Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
Malagásach
malaicít
máláid
malaidh
malainneacha
maláire
maláireach
malairt
malairtigh
malartach
malartacht
malartaí
malartaigh
malartaíocht
malartaithe
malartan
malartán
malartnaigh
malartóir
malartú
Malávach
malcais
malcánta
malairt, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~í). 1. Lit: Destruction. ~ choirp agus anama, ruination of body and soul. Bladh gan mhalairt, undying fame. 2. Change; alternative. ~ éadaigh, oibre, change of clothing, of work. ~ aeir, spéire, change of air. Ar mhalairt intinne, tuairime, of a different mind, opinion. Tá ~ saoil ann, times have changed. Go ~ saoil, until there is a new order of things, indefinitely. Tá a mhalairt de chúram orm, I have something else to attend to. Níl a mhalairt le déanamh agam, there is nothing else I can do. Is é a mhalairt a dúirt sé, he said quite the opposite. Tá sé ar mhalairt de scéal anois, now he has a different tale to tell. Ní raibh a mhalairt le fáil agam, there was nothing else I could get. Níor chuala mé a mhalairt, I heard nothing to the contrary. Ní iarrfainn a mhalairt, there is nothing I would like better. Ní raibh súil lena mhalairt agam, it was just as I expected. Níl fios a mhalairte acu, they don’t know any better. Ní hé do mhalairt a bhí ann, it was none other than yourself. Is fearr é ná a mhalairt, it is better than nothing. A mhalairt ar fad, quite the contrary. 3. Exchange, barter. ~ ruda a dhéanamh le duine, to exchange sth. with s.o. Déan ~ áite liom, swap places with me. Rud a fháil ar ~, to get sth. by way of a swap. Fuair mé ar mhalairt scine é, I got it in exchange for a knife. Déanaimis ~, let us swap. De, mar, mhalairt ar rud, in exchange for sth., in preference to sth. Thug siad ~ chainte dá chéile, they exchanged words. Earraí ag imeacht ar ~, goods being bartered. Fin: Bille, ráta, ~e, bill, rate, of exchange. S.a. aois1, meath1 2. (Var:gs. malarta, pl. ~eacha, malarta(cha))
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Athrach, malairt, aeir, change of air.
Malairt ~e a dhéanamh, to exchange places.
Tá ~ chapall na comharsan, chapall na malairte, chapall na muintire, aige, he is as old as Methuselah.
Ar cairde, ar iasacht, ar malairt, on credit, on loan, in exchange.
~ cainníochta, costais, díolacháin, luchtaithe, malairte, bill of quantities, of costs, of sale, of loading, of exchange.
~ na malairte, the benefit of the exchange.
Cé ab fhearr é ná a mhalairt? Was it any better than anything else?
Fuair sé ~ na malairte, he got a fair exchange.
De dhíth a mhalairte, for want of anything else.
Ní dhlífinn a mhalairt díot, I would expect nothing else from you.
Malairt ~, unfair exchange.
Ní h~ dó a athrach, a mhalairt, he knows no better.
Ní ~fainn a mhalairt, I wouldn’t ask for any better.
Malairt d’~, different version.
Bhí ~ an mhargaidh, na malairte, na mullóige, orm, I got the worst of the bargain.
Malairt ~e, spare part.
Níor thaithigh sé a mhalairt, he was not used to anything else.
Níor thuar mé a mhalairt duit, I knew it would happen to you.
