Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
ruailleach
ruaim
ruaimneach
ruaimneacht
ruaimneoir
ruaimneoireacht
ruaimnigh
ruainne
ruainneach
ruainneog
ruainseachán
ruaircín
ruaircíneach
Ruairí
ruais
ruaiseach
ruaiseacht
ruaiseog
ruaite
ruaiteach
ruaiteachas
ruálach
rualionn
ruainne1, m. (gs. ~, pl. -nní). 1. (Single) hair. ~ dá folt, a hair of her head. 2. Fibre, thread; shred, scrap, fragment. Tá sé ina ruainní liom síos, it is hanging in tatters about me. Ní raibh ~ éadaigh air, he hadn’t a stitch of clothing on him. Níl ~ ar a chnámha, there isn’t a pick on his bones. Níl ~ den fhírinne ann, there is not a jot of truth in it. ~ páipéir, fianaise, scrap of paper, of evidence. ~ tobac, little bit of tobacco.
ruainne2, m = ruaim2.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Aon ruainne de a bheidh as do dhiaidh, any bit of it you will have left over.
Ribe ruainní, strand of animal hair.
Téad ruainní, hair-rope.
