Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
brot
brotainn
broth
brothall
brothallach
brothladh
brú
bruach
bruachadaíl
bruachaire
bruachaireacht
bruachalán
bruachán
bruachánach
bruachanna
bruachántacht
bruachbhaile
bruachlán
bruachsholas
bruachtaint
bruachúinéir
bruadaire
bruadar
bruach, m. (gs. -aigh, npl. ~a, gpl. ~).1. Bank, brink. ~ abhann, bank of river. ~ aille, brink of cliff. ~ poill, edge of hole. ~ coille, margin of wood. ~ cathrach, fringe of city. ~ móna, turf-bank. Ar bhruach an locha, on the brink, edge, of the lake. Lán go ~, full to overflowing. Ag cur thar ~, overflowing. Ar bhruach na Nollag, nearing Christmas. Ar bhruach cogaidh, on the verge of war. Ar bhruach a bheith déanta, nearly done. ~ ar bhruach le, level with. Ag leagan ~, breaking down embankments; (of cultivation) levelling ridges. Léim an dá bhruach a chailleadh, to fall between two stools. I ngreim an dá bhruach, holding on to both banks, in a precarious position. Tá mé i ngreim an dá bhruach eadraibh, I am hard put to it to please you both. I ngreim an dá bhruach a bhí sé riamh, he always wanted to take both sides. S.a. gealbhan 1. 2. Swollen edge. Tá ~ éigin ar mo shúil, there is some kind of swelling about my eye. Tá ~ ainfheola ar an lot, there is a ring of proud flesh round the wound. 3. (In phrases) Tá ~ air, he is in bad humour. Tháinig ~ air nuair a labhair mé leis, he sulked when I spoke to him.
RELATED MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá an abhainn ag ~t faoin mbruach, the river is undermining the bank.
Bhris an bruach liom, the bank gave way under me.
Cliabh a líonadh go ~ béil, go ~ bruach, to fill a creel to the very top.
An bruach ~, the near bank.
Tá ~ amuigh agus ~ istigh san uaigh aige; tá ~ leis san uaigh (agus an chos eile ar a bruach), he has one foot in the grave.
Tá an abhainn ag cur thar bruach, the river is overflowing its banks.
~ bruaigh, claí, caoch, hedge-sparrow.
~ dhá bhruach, an dá thaobh den abhainn, between two banks, the two sides of the river.
1. Bruach a ísliú, to lower a bank.
D’éirigh an tuile leis na bruacha, the flood rose against the banks.
~ de bhalla, thar gheata, in airde ar bhruach, amach as an leaba, to jump off a wall, over a gate, up on a bank, out of bed.
Bruach oighir, ice-bank.
Bruach a ~adh, to strip a bank.
~ anall go dtí an bruach é, drag it over here to the bank.
