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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
vótáil
vótaíocht
vótálaí
vrác
vuibhearn
vuinsciú
Vulgáid
X
xaintéin
xaintin
xantaein
xantaifill
X-chrómosóm
xeanón
xéaroftailmia
xéinilit
xéirea-
xéireamorfacht
xéiri-
xéirideirme
xéirifileach
xéirifít
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IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá cuma ~ air, he looks weather-beaten, the worse for wear.
Is troime a bhagairt ná a bhuille, his bark is worse than his bite.
Ní measa é ná ~, he is no worse than others.
Ní beo duine i ndiaidh a cháinte, dishonour is worse than death.
Bhí mé i mbearna ba chaoile ná sin, I was in worse straits than that.
Ní ~ (ná díth) dó é, he is none the worse for it.
Níl mé a dhath níos measa leis, I am none the worse for it.
Is é (an) ~ é, it couldn’t be worse.
An rud is doilí le duine ná a bhás (b’fhéidir gurb é lár a leasa é), what one thinks to be a fate worse than death (may be a blessing in disguise).
Dul i n~, chun ~a, to get worse.
Dul i n~, chun an donais, to get worse; to go to the bad.
An cás a chur chun an donais ar dhuine, to make matters worse for s.o.
Cailleadh an ~ (agus an duáin) ort! Worse luck to you!
Tháinig ~ sa scéal, the affair took a turn for the worse.
Ag éirí níos measa, getting worse.
Ag éirí air atá, it is getting worse.
Níl ~ dá bharr air, he is none the worse for it.
Nár thaga ~ is measa (ná sin), may we hear no worse news (than that); the report is of no consequence.
Ghéaraigh ar na harraingeacha, the pangs grew worse.
Is mó a ghéim ná é féin, his bark is worse than his bite.
Dul ó ghiolla na sliogán go ~ na mbairneach, to go from bad to worse.
Is measa a ghlam ná a ghreim, his bark is worse than his bite.
Tá sé ag imeacht leis, he is going from bad to worse.
Nár imí uainn ach é, may we suffer no worse loss.
Is ~ rud is measa ná é, there are worse things in life.
Beidh a ~ ort, you will be the worse for it.
Dul ó mhaoil go mullach, to pile things higher, to go from bad to worse.
Más olc ~ is measa mullóg, the alternative is even worse.
Is ~ is measa mar sin é, it is far worse so.
Ní measa domsa ~ duitse é, it is no worse for me than for you.
Duit féin is measa é, it will be all the worse for you.
An rud is measa le duine ná a bhás b’fhéidir gurb é lár a leasa é, what one regards as a fate worse than death may be all for one’s good.
Is measaide sibh, daoibh, é, you are the worse for it.
Dul in ~, chun olcais, to get worse.
Measa sa mheasa, worse and worse.
Dóibhsean is measa é, it will be the worse for them.
Ach is ag dul chun an donais atá siad, but they are only getting worse and worse.
Ag dul i bhfeabhas, in olcas, improving, getting worse.
Fuair sé ~ beag aréir, he took a little turn for the worse last night.
