Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
cairbiolaimín
cairbreach
cairbreán
cairbtheach
cairche
caircheach
cáircín
cairde
cairdeach
cairdeachas
cairdeagan
cairdeanál
cairdeas
cairdeasaíocht
cairdiach
cairdín
cairdine
cairdinéal
cairdinéalach
cairdinéalacht
cairdinéalta
cairdis
cairdiúil
cairde could be a grammatical form of:
cara »
cairde1, m. (gs. ~). 1. Respite. Bhí ~ míosa acu gan an bás a imirt orthu, they had a month’s respite from execution. D’iarr sé ~ bliana orthu gan cath a chur leis, he asked them for a year’s respite from battle. Gheobhaidh tú an ~ is dual, you will get due respite. Gan chairde, without respite, at short notice. 2. Com: Credit. Rud a fháil, a thabhairt, ar ~, to get, give, sth. on credit. ~ a fháil i siopa, to obtain credit in a shop. Plúr ~, min chairde, flour, meal, obtained on credit. Lá ~, term, day, of reckoning. Tá an ~ caite, the credit period is expired; the time of reckoning has come. Is maith an ~ go dtaga an cuntas, credit is all very well till the account is tendered. Caitear an ~ agus ní mhaitear na fiacha, procrastination is the thief of time. 3. Delay. Rud a chur ar ~, to put off sth. Ná cuir do leas ar ~, don’t let opportunity slip from you. Ní huair chairde í, it is not a time for procrastination. Tagann gach maith le ~, everything comes to him who waits. (Var: f)
cairde2: cara1.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ar cairde, ar iasacht, ar malairt, on credit, on loan, in exchange.
Mo chairde bunaidh, my original, life-long, friends.
Cairde a chaomhnú, to cherish friends.
Cairde gaoil, friends and relatives.
~eadh ar cairde, ar neamhní, é, it was put in abeyance, brought to nothing.
C~ na gCairde, the Society of Friends.
~ ar athlá, ar cairde, postponement, deferment.
Tabhair ~ gcairde é, give it to our friends.
Dhealaigh sé lena chairde, he parted company with his friends.
Do chairde a dhearbhú, to test the genuineness of one’s friends.
~ agus cairde a ligean le duine, to give s.o. time and respite.
Cairde ~e, absent friends.
Cairde gaoil, friends and relatives; dear friends.
~ta agus cairde, relatives and friends.
A chairde ~e, my dear friends.
Rud a ~ean ar cairde, ar dearmad, to let sth. be put off, forgotten.
~ cairde leis, give him respite.
Cairde, faill íocaíochta, a thabhairt, to give credit, time to pay.
Thugadh sé bia ar cairde, he used to give food on credit.
~ cairde, allowance of credit.
Nuair a tháinig an cairde, when the time of respite expired.
Ag ~t earraí ar cairde, drawing goods on credit.
Is ~ na cairde atá aige, he has but few friends.
Thiomsaigh a ghaolta agus a chairde chuige, his friends and relations flocked to him.
Thóg mé ar cairde é, I took it on credit.
~ earraí ar cairde, obtaining goods on credit.
Na cairde a bhí againn ~, the friends we once had.
Ná cuir ~ ar do chairde, don’t make war on your friends.
