Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
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seobhaineachas
seoch
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seod
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IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bhí mé á dhíol, I was selling it.
Bhí sé á dhíol go saor, (i) he was selling it cheaply, (ii) it was being sold cheaply.
Ní raibh agam ach an teach a dhíol, I had no alternative but to sell the house.
Ceannaigh, díol, ar, buy, sell, at, for.
Dhíol sé thar ~ amach é, he sold it outright.
Dhíol mé ar bheagán iad, I sold them cheap.
Rud a dhíol ar ~, to sell sth. at a profit, at a premium.
D’anam a dhíol ar do bholg, to sell one’s soul for a mess of pottage.
Rud a dhíol faoi bhris, to sell sth. at a loss.
Cár díoladh iad? Where were they sold?
~ tobac, biotáille, a dhíol, licence to sell tobacco, spirits.
An chearc a dhíol lá na báistí, ‘to sell the hen on a rainy day’, to pick the wrong time for something.
Bhí sé i g~ agam an áit a dhíol, I was thinking of selling the place.
Dhíol sé a chóraid (bó, caorach), he sold his drove (of cows, of sheep).
Ceannach, díol, snámh, ól, feadaíl, a dhéanamh, to buy, sell, swim, drink, whistle.
Rinne siad amach an bhó a dhíol, they decided (that they ought) to sell the cow.
~ agus ceannach, buying and selling.
Tá ~ maith orthu, they are selling well.
Earraí a dhíol, to sell goods.
Dhíol mé leis ar phunt é, I sold it to him for a pound.
Ag ~ meala is ag ceannach milseán, [’selling honey to buy sweets’, carrying coals to Newcastle.
Do thír a dhíol, to sell one’s country.
Dhíolfadh sé ar bord loinge thú, he would sell you down the river.
É a dhíol a rinne sé, an ea? Is ea. Did he sell it? Yes.
~, ~í, a cheannach, a dhíol, to buy, sell, goods.
Fear ~, money-lender, usurer; trader selling goods on interest-bearing credit, gombeen-man.
Díoladh go saor ~, they were sold cheaply.
Bhí an-~ ar eallach seasc, dry cattle were selling fast.
É a dhíol a rinne sé, an ea? He sold it, did he?
~ sé an áit a dhíol, he let the place be sold.
Rud a dhíol faoina ~, to sell sth. for less than it is worth.
Is é a dúirt siad ~ gur dhíol sé a anam leis an diabhal, what they said was that he sold his soul to the devil.
Fuair sé an phingin is airde orthu, he sold them for the highest price.
Rud a dhíol de réir an phuint, ar dheich bpingine an ~, to sell sth. by the pound, at tenpence a pound.
Rud a dhíol faoi ~, to sell sth. at a loss.
Earraí a ~, to cry wares; to sell goods.
Tá ~ mhaith acu díolta, a good few of them have been sold.
Dhíol mé ar shladmhargadh iad, I sold them at a sacrifice.
Dhíol mé faoi shuim iad, I sold them for less than they were worth.
Thug sé an áit a dhíol, he caused the place to be sold.
Bhí ~ ar na muca, pigs were being sold fast.
