Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
cúpóg
cúpón
cupord
cupraisc
cupúil
cur
cúr
curach
cúrach
curachán
curachóir
curachóireacht
curaclam
curadh
cúradh
curadhmhír
curadóir
curadóireacht
curaí
curaichín
curáideach
curáideacht
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Duine a dhaoradh, a theilgean, a chur, chun báis, to condemn, sentence, put, s.o. to death.
Litir, teachtaire, a chur chun bealaigh, to dispatch a letter, a messenger.
Tabhair mo bheannacht dó, cuir mo bheannacht chuige, give him my kind regards.
Duine a chur chun boird, to seat s.o. at table.
Cur, dul, chun bóthair, to take the road, set out on journey.
Chuir sé ~ air féin liom, chugam, he showed his annoyance with me.
Chuir sé é féin chun cinn, he advanced himself.
Duine a chur ~ báis, to put s.o. to death.
Cur ~ farraige, to put to sea.
Cuir chuige an bainne, pass the milk to him.
Níor chuir tú chuige i gceart, you did not go the right way about it.
Cuir chugat is uait é, let it in and out.
Níor chuir mé chucu ná uathu, I said nothing to, did not meddle with, them.
An rud a chuir chun na ~e é, what brought about his death.
Níor chuir sé scríob chleite chugam, he never wrote me a line.
Ná cuir chun cnoic é, don’t drive him to distraction.
Rud a chur i g~, chun ~ta, to put sth. in safe keeping.
Duine a chur chun na croiche, to send s.o. to the gallows.
Na páistí a chur amach chun na scoile, to send the children out to school.
Chuir sé anuas an leabhar chugam, he sent me down the book.
Duine a chur chun áite, chuig áit, to send s.o. to a place.
Litir a chur chuig, chun, duine, to send a letter to s.o.
Chuir Dia clann chucu, God gave them children.
Duine a chur chun leapa, to put s.o. to bed; to provide a bed for s.o.
~ chun boird iad, set them down to table.
Bia a chur chuig, chun, duine, to serve s.o. with food.
~ chuige an t-arán, pass the bread to him.
~ chugat é, reach for it.
~ chugat is uait é, put it to and fro.
Chuir sé chuige scian is forc, he took up a knife and fork.
Níl mé ag cur chugat ná uait, I am not interfering with you in any way.
Is furasta cur chuici, it is easy to upset her.
Rud a chur chun sochair, chun tairbhe, do dhuine, to use sth. for s.o.’s profit, advantage.
Chuir sé chun a leasa féin é, he used it for his own benefit.
~ chun a chaite é, spend it.
Ag iarraidh cúis a chur chun cinn, trying to advance a cause.
Ba cheart duit do ghnó a chur chun cinn níos fearr ná sin, you should do better than that to promote your business.
Ba churtha chun cinn orainn gan é a dhéanamh, we would be better off not to do it.
Cur chun ruda, to set about sth.
Chuir sé chun oibre, he set to work.
Cur chun bóthair, to take to the road.
Chuir siad chun reatha, they started to run.
Duine a chur chun feirge, chun éada, chun díomhaointis, to drive s.o. to anger, to jealousy, to idleness.
~ chun suaimhnis iad, put them to rest.
Is tú a chuir suas leis, chuige, é, it was you who put him up to it.
Bhí sé ag cur ~í air féin (chugam, liom), he was making faces (at me).
~ chun bóthair, chun siúil, starting off.
~ chun tosaigh, promotion.
Rudaí a chur chun ~, to make things dearer.
Do dhea-mhéin a chur chuig, chun, duine, to send kind regards to s.o.
