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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
fachtar
fachtóir
fachtóireacht
fachtóirigh
fachtóiriú
facthas
fad
fada
fadaigh
fadáil
fadaíoch
fadaíocht
fadálach
fadálacht
fadamharcach
fadanálach
fadar
fadaraí
fadaraíonach
fadbheartach
fadbhreathnaitheach
fadbhreathnaitheacht
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Lig fad an adhastair leis, give him plenty of rope.
A fhad ~ nár tháinig sé chomh fada linn, so long as it did not come near us.
Fad na hoíche is ~ linn, we think the night very long.
Tháinig an ~ ar fad air le gairid, he has let everything slide of late.
Tusa is ~ leis an scéal, leis an rud ar fad, you invented the story, started the whole thing.
~ bhím i bhfad leis, I shall not take long with it.
Ní bheifí i bhfad á chló leis, it would not take long to get him used to it.
Ní rachainn fad mo choise leis, I would not walk a step with him.
Fad, leithead, a chur le rud, to lengthen, widen, sth.
D’~ sé i bhfad leo, he held his peace with them for a long time.
~ a chur le rud, to lengthen, extend, sth.
Chuir sé a fhad eile leis, he made it as long again.
Dul ~ na sráide le duine, to accompany s.o. the whole length of the street.
Chuaigh sé ~ an bhealaigh liom, he went all the way with me.
Ní rachainn ~ mo choise leis, I wouldn’t go one step along with him.
Tá ~ na teanga ort féin lena rá leis, you are well able to say it to him yourself.
~ is (is) mian leat, as long as you wish.
4. ~ le, a fhad le, as far as.
Chuaigh mé a fhad leis an droichead, I went as far as the bridge.
Níl sé a fhad amach leis an oileán, it is not as far out as the island.
Tháinig sé a fhad liom, he approached me.
Ní raibh tú i bh~ leis, you didn’t take much time with it.
Tá gaol i bh~ amach aige linn, he is distantly related to us.
Tá mé fad na feidhle ag feitheamh leat, I have been expecting you all this while.
Tá fad, leithead, leis, it has been lengthened, widened.
~ fad na téide leis, give him full rope, full scope.
~ leis an olc ar fad, gone to the bad altogether.
Ní raibh sé i bhfad amuigh nuair a tháinig sé leis an dea-scéala, he was not long gone until he came back with the good news.
A fhad is a rachaidh liom, as far as I can manage it.
