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Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
dóú
drá
drab
drabard
drabharshlua
drabhas
drabhfhuigheall
drabhlás
drabhlásach
drabhlásaí
drabhsóg
drabóg
drachma
drad
dradaire
dradaireacht
dradairnín
drádán
drádánacht
drae
draein
draenáil
draenna
drabhlás, m. (gs. -áis). 1. Carouse, debauch; dissipation, profligacy. Bheith, dul, ar an ~, to be, become, debauched, a profligate. Duine a chur ar an ~, chun an drabhláis, to set s.o. off on a drinking career; to debauch s.o. Tá sé ar an ~ le fada, he has been on the booze, has been leading a wild life, this long time. Dul, imeacht, le ~ an tsaoil, to lead a dissolute life, to go to the bad. Do shaol a chaitheamh le ~, to dissipate one’s life. ~ na hóige a chur díot, to sow one’s wild oats. Lucht drabhláis, carousers, rakes, profligates. 2. Waste, improvidence. 3. Bitterness, wretchedness. 4. Carouser; rake, profligate; waster.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Thug sé é féin don drabhlás, he gave himself up to dissipation.
