Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Gramadach
Foghraíocht
éaduchtú
éadúil
éaduilleach
éaduisceanach
éadulaingt
éadulangach
eag
éag
eagach
éagach
eagailseach
eagair
eagal
éagalma
eagán
éagann
éaganta
éagantacht
éagaoin
éagaoine
éagaoineadh
éagaoineas
éagaointeach
éag1, m. (gs. & npl. ~a, gpl. ~; dpl. ~aibh used in certain literary phrases). 1. vn. of éag2. 2. Death. (a) Dul in ~, dul d’~, to die; to expire, die out, become extinct. Chuaigh sé d’~ leis an tart, he died of thirst. Tá an tine ag dul in ~, the fire is going out. Tá an stoirm in ~, the storm is spent. Dul don ~ mar chách, to go the way of all flesh. Tá sé ag druidim leis an ~, he is near death. Chomh fuar leis an ~, as cold as death. Is ionann an cás an t-~ is an bás, it is six of one and half a dozen of the other. (b) Go h~, till death, forever; (with neg.) never. Bheith go h~ le rud, to be forever at sth., completely absorbed in sth. (c) Lit: Ria, iar, n-éagaibh, before, after, death. ~a na bliana, the year’s mortality. A chuirfeadh ~a an earraigh ar gcúl, which would bring dead things to life in the spring. Céad ~a = céadéaga. 3. Numbness, powerlessness. ~ i lámh, want of feeling in a hand. 4. (In phrase) Ar chúl ~a, in a backward state or position; isolated, unnoticed, forgotten. Tá an áit seo ar chúl ~a, this place is at the back of beyond. Tá siad ar chúl ~a anois, they are ignored, forgotten, now. Fágadh ar chúl ~a sinn, we were left out in the cold.
éag2, v.i. Die; expire, die out, become extinct. (Var: vn. ~adh m)
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ éaga, abode of death.
Is cuma liom ~ nó éag, mo bheo nó mo mharbh, I care not whether I live or die.
Ar bhrú éaga, on the verge of death.
~ an éaga, rigor mortis.
Níl ~ againn ón éag, we can’t escape death.
~ liom a ndul in éag, woe is me that they have passed away.
Ní fhéachann an t-éag do neach, death is no respecter of persons.
Ní bheidh lá foráis air go héag, he will never come to much.
~ n-éag, after death.
Éag agus ~, death and departure.
D’éag, thit, an ~, the lease expired.
~ catha, éaga, omen of battle, of death.
~ d’éag uaidh sin amach, I’d gladly die after that.
Bhí sé ina ~ éaga, he was on his death-bed.
Ní fhaightear ~ ón éag, there is no reprieve from death.
(Is) ~ nár éag sé, he nearly died.
Gearr ~ m’onóra óna n-éag, I shall not be held long in honour after their death.
~ bháis, éaga, trance of death.
Tá siad ag dul in éag, i ndearmad, they are dying out, being forgotten.
~ an éaga, horror of death.
