Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
siogma
siogmach
síogóg
siogóma
siogómach
siogót
síogtha
síol
síolach
síoladh
síoladóir
síoladóireacht
síolaí
síolaicme
síolaigh
síolaire
síolaithe
siolán
síolán
siolastar
síolbhach
síolbhaigh
síolchuir
síol1, m. (gs. síl, pl. ~ta). Seed. 1. ~ coirce, cruithneachta, eorna, oat-, wheat-, barley-, seed. Coirce síl, seed oats. ~ féir, (i) grass seed, (ii) first crop of grass. ~ a chur, to sow seed. Aimsir an tsíl, seed-time. Dul chun síl, to go to seed. 2. (a) Moll: ~ oisre, spat. Oisre síl, seed-oyster. (b) Semen, sperm. 3. Offspring, progeny, descendants; race. ~ Choinn, Eoghain, the race of Conn, of Eoghan. S.a. ádhamh, éabha.
síol2 = síolaigh1.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Síol a chur, to sow seed.
An fear a chuireann síol, the man who sows seed.
An síol a chuireann sé, a chuirtear, the seed which he sows, which is sown.
An síol a cuireadh, a d’fhás, the seed which was sown, which grew.
An gort a gcuirfidh sé an síol ann, the field in which he will sow the seed.
Síol, sliocht, Ádhaimh, Adam’s descendants, the human race.
Síol ~e, aniseed.
Is ~ a shíl sé go raibh fearg orm, the fact is that he thought I was angry.
Síol na bliana ~, last year’s seed.
An gort ar cuireadh an síol ann, the field in which the seed was sown.
air! ~ is bearnú (bá, brú) air! ~ Shíol Éabha air! The devil take him!
Is ~ a shíl mé go n-imeofá mar sin, I never thought you would go off like that.
~ síl, plandaí, bláthanna, seed-, plant-, flower-, bed.
Shíl tú an ~, you thought right.
Shíl sé ~ máireach go mbainfeadh sé díom é, he thought he would take it from me whether I wished it or not.
Síol a chroitheadh, to scatter seed.
Síol, coirce, a chur, to sow seed, oats.
Shíl sé gur den bhaisteadh é, he thought it was part of the baptismal ceremony.
Shíl mé go raibh ~ liom, I thought it was all up with me.
Shíl mé gurbh é mo lá ~ é, I thought my last day had come.
Shíl sé go ndéanfadh sé ~ é, he thought he would do it no matter what.
Shíl sé an ~ dínn, he thought the world of us.
Síol ~, Eve’s descendants, the human race.
Mallacht Shíol ~, the curse of humanity.
síolta in alliterative phrase)
Shíl sé ~ (magaidh) a bhaint asam, he thought he could have a bit of fun at my expense.
Shíl mé go dtógfaidís na fraitheacha den teach, I thought they would raise the roof off the house.
Síol a chur go ~, to sow seed thinly, with gaps in sowing.
Chuir sé an síol go ~, he sowed the seed thinly.
~ síl, germination of seed.
Síol ~, sowable seed.
~ chun síl, fit for seeding.
Is beag a shíl mé (go), little did I think (that).
14. Is ~ a shíl mé (go), I little thought (that).
Mar a shíl a ~ againn, as many of us thought.
Shíl mé go raibh céim bhacaí leat, I thought you were walking with a limp.
Síol a ~adh, to scatter seed.
Adhmad, síol, ag ~adh, wood, seed, decaying.
Shíl mé go gcuirfeadh sé a ~ amach, I thought he would strain himself.
Shíl mé go raibh liom ach ~adh mé, I thought I had succeeded but I was mistaken.
Síolta, barra, ag ~, seeds, crops, failing.
Síol a mhúchadh, to cover seed.
Shíl sé go raibh an mhuir théachta aige, he thought his fortune was made.
Bhí sé ní ba mhoille ~ (mar) a shíl mé, it was later than I thought.
Gort ~ gcuirtear síol ann, a field in which seed is not sown.
~ déanaí ná a shíl mé, later than I thought.
Ó cuireadh an síol, since the seed was sown.
Is ~ a shíl mé (go), I little thought (that).
~ síl, sowing-peas.
~ agus síol, seeds of root-crops and grain-crops.
