Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
cailicéir
cailicéireacht
cailicín
cáiligh
cailimhineog
cailimhineogach
cailimint
cailín
cáilíocht
cailís
cáilitheach
cailitheoir
cáilitheoir
cáiliú
cáiliúil
cáiliúlacht
caill
caille
cailleach
cailleachas
cailleachúil
cailleadh
cailleanna
cailín, m. (gs. ~, pl. ~í). 1. Girl; young unmarried woman. ~ óg, young girl; bride. ~ scoile, schoolgirl. ~ oibre, work-girl. ~ siopa, shop-girl. ~ báire, tomboy. Tá sí ina ~ déanta, she is a fully-developed, grown-up, girl. Mo chailín, my girl; my girl-friend. 2. Maid. ~ aimsire, servant-girl. ~ tí, housemaid. ~ freastail, waitress. ~ an tsagairt, the priest’s housekeeper. ~ láimhe an Tiarna, the handmaid of the Lord. S.a. domhnach. 3. Useful implement (referring to fem. noun). Sin í an ~ chun na hoibre, that is the proper implement for the job. 4. Fig:~ bán, stoat. ~ dearg, tongue.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Cailín ~, a giddy girl.
Mo chailín, mo leanbh, ~, my darling girl, child.
~ de na mná, de na cailíní, one of the women, of the girls.
Cailín beag ~, plump little girl.
Cailín ~, tidy, neat-handed, girl.
Cailín ~ dathúil, girl of tender beauty.
Tá sé ag brath ar chailín as an áit seo, he has his eye on a girl from this place.
Tá an cailín sin ag breáthú léi, that girl is getting handsomer all the time.
~í agus cailíní, boys and girls.
Cailín ~, lovely girl.
Is minic a chealg briathra míne cailín críonna, many a prudent girl was led astray with honeyed words.
~ de chailín deas, a nice shapely girl.
Cailín a chur ó chrích, to ruin, seduce, a girl.
Cailín ~, tidy girl.
Cailín breá ~, fine likely girl.
Cailín ~, comely girl.
Cailín ~, good-looking girl.
Ná ~ cailín aimsire di, don’t treat her as a servant girl.
1. Cailín, gúna, duine, teach, ~, nice girl, dress, person, house.
An ~ chailín, the girl with the pearly teeth.
Buachaill, cailín, ~, dairyman, dairymaid.
Cailín ~, handsome girl.
Cailín, bean, Domhnaigh, lazy well-dressed girl, woman.
Buachaill, cailín, ~, brown-haired boy, girl.
Cailín ~, strikingly handsome girl.
Bhí sé ag ~áil le cailín, he was going with a girl.
Cailín ~, lovely girl.
Cailín ~, good-looking girl.
An ~ do Thadhg is an meadhg do na cailíní, the son of the house gets all the attention (at the expense of the girls).
Cailín ciúin is ea í, she is a quiet girl.
Cailín inphósta, girl of marriageable age.
Cailín ~, smartly-dressed girl.
Cailín ~, small, petite, girl.
Cailín ag ~ is ~ ag iarraidh déirce, Mór has a maid and yet Mór has to beg, anything to keep up appearances.
Cailín deas ~, nice mannerly girl.
Cailín ~, showily-dressed girl.
Cailín ~, personable girl.
~ de chailín óg, shapely young girl.
Chuir sé ~ ar na cailíní, it put the girls in a flutter.
Cailín ~, trim, neatly-dressed, girl.
An cailín óg ~, this young girl.
~ í an cailín agat! That’s the girl for you!
Cailín ~, single girl.
Cailín ~tha, trim, tidy, girl.
~ de bhuachaill, de chailín, slip of a boy, of a girl.
Ag ~ leis na cailíní óga, flirting with the young girls.
Cailín ~, attractive girl.
Thóg siad ina cailín cneasta í, they brought her up as an honest girl.
