Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
breáthán
breathas
Breathnach
breathnaigh
Breathnais
breathnóir
breathnóireacht
breathnú
breáthú
Breatnach
Breatnais
breibe
breiceall
breicne
breicneach
breicneacht
breicneáil
breicneoireacht
bréid
bréideach
breidhill
bréidín
bréifin
breathnú could be a grammatical form of:
breathnaigh »
breathnú, m. (gs. -naithe). 1. vn. of breathnaigh. 2. Observation, examination. ~ tíre, sight-seeing. ~ spéire, sky-watching. 3. Consideration, judgment. ~ a dhéanamh ar chás, to consider a case. Is é sin mo bhreathnú ar an scéal, that is what I think of the matter.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bhraith sé go raibh siad ag breathnú air, he sensed that they were watching him.
Breathnú siar ar do shaol, to look back over one’s life.
Breathnú ar an bhfírinne, to consider, examine, the truth.
Breathnú síos, suas, siar, amach, to look down, up, back, out.
Breathnú i ndiaidh duine, to look after s.o.; to attend to s.o.
Bhí sé anseo ag breathnú orm, he was here to see, visit, me.
Tá tú ag breathnú go maith, you are looking well.
Bhí sé ag breathnú orainn i g~ na faide, he kept looking at us all the time.
Tá sé ag breathnú go ~, he looks bad.
D’fhiar mo shúile ag breathnú orthu, I got a squint in my eyes from watching them.
Breathnú i leith do ghéill ar dhuine, to look askance at s.o.
Ag breathnú na n-~, seeing the sights.
