Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
ginn
ginnéalach
gint
ginte
ginteoir
gintlí
gintlíocht
giob
giobach
giobachán
giobacht
giobáil
giobailín
giobaire
giobairis
giobal
giobalach
giobanna
giobanta
giobarsach
gioblach
gioblachán
gioblacht
giob1, m. (gs. ~, pl. ~anna). 1. Pick, morsel; bit, scrap. ~ de rud, a pick, a scrap, of sth.; a plucked handful of sth. Níor fágadh ~ feola ar na cnámha, not a scrap of meat was left on the bones. 2. ~ geab, (i) pecking, (ii) chit-chat. Bhí ~ geab aici orm, she kept pecking at me. Bhí ~ geab acu eatarthu féin, they were chattering away among themselves. Ní raibh ~ ná geab as, there wasn’t a squeak out of him. (Var: pl. ~acha)
giob2, v.t. (vn. ~adh, m, gs. & pp. ~tha). Pick, peck, pluck. Ag ~adh an fhéir, picking, pecking at, the grass. Ghiob siad an coca, they pulled the loose hay out of the cock, trimmed the cock. Ag priocadh is ag ~adh ar a chéile, ‘pricking and pecking at one another’, quarrelling among themselves.
