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Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
spréiteoir
sprémhóin
spreo
spréóg
spreoid
spreoille
spreota
spreotáil
spreotaíocht
spreotálaí
sprice
sprid
spride fí
sprideog
spridiúil
sprinlín
sprioc
sprioc-
spriocadh
spriocáil
sprioc-áit
sprioc-am
spriocanna
spreotáil, f. (gs. -ála). 1. (Act of) hacking, chopping; (act of) chipping. Ag ~ ar chrann, hacking at a tree. Ag ~ adhmaid, chopping wood. Ag ~ ar chlocha, chipping stones. Ag ~ aráin, cutting chunks of bread. 2. (Act of) muddling, messing. Ag ~ ar obair, messing with work. Níl tú ach ag ~ air, you are only fumbling with it. Bím ag ~ liom, I muddle through. Tá sé ag ~ roimhe, he is feeling his way along. 3. Bhí sé ag ~ ar labhairt liom, he was trying to start a conversation with me. Ná bí ag ~ mar sin, don’t beat about the bush like that. (Var: spreoitseáil)
