Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
dea-mhuinín
dea-mhúinte
dea-mhuinteartha
deán
déan
déan amach
déan ar
déan as
déan de
déan do
déan faoi
déan le
déan suas
déanach
déanacht
deanachtach
déanadas
déanaí
déanaigh
déanáir
déanamh
deandrón
déanfam
déan as, v.t. & i. 1. Make from (material). (a) Ball éadaigh, scéal, a dhéanamh as rud, to make an article of clothing, a story, out of sth. (b) Mórtas, gaisce, a dhéanamh as rud, to boast, vaunt, about sth. 2. (a) Make do with. ~amh as tuarastal beag, to make a small wage suffice. (b) (Used intransitively with do) ~amh as duit féin, to provide for oneself, make one’s way in the world. 3. Make off. ~aimis as seo, let us get out of here.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Rinne sé as a neart, as a stuaim, féin é, he did it by his own strength, ingenuity.
As aineolas a rinne sé é, he did it through ignorance.
Ní dhéanfadh sé maith as féin, he would be useless by himself.
Ag déanamh ~e as a háilleacht, putting on airs on account of her beauty.
As a chéile, i ndiaidh a chéile, a dhéantar na caisleáin, Rome was not built in a day.
Rinne sé (amach) as a cheann (féin) é, he did it out of his own head.
Ní as ~ a rinne sé é, he was not in his sober senses when he did it.
Dhéanfadh sé ~ as uisce na gcos, he tries to turn everything to account.
Rinne sé as a ~ féin é, he contrived it himself.
Ag déanamh mórtais as a mhuintir féin, bragging about his own people.
Rinne sé as a ~ féin é, he did it by his own effort. (Of liquor)
Bhí sé le déanamh as an ~ agam, I had to do it all over again.
Bhí ~ mór uirthi as an rud a rinne sí, she was very pleased with herself on account of what she had done.
As a ~ féin a rinne sé é, he did it on his own initiative.
Rinne sé sin as ~, he did that in a fit of temper, on a sudden impulse.
Déan as ~ é, do it all over again.
