Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
griothal
griothalach
griothalán
griothalánach
griothalánaí
griotharnáil
griothnairt
grís
grísc
gríscín
gríscíneach
gríse
gríseach
gríséad
gríséadach
grísín
grith
gritheal
grithealán
griuán
griúnaíl
griúraic
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IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
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IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
D’fháisc siad ~ ar a chéile, they got to grips with each other.
Rug sé ar lámh, greim láimhe, orm, he caught, gripped, me by the hand.
~ isteach air, get to close grips with him.
Fan go mbeire sé ar a ghreamanna, wait until he gets his grips, until he gets going properly.
Greim ~, loose grip.
~ díom, release (your grip on) me.
Dá mbeadh ~ ar mo ghreamanna agam, if I could get my grips, get going properly; if I had the means (to do sth.).
Bhí an bheirt ~te ina chéile, the two were locked in an embrace, were at grips with each other.
Breith go ~ ar rud, to grip sth. awkwardly.
An chleith a sheasamh, to keep a grip on one’s homestead.
Do ghreim a choimeád, to keep one’s grip.
Seilbh, greim, a choinneáil, to keep possession, a grip.
Tá slaghdán ina chrioslaigh, the cold has got a grip on him.
Greim ~, tight grip.
Tá ~ ag an mbás air, he is in the grip of death.
Tá an slaghdán i n~ ionam, the cold has got a grip on me.
Greim ~, tight grip.
~ greama, tightness of grip.
~ speile, grip of scythe.
Greim ~, unyielding grip.
Seilbh a bheith agat ar do dhúchas, to own one’s ancestral estate; to have a grip on one’s heritage.
Chuaigh an slaghdán i bh~ ionam, the cold got a grip on me.
Chuaigh an bheirt acu i bh~ ina chéile, the two of them came to grips.
Greim a ghabháil i rud, to take hold of, get to grips with, sth.
~ i ngreim, gripping.
~ aitinn, forked stick for gripping furze.
Bheith ~ i ngreim (ag rud), to be held in a grip (by sth.).
~ ag slaghdán, in the grip of a cold.
Dul i n~ lámh le duine, to come to grips with s.o.
Bheith i n~ le duine, to be at grips with s.o.
Uirlis ghreamaitheach, gripping implement.
Tá ~ crua aige, he has a strong grip.
Dul i n~ i rud, to get to grips with sth.; to get caught in sth.
Chuaigh siad i ngreamanna ina chéile, they came to grips with one another.
Bheith i n~ ag rud, to be gripped by sth.
I n~ ag an eagla, in the grip of fear.
Breith ar do ghreamanna, to get one’s grips; to get set for action, to get going properly.
Coinnigh do ghreim, hold your grip; hold on.
Ná scaoil do ghreim, don’t release your grip.
~ pionsúir, grip of pincers.
~ an phortáin, an ghliomaigh, crab-, lobster-, hold; painful grip.
~ an duine bháite, drowning man’s grip, despairing hold.
~ a bheith ag duine ort, to be in s.o.’s grip, power.
I ngreim scornaí ann, gripping him by the throat.
Dul sna ~a le duine, to come to grips, to blows, with s.o.
~ in íochtar agus ~ in uachtar; ~ thíos agus ~ thuas; ~ istigh agus ~ amuigh, underarm and overarm grip.
4. ~ barróige a fháscadh ar dhuine, to come to body-grips with s.o.; to hug s.o.
Beir go ~ air, get a close grip on him.
Rug sé greim píobáin orm, he gripped me by the throat.
~ (bhrád), (act of) gripping by the throat, throttling.
