Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
limisín
limistéar
lín
linbh
lincse
lindéar
lindireáil
líne
líneach
línéadach
línéadaitheoir
líneáil
líneán
línéar
línechló
líneghraf
líneo
ling
lingeach
lingeacht
lingeadh
lingeán
lingmheátán
líne, f. (gs. ~, pl. -nte). Line. 1. (a)~a tharraingt, to draw a line. ~ dhíreach, bhearnach, straight, broken, line. Ar aon ~ le, in line with. As ~, out of line, of alignment. ~ cheangail, line of junction. ~ na lár, line of centres. ~ chomh-airde, contour line. Línte an speictrim, spectrum lines. ~ mheán lae, meridian line. ~ thógála, construction line. ~ theorann, boundary line. ~ chosanta, line of defence. Lit:Línte cuach, engraved lines on cups. Palmistry:~na beatha, an chinn, an chroí, na cinniúna, line of life, of head, of heart, of fate. Fear ~, linesman. (b)~scríbhneoireachta, filíochta, line of writing, of poetry. ~ a léamh, to read a line. ~ cló, de leabhar, line of type, of a book. Cúpla ~ a scríobh, a chur, chuig duine, to drop s.o. a line. (c)Dul i ~, to form a line. Sheas siad ina ~, they stood in line. ~ chatha, line of battle. Na línte tosaigh, the front lines. 2. (a)~teileagraif, teileafóin, telegraph, telephone, line. (b)~(éadaigh), clothes-line. Croch amuigh ar an ~ iad, hang them out on the line. ~ rialaithe, measuring line. (c)~tharrthála, lifeline. 3. ~ loingis, busanna, shipping, bus, line. 4. (a) Lineage, race, family; generation. Ar lorg a ~ roimhe, like the people who came before him. An ~ (daoine) atá anois ann, the present generation. Lit:Léim thar ~, to go outside the traditional line (of succession); to go beyond the bounds. Lit:Gach ~ nár leáigh, every line that did not become extinct. (b)Lit: Span. Bliain go leith a ~, his reign lasted a year and a half. Na sé ~, the ‘six ages’ of the world. 5. Clutch. ~ uibheacha, clutch of eggs. ~ a chur faoi chearc ghoir, to set a clutch of eggs under a brood-hen. Bhí na cearca i ndeireadh a ~, the hens were about to stop laying.
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Líne aindiallais, agonic line.
Ar an g~ líne, on the first line.
Líne chóimeála, assembly line.
Línte comhchlaonais, isoclinic lines.
Línte comhfhaid, lines of equal length.
Línte comhleithid, lines of equal breadth.
Línte ~a, parallel lines.
Chuir sé thar an líne é, he put it over the line.
Líne dhealaithe, dividing line.
Líne, ciorcal, sraith, a dhéanamh, to make a line, a circle, a row.
~ líne, ranga, the end of a line, of a class.
An líne a tháinig ina dhiaidh, the generation that came after him.
Líne dhíreach, straight line.
Líne dhomhanfhaid, line of longitude.
Líne dhomhanleithid, parallel (of latitude).
Línte ~, double lines.
Líne, cath, eagair, ordered line, battle(-formation).
Líne ~, aclinic line.
Líne fhada, long line.
Cuir líne ~, underline it.
Líne ghinealaigh, line of descent, lineage.
Líne ghlan, clean line.
Sheas siad ina líne, ina scataí beaga, they stood in a line, in little groups.
Líne ingir, plumb-line.
Líne, gearradh, ~, vertical line, section.
Líne a ~úint, to produce a line.
4. Líne, véarsa, ~, stray line, verse; line or verse incorporated from an older composition.
~ sé cúpla líne chugam, he sent me a few lines.
Líne a rianú, to trace a line.
Líne, uillinn, ~, oblique line, angle.
~ líne, ribe, line-, hair-, space.
Na línte a ~, to space out the lines.
Líne thacaíochta, support line.
Líne thagartha, datum line.
Líne, stríoc, ciorcal, a tharraingt, to draw a line, a stroke, a circle.
Ghearr sé líne ~ an leathanaigh, he drew a line across the page.
An áit a dtrasnaíonn na línte, na bóithre, a chéile, where the lines, the roads intersect.
Línte ~a, heavy lines.
