Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
geinn
géinneach
geinnire
géinte
geintlí
geir
geirbe
géire
geireach
geireacha
géireadas
geireadh
geireann
geireannach
geiréiniam
geirge
géirín
géiríneacht
geirinn
géiríocha
géirleanúint
geirm
geirmicíd
géire could be a grammatical form of:
géar »
géire1, 1. f. (gs. ~). (a) Sharpness. (b) Steepness. (c) Keenness. (d) Shrillness. (e) Sourness. (f) Briskness. 2. gsf. & comp. of géar2. (Var. of 1:~acht f)
géire2, m. (gs. ~, pl. -rí). Cutting, clipping, trimming. Géirí a dhéanamh de rud, to cut sth. in strips. ~ talún, Cut, strip. of land.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
A ghéire a labhair sí, how sharply she spoke.
Dá ghéire an scian ní ghearrfaidh sí iad, sharp as the knife is it will not cut them.
An scian is géire ~adh sí, it is war to the knife.
An rud is giorra don chroí is é is géire, what touches the heart wounds most.
An rud is giorra is géire, brevity is the soul of wit. (Intensifying)
Géire agus ~, sharpness and acumen.
Bheith ar do mhine ghéire, to be on the qui vive.
Coinnigh ar a mhine ghéire é, keep him on the jump.
