Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
saorthrádáil
saorthrádálaí
saorthuras
saosúr
saoth
saothach
saothanáil
saothar
saotharcán
saotharlann
saothrach
saothraí
saothraigh
saothraíocht
saothrán
saothróir
saothrú
saothrúchán
saothúil
saothúlacht
saotrún
sapaisiú
sapar
saothar, m. (gs. & npl. -air, gpl. ~). 1. Work, labour; toil, exertion; stress, effort. (a) Ábhar agus ~, material and labour. Lá saothair, day of toil. ~ an lae, the daily grind. Tá ~ mór déanta agat, you have done a lot of hard work. Is mór an lán dá shaothar atá ann, he has put a lot of work into it. Le ~, laboriously. Gan ~, without effort. ~ in aisce, labour in vain. ~ allamuigh, field-work. S.a. luach 3, scoil 1(c).(b) ~ iomartha, stress of rowing. Ná cuir ~ ort féin leis, don’t strain yourself with it. Ná faigh a leithéid de shaothar uaidh, don’t exert yourself so much to do it. Níor chuir sé mórán saothair air féin, he didn’t exert himself very much. (c) ~ anála, laboured breathing. Bhí ~ air; bhí sé ar ~, he was panting, out of breath. Ná cuir ~ anála ar an gcapall, don’t wind the horse. ~ an bháis, death-throes. (d) Ní fiú do shaothar é, it is not worth your trouble. Ná bíodh sé de shaothar ort, don’t bother to do it. Sin an ~ is lú dom, that is the least I can do. Ní bheidh a shaothar orm, I’ll do no such thing. Ní dhéanfaidh (mé é)ná a shaothar orm, indeed, I will not (do it). 2. (a) Thing done, achievement. Dhá shaothar déag Earcail, the twelve labours of Hercules. (b) Works; literary or artistic composition. ~ ealaíne, work of art. ~ Chéitinn, the works of Keating. 3. Job of destruction. Is deas an ~ atá déanta agat ar mo pheann, you have done a nice job on my pen. Rinne an oíche aréir ~, there was a lot of damage done last night. 4. Lit: Travail, pangs of childbirth. 5. ~ bradáin, process of spawning of salmon. 6. Evacuation of bowels; excrement. 7. (As vn.) Ag ~, labouring, toiling.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Saothar ~, labour in vain.
Ar mhórán saothair, with great effort.
De bharr mo shaothair, as a result of my labour.
~ saothair, little reward for labour.
Ní ~ orthu a bhfuair siad tar éis a saothair, they got very little after all their labour.
Ar ~eadh de shaothar leis, all the labour that was spent on it.
Luach ~ saothair, fair return for work.
Ár g~ saothair, trioblóide, our labour, trouble.
~ ar shaothar, reward for labour.
Chúitigh sé ár saothar linn, he repaid us for our trouble, rewarded us for our labour.
In ~ a shaothair, in return for his labour.
Ba mhaith ab fhiú mo shaothar é, it was well worth the effort I put into it.
Ghlac sé saothar mór leis, he laboured hard at it.
In ~ a shaothair, in recompense for his work.
Tá costas, saothar, trioblóid, leis, it entails cost, labour, trouble.
Níor ~ liom an saothar dá mbeadh rud ar a shon agam, I wouldn’t mind the work half so much if I had something to show for it.
Saothar ~, literary work.
~ saothair, reward for labour, remuneration.
Tabhair ~ a shaothair dó, pay him for his work.
Ná faigh an ~ sin dá shaothar, don’t put yourself to so much trouble with it.
Saothar ~, sketchy work.
~ saothair, industrial school.
Mo shaothar ~e, my week’s labour.
