Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
séidire
séidlampa
séidphíobán
séidte
séidteoir
seifide
seifín
seift
seifteoir
seiftigh
seiftithe
seiftiú
seiftiúil
seiftiúlacht
seighléir
séil
seilbh
seilbhéireacht
seilchide
seile
seileach
seileadán
seileagar
seift, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~eanna). Shift, device, expedient, resource. ~ a dhéanamh duit féin, to shift for oneself. Déanfaimid ~ éigin, we’ll manage somehow. ~ a bhaint as rud, to use sth. as a device; to make use of sth. Ní raibh de sheift agam ach é, it was my only expedient, the only thing I could do. ~ a bheith ionat, to be resourceful; to be able to shift for oneself. Fear gan ~, a man of no resource. An t~ dheireanach, the last resource. Deireadh gach ~e an déirc, begging is the last resort. S.a. gá1. (Var: ~ef)
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Múineann ~ seift, necessity is the mother of invention.
An ~ de sheift seo, this make-do expedient.
