.
~ mór, (i) big, bass, drum, (ii) (fife and) drum band.
Éirí mór, láidir, aosta, to grow big, strong, old.
Ag fáil mór, fuar, dorcha, getting big, cold, dark.
~ cloiche, big lump of stone.
An ~ mór a bheith agat, to talk big.
~a cainte, big words, jawbreakers.
Fear mór ~, big rough- featured man; big bony man.
Tá ~ ann, it is fairly big.
~ capaill, fine big horse.
Ní laoi go Laoi an Amadáin Mhóir, there is no lay like the Lay of the Big Fool.
nó) Bí ag imeacht romhat nó go bhfeicfidh tú teach mór, keep on going until you see a big house.
~ (mná), big strong woman.