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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
gaibiún
gaid
gaidhgíoch
gaidhrín
gaidhte
gaidí
gaidín
gáifeach
gáifeachas
gáifeacht
gaige
gaigíocht
gaigiúil
gail
gailbh
gailbheach
gailbheán
gaile
gaileach
gaileadán
gaileamaisíocht
gailéan
gailearaí
gáifeach, a1. 1. (a) Dangerous, terrible. Amas ~, dangerous attack. Gaotha, aillte, ~a, perilous winds, cliffs. (b) (Of sound) Loud, wild, fierce. Glamanna ~a na conairte, the fearful baying of the hounds. Ag gol go goirt agus go ~, weeping loudly and bitterly. 2. (a) Exaggerated, sensational; given to exaggeration. Scéal ~, sensational story. Caint gháifeach, exaggerated talk. Gáire ~, guffaw. Ná bí chomh ~ sin, don’t exaggerate so much. (b) Flamboyant, ostentatious. Éadach ~, flamboyant clothes.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Throid siad ~ gáifeach, they fought a fierce battle.
