Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
fáltasach
falthartha
fálú
famainneach
fámaire
fámaireacht
fan
fán
fána
fánach
fanacht
fánadóireacht
fánaí
fanaiceach
fanaiceacht
fánaidh
fanaigh
fánaigh
fanaile
fánaíocht
fánaire
fánán
fánánach
fán, m. (gs. fáin). 1 = fána. 2. Straying, wandering, vagrancy. Imeacht ar ~, ar an bh~, to become a wanderer. Duine a chur ar ~, chun fáin, to send s.o. astray. Ná lig ar ~ mé, don’t let me stray. Chuaigh sé le ~ an tsaoil, he took to a roving life, a life of vagrancy. Is tú a chuir ~ orthu, it was you who sent them adrift. Chuaigh siad i bh~ ar a chéile, they drifted apart. Tá scaipeadh is ~ orthu, they are dispersed far and wide. ~ fada is seachrán, long and aimless wandering. Tá ~ fada anois air, he is a homeless wanderer now. Caora fáin, stray sheep. Lucht fáin, wanderers, vagrants. 3. Turning aside, averting. Rud nach bhfuil ~ air, something that can’t be averted. 4. Sparsity. Ní bheadh ~ ar mo thórramh, my obsequies would not be unattended.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ar fán agus ar ~, wandering and discontented.
Imeacht le ~ agus le fán, to wander off alone in the world.
Fán ~ sin, in that manner.
Do smaointe a ~ean chun fáin, to let one’s thoughts wander.
~ fáin, knight errant.
Fán ~ sin, in that manner.
