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Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
rabhaisc
rabhaiscshíoda
rabhait
rabhaite
rabhaiteáil
rabhall
rabhán
rabharta
rabhartach
rabhcán
rabhcánaí
rabhchán
rabhdalam
rabhlaer
rabhlaí
rabhlaigh
rabhlamán
rabhlóg
rabhnáilte
rabhta
rabhthar
rablach
rábóg
rabharta, m. (gs. ~, pl. ~í). 1. Spring tide. ~ mór an earraigh, na Féile Pádraig, na n-éan, spring equinoctial tide. ~ mór an fhómhair, na Féile Michíl, autumn equinoctial tide. S.a. lag1 3, maidhm1. 2. Fig: (a) Flood, torrent. ~ cainte, tarcaisne, flood of speech, of sarcasm. ~ feirge, surge of anger. Tá ~ d’aimhleasa fút, you are rushing headlong to destruction. Tháinig sé ina ~ air, it surged up within him. (b) Superabundance. Bhí ~ ar chruithneacht an bhliain sin, wheat was unusually abundant that year. Bhí ~ ar bhia againn, we had a huge supply of food. S.a. mallmhuir. (Var. of 2: ~s m)
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ gealaí, rabharta, waning of moon, ebbing of spring tide.
Tháinig an chaint ina rabharta leis, he broke out into a torrent of speech.
Tá ~ gealaí, rabharta, ann, the moon, the spring tide, is at the full.
~ trá rabharta, spring tide at its lowest ebb.
~ mara rabharta, spring tide (at the full).
~ rabharta, ~ thaoide, surging tide, bore.
Dul ón rabharta go dtí an mhallmhuir, to go from abundance to want, to come down in the world.
~ rabharta, lag of tide.
Sruth ~ rabharta, strong spring-tide flow.
~ rabharta, dull weather accompanying spring tide.
~ rabharta, mhallmhara, spring, neap, tide.
Tháinig an fhearg ina rabharta air, anger surged up within him.
