Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
millteoir
millteoireacht
milltigh
míloighciúil
míloighciúlacht
milse
milseacht
milseán
milseog
milseogra
milsigh
milsíneacht
mílte
milteanga
milteog
míltneacht
miltreoir
mím
míméagraf
mímhacánta
mímhacántacht
mímhaise
mímhaiseach
milseán1, m. (gs. & npl. -áin, gpl. ~). 1. Sweet; sweetmeat, bon-bon. ~ miontais, peppermint sweet. S.a. díol21. 2 = milseog.
milseán2, ~ach = meilsceánach1.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá ~ air leis na milseáin, he is excessively fond of sweets.
Tá sé ~ ar na milseáin, he is fond of sweets; he wants to keep all the sweets for himself.
Tá ~ milseán, tobac, air, he is craving for sweets, for tobacco.
Ag ~ meala is ag ceannach milseán, [’selling honey to buy sweets’, carrying coals to Newcastle.
~ úll, milseán, bláth, féir, handful of apples, of sweets, of flowers, of grass.
Tá na páistí ag ~ le chéile faoi na milseáin, the children are acting jealously towards each other over the sweets.
Tá ~ aige do na milseáin, he loves sweets.
~ milseán, ‘poke’, bag, of sweets.
Tá cead raide acu ar na milseáin, they may take all the sweets they like.
~ sí na milseáin orthu, she shared out the sweets among them.
Tá ~ acu ar na milseáin, they are having a great time eating sweets.
1. ~ bréagán, milseán, toy-, sweet-, shop.
Ag súrac méar, milseán, sucking fingers, sweets.
Cuir ~ na milseáin, pass round the sweets.
