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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
téigh de
téigh do
téigh faoi
téigh gan
téigh i
téigh idir
téigh isteach ar
téigh le
téigh ó
téigh roimh
téigh siar ar
téigh síos
téigh thar
téigh thart
téigh trí
téigle
téiglí
téiglíocht
teil
teile
teilea-
teileachlóire
teileachumarsáid
téigh le, v.i. 1. (a) Go with, accompany. Chuaigh siad linn go dtí an droichead, they went with us as far as the bridge. Rachaidh mé chun an gheata leat, I’ll accompany you to the gate. (b)D’iarr sé le pósadh í ach ní rachadh sí leis, he asked for her hand in marriage but she wouldn’t accept him. 2. (a) Take after, resemble. Chuaigh sí lena máthair, she took after her mother. (b) Agree with, match. Ní théann an dá rud le chéile go rómhaith, the two things don’t agree very well. Rachaidh sé le do chulaith, it will match your suit. (c) Suit the constitution of. Ní théann sé le mo ghoile, it doesn’t suit my stomach. Ní hionann mar a chuaigh an aeráid linn go léir, the climate didn’t agree with us all to the same extent. 3. (a) Take to, engage in. Dul le polaitíocht, to engage in politics. Chuaigh sé le stair, he went in for history. Ní rachadh an mac le feirmeoireacht dó, the son wouldn’t take up farming for him. (b) Abide by. Caithfimid dul leis na rialacha, we must go by the rules. (c) Join with. Ní rachaidís linn san iascaireacht, they wouldn’t join with us in the fishing. (d) Engage with. Chuaigh mé leis san iomrascáil, I took him on at wrestling. 4. (a) Go, fall, down along. Dul le fána, to go downhill. Dul le haill, to fall down a cliff. S.a. anáil 1. (b) Be carried off by. Dul le gaoth, le sruth, to be carried away by the wind, by the stream. (c) Abandon oneself to. Dul le haer an tsaoil, to lead a gay life. (d) Fall into state of. Dul le buile, le báiní, le cuthach, to become mad, frantic, furious. 5. Succeed in. Chuaigh an lá go maith linn, the day went well for us. A fhad is a rachaidh liom, as far as I can manage it. Ní rachaidh leat an iarraidh seo, you won’t succeed this time. Chuaigh sin leis, he got away with that. Chuaigh sé rite liom, it was as much as I could do. Is géar a chuaigh an saol leo, they had a severe struggle in life. Chuaigh gach aon rud i gceart linn, everything went right for us.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Chuaigh sé, chuir sé é féin, thar a ~ leis, he overstrained himself at it, overdid it.
Dul san ~ le rud, to venture, take a chance on, sth.
Bhí sé ~ leis féin i dtaobh dul ann, he regretted going there.
Dúirt mé leis dul san ~ leis, I told him to go to the dickens with it.
Chuaigh an bia le m’~, the food went down the wrong way, went against my breath.
Ag dul chun anaitis le chéile, getting peeved, angry, with each other.
Ar ~ dul le, uniform with.
Dul le ~, to become furious, frantic.
Dul chun baiste le leanbh, to stand sponsor to a child.
Chuaigh mé cuid den bhealach leis, I accompanied him part of the way.
Dul thar na ~a le rud, to go too far with sth.
Nuair a théann ~ go hursain is mian leis dul go gabhal éadain, put a beggar on horseback and he will ride to the devil.
Ní rachaidh mé thar do bhreithiúnas leis, I will not dispute your verdict on it.
Dul ar, le, ~, to go mad, to become frantic.
Bheith, dul, i g~ le duine, to be, become, intimate with s.o.
Dul thar ~ (le rud), to overstep the mark.
Dul chun ~e le duine (faoi rud), to enter into conversation with s.o. (about sth.).
An té nach ngoilleann do chás air ná déan do ghearán leis, do not bring your complaints where they are not wanted.
An té is ~ orainn, linn, the person we are concerned about.
3. Dul thar ~ le rud, to go too far, take too long, with sth.
Dul le ~, to become a dealer.
An té ar leis ó cheart é, the person to whom it properly belongs.
Dul thar an cheasaí le rud, to go too far with sth.
Dul chun ~a le duine, to compete for distinction with s.o.
Dul le ~, to take up a trade.
Dul i g~ (le), to form a marriage alliance (with).
Téann focal le gaoth ach téann buille le ~, actions speak louder than words.
Dul chun cogaidh (le), to go to war (with).
Dul i g~ le duine, to quarrel, contend violently, with s.o.
Dul i g~ le duine, to take counsel with s.o.
Dul i g~ le duine i rud, to combine, co-operate, with s.o. in sth.
Fear é nach dtéann le ~, he is a person who does not co-operate with others.
Dul chun ~ le duine, to enter into a conversation with s.o.
Dul i g~, chun comhraic, le duine, to encounter, fight, s.o.
Chuaigh sé i g~ a anama leis, he risked his life with it.
Ní rachainn fad mo choise leis, I would not walk a step with him.
An rachaidh tú leis? Ní rachaidh ná mo chos. Will you go with him? No, not a foot.
Dul, imeacht, le ~acha, to go wild, mad.
An té nach gcreanann leis féin, he who does not spend anything on himself, look after himself.
An fear a chuaigh i g~ léi, the man who shared his board with her, who married her.
Le ~ an té is sine againn, in the memory of the oldest inhabitant.
Dul thar ~ le rud, to go beyond the limits with sth.
An té, an rud, is ~ leis, whoever, whatever, is the cause of it.
~ a dhéanamh, dul i g~, le duine, to associate, make friends, with s.o.
Dul thar do chumas (le rud), to take too much on oneself (with sth.).
Ní rachainn i g~ leis, I would not risk it.
Bheith, dul, le ~, to be in, get into, a rage.
Dá dtéinn, dá rachainn, leis, if I were to go, had gone, with him.
Bheith, dul, ar an ~ le duine, to be, become, furious with s.o.
Rachadh sé le leas na tíre, ~ leo, it would benefit the country, in their opinion.
