EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
snáthaid, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~í). 1. Needle. ~ bheag, ~ chaol, fine needle. ~ chléithe, dearnála, darning-needle. ~ lín, netting-needle. ~ mhór, ~ ramhar, coarse needle. ~ mhálaí, packing-needle. ~ vacsaíne, vaccine needle. Amach ón t~, (of garment) brand-new. Fig: Lán na ~e, tiny drop. Tá sé chomh géar le ~, he is extremely sharp-witted. Rachadh sé trí chró ~e, he is extremely thin. Tá d’anam ar an t~, you are in for it. 2. (a) Index hand, indicator, pointer. ~ mhór, bheag (cloig), minute-, hour-, hand (of clock). ~ (chlog gréine), gnomon (of sun-dial). ~ baraiméadair, indicator of barometer. ~ chlaonais, dipping-needle. (b) ~ chomhla, valve spindle. (c) ~í oighir, frazil (ice). 3. Ich: ~ mhara, needle-fish, pipe-fish; Fig: thin sharp-faced person. 4. Ent: ~ an diabhail, ~ (an) phúca, Crane-fly, daddy-long-legs. ~ mhór, dragon-fly. (Var: snáthad f)
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Culaith nua ~ as an bpíosa, ~ ón tsnáthaid, a new suit just completed.
~ snáthaide, needlewoman.
~ snáthaide, frayed ends of stitches in ripped seam.
~ snáthaide, solais, deflexion of needle, of light.
~ snáthaide, eye of needle.
~ snáthaide móire, crane-fly grub, leather-jacket.
Snáithe a chur i snáthaid, to thread a needle.
~ trí chró na snáthaide é, pass it through the eye of the needle.
Snáthaid, ceap, dearnála, darning-needle, -egg.
~áil trí bhearna, choill, chró snáthaide, to go through a gap, a wood, the eye of a needle.
Snáthaid ghéar, sharp needle.
~ eiteáin, fonsa, snáthaide, bobbin, tambour, needle, lace.
Snáthaid a ~adh, to thread a needle.
Snáthaid ag ~adh, an oscillating needle.
~ shnáthaide, needlework.
~ le snáthaid é, pick it with a needle.
Duine a phriocadh le snáthaid, to prick s.o. with a needle.
~ a chur i snáthaid, to thread a needle.
Solas, snáthaid mhaighnéadach, a shraonadh, to deflect light, a magnetic needle.
~ a chur i snáthaid, to thread a needle.
~ chró snáthaide, through the eye of a needle.