Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
itche
ite
iteachán
iteán
itéirbiam
iteoir
itghe
ith
ithe
íthe
itheachán
ithiomrá
ithiomráiteach
ithir
ithirchreimeadh
ithirchrios
ithireolaíocht
ithirmhapa
ithirthéaltú
ithirthorthúlacht
ithreach
ithreachas
ithte
ith1, v.t. & i. (fut. íosfaidh, vn. ~e, pp. ite).Eat. 1. Bia a ~e, to eat food. ~ do sháith, do dhóthain, eat your fill. Níor ~ mé aon ghreim ó mhaidin, I haven’t had a bite all day. ~e as lámh duine, to eat out of s.o.’s hand, be subservient to s.o. D’íosfadh sé an t-iarann, he has an iron constitution. 2. Feed, graze. Ag ~e na ngort, grazing the fields. 3. Bite. Ag ~e a chuid ingne, biting his nails. Bhí sé ag ~e na méar de féin, he was biting his fingers from vexation. 4. Corrode, erode. Tá an mheirg ag ~e an iarainn, the rust is corroding the iron. An fharraige ag ~e an chósta, the sea eroding the coast. 5. Consume, destroy. Ná bí ag ~e an chroí asat féin, don’t be eating your heart out. 6. Abuse, scold, revile. Ná h~ mé, don’t eat me. D’~ sí an aghaidh díom, she ate the face off me. Ag ~e na gcomharsan, reviling, backbiting, the neighbours. Tá siad ag ~e a chéile ar fad, they are always quarrelling. Ag ~e is ag gearradh ar a chéile, reviling each other. F: D’íosfadh sé thú le gráinnín salainn, he hates the sight of you. S.a. feoil 1. 7. Chew. Bhí sé ag ~e na cainte, na bhfocal, he was mumbling his speech, his words. Tá an fharraige ite, the sea is choppy. 8. (In phrase) D’íosfainn é sula dtógfainn é, I could no more lift it than I could eat it. 9. Ite ag, le, eaten, tormented, destroyed, by. Ite ag na leamhain, moth-eaten. Ite ag na dreancaidí, flea-bitten. Ite ag an tochas, tormented with itch. Ite ag an éad, consumed with jealousy. Ite le fiacha, debt-ridden.
ith2 = ioth.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Thug mé arán dó ach níor mhian leis a ithe, I gave him bread but he did not want to eat it.
An té a itheann feoil, the person who eats meat.
Ní stadann sé ~ ag ithe, he never stops eating.
Níl ~ aici ar fheoil a ithe, she can’t take meat.
Tá sé ag caint, ag ithe, he is speaking, eating.
Níor ith sé ~ níor ól sé, he neither ate nor drank.
D’ith mé ~ feola, I ate a huge amount of meat.
Tá a chuid aráin ite, it is all up with him.
ní íosfaidh mé é. No, I will not eat it.
D’ith sé go ~ é, he ate every bit of it.
Tá siad ag ithe as ~ a chéile anois, they are the best of friends now.
~ ruda, de rud, a ithe, a ól, to eat, drink, one’s fill of sth.
Rud a ithe, a ól, ~ te, to eat, drink, sth. while it is warm.
3. ~ a ithe, to glut oneself with food.
Tá rud éigin ~ leis sin á ithe aige, he is eating something besides that.
Má tá sé ~ againn, dúinn, feoil a ithe, if we are allowed to eat meat.
Chuir sé ~ air féin ag ithe, he ate until he surfeited himself.
Char ith sé é, he did not eat it.
D’íosfainn, d’ólfainn, go ~ é, I would eat, drink, it with relish.
Níor ith sé ach a chóir, he ate no more than his share, his fill.
D’ith, d’ól, sé a choisceadh, he ate, drank, enough to satisfy him, his fill.
Chuir sé ~ air féin ag ithe, he stuffed his paunch with food.
Má tá ~ ite agaibh, if you have finished eating.
Do dhinnéar a dhéanamh, a chaitheamh, a ithe, to take one’s dinner.
Ith, ól, é má tá ~ agat ann, eat, drink, it if it is to your taste.
D’ith sé siar go h~ é, he ate it to the very last pick.
Ní féidir le duine a bheith ag ~ agus ag ithe mine, a man can’t whistle and drink at the same time.
An té a d’ith an barr íocadh sé an ~, let the beneficiary bear the expense.
~ a ithe, to eat meat.
Ag ithe na feola fuaire, backbiting, slandering, people.
D’ith siad an fheoil anuas díom, they lacerated me with their tongues.
Go ~ nár ith siad é, they even ate it.
~ a ithe, a ól, to eat, drink, a fair amount.
D’ith sé go ~ é, he ate it with relish.
~ a ithe, a ól, to eat, drink, a large quantity.
~ duine eile a ithe, to eat the remains of s.o. else’s meal.
Rud a ithe (amach) as an n~ bheirithe, to eat sth. steaming hot.
~ a ithe, to stuff oneself with food.
~ a ithe, to eat stolen food.
~ a ithe, to take a bite.
~ agus ól, eating and drinking.
Tá ~ agus ól ann, (of thick soup, etc.) it is both meat and drink.
Is maith an t-~ é, it makes good eating.
Thug mé ~ na páirce dóibh, I let them graze the field.
Níor chuir sé ~ ar an bhféar go fóill, he hasn’t had the grass grazed yet.
Tá ~ ar an iasc, the fish are biting.
~ na meirge, corrosion by rust.
~ croí, remorse of heart.
~ na taoide, tide-rip.
~ amhrais, torment of doubt.
