Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
faoilidh
faoilinne
faoilleach
faoilleán
faoilt
faoilte
faoilteach
faoin
faoina
faoine
faoinn
faoireach
faoisc
faoisce
faoisceadh
faoisceán
faoisceog
faoiscthe
faoiseamh
faoiste
faoistin
faoitheach
faoitheamh
faoin could be a grammatical form of:
faon »
faoin1 = faon2.
faoin2 : faoi1.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Urchar an daill faoin ~, a shot in the dark.
Amuigh faoin ~, outdoors, in the open air.
Faoin ~ seo, by this time.
~ faoin spéir, out in the open.
Faoin, thar an, ~, under, over, age.
B’~ faoin gcroí aige é, it raised his spirits.
Faoin am seo ~, by this time next year.
Tá an abhainn ag ~t faoin mbruach, the river is undermining the bank.
Cúig faoin gcéad de bhiseach, five per cent interest.
Níl a leithéid faoin m~ bán, there is nothing like it under the sun.
Bheith faoin m~, faoi sháil an bhráca, to be under the harrow, in distress.
Dul faoin m~, to go to bed.
3. ~ amach faoin spéir, tír, get out into the open air, country.
Bualadh faoin saol, to set about (the responsibilities of) life; to go out into the world.
Faoin g~, sa chéad, per cent.
Sa chiall, faoin g~, sin, in that sense, meaning.
Dul faoin g~, to get under the blanket, to go to bed.
Ag ~ (faoin tine), moping (over the fire).
Chlutharaigh sí í féin faoin éadach, she tucked herself under the (bed-)clothes.
Cuirfidh siad ~a, ceithre ~a, na hocht gcosa, faoin scéal, they will lend wings to the story.
Tá an chruimh faoin bhfiacail, sa tsróin, aige dúinn, he has it in for us, he nurses a resentment against us.
Chuach sé é féin faoin éadach, he curled himself under the (bed-)clothes.
Chuir sí ~ den chorcair faoin éadach, she immersed the cloth in purple dye.
Bhí siad ag ~ le chéile faoin onóir, they were vying with each other for the honour.
Tá ~ faoin mbó sin, that cow looks to be in poor condition.
Bhí ~ air faoin ualach, os cionn na tine, he was bent under the burden, hunched over the fire.
Tá rud éigin faoin ~ aige, he is up to something.
Coinnigh faoin ~ é, keep it under your hat, secret.
Ag troid, ag gleic, faoin ~ fholamh, fighting, quarrelling, to no purpose, over nothing.
faoin, (ii) with possessive adjectives
Istigh ~n mbord, underneath the table.
Thiar ~n leaba, back under the bed.
Thíos ~n urlár, down under the floor.
Amuigh ~n spéir, out in the open.
Ar ancaire ~n oileán, anchored on the lee side of the island.
Dhiúltaigh sé mé ~n iasacht, he refused me in the matter of the loan.
Fiche ~n gcéad, twenty per cent.
Deich bpingine ~n bpunt, tenpence in the pound.
Amuigh ~n tuath, out in the country.
~n am seo, by this time.
Leag mé faoin bh~ aige é; dúirt mé suas lena fhiacla é, I cast it in his teeth.
~ a thabhairt amach faoin tír, to take a quick run out into the country.
Luí, titim, faoin n~, to make leeway, drift to leeward.
~ amach faoin tír, a trip out into the country.
Ag ~ faoin teas, complaining of the heat.
Tháinig a ghuth faoin ngairm aige, his prediction came true.
~ dó faoin taisme, tell him about the accident.
Ag ~ faoin oidhreacht, wrangling about the inheritance.
~ mé faoin tsúil aige é, I let him see it plainly; I let him have it right in the eye.
Tá sé ag ~adh faoin ualach, he is bending under the weight of the load.
