Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Gramadach
Foghraíocht
apsaint
apstal
ápúil
ar
ár
ar aghaidh
ar ceann
ara
ára
Arabach
arach
árach
aracha
árachaí
árachaigh
árachas
árachóir
aracnóideach
arad
aradh
áradh
aradha
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ar fad, ar leithead, ar airde, ar doimhneacht, ar tiús, in length, breadth, height, depth, thickness.
Bheith bliain d’aois, troigh ar airde, slat ar fad, tonna meáchain, punt an chloch, to be a year old, a foot high, a yard long, a ton weight, a pound a stone.
Tháinig an ~ ar fad air le gairid, he has let everything slide of late.
~ air sin ar fad, as distinct from that altogether.
Tusa is ~ leis an scéal, leis an rud ar fad, you invented the story, started the whole thing.
Tá siad (i bhfad) chun cinn orainn, they are (far) ahead of us.
An bhfuil an ~ ar fad go maith? Are all the family well?
Ná bígí ~ as mo bhéal ar fad, don’t be for ever hanging on my lips.
Rud a chur ar a fhad, ar a chorr, to put sth. lengthways, on its edge.
I bhfad ar g~, far back, primitive.
Tá sé ar an ~ sin ar fad, that is always his refrain; he is always muttering like that.
Chuir sin dá dhroim ar fad é, that upset him altogether.
Scéal ~ ar fad, a different story altogether.
D’~ air go raibh sé as a mheabhair ar fad, he became more and more enraged until he lost his senses completely.
Chuir sé ~ ar mo shaol, it prolonged my life.
Tá ~ ar a shaol (nuair nár maraíodh é), he bears a charmed life (or he would have been killed).
Tá ~ na teanga air, he talks a lot.
Tá ~ na teanga ort féin lena rá leis, you are well able to say it to him yourself.
Rud a thomhas ar a fhad, to measure sth. along its length.
Fág ina luí ar a fhad é, lay it down lengthwise.
Bhí sé sínte ar a fhad ar an leaba, he was stretched full length on the bed.
Fágadh sínte ar a fhad is ar a leithead é, he was sent sprawling.
Bhuail sé ar fhad mo leicinn mé, he struck me across the cheek.
Is é a fhad agus a leithead é; is é a fhad ar a ghiorracht é, that is the long and the short of it.
2. Ar ~, in length; entirely; all along, always.
Slat ar ~, a yard long.
An bealach ar ~, the whole way.
An lá ar ~, all day.
Ór ar ~ é, it is all gold.
Is breá ar ~ é, it is really fine.
Tá sé iontach ar ~, it is wonderful indeed.
Bhí mé an-uaigneach ar ~, I was very lonely altogether.
Rud eile ar ~, quite a different matter.
Tá sé beo ar ~, he is still alive.
Bíonn sé ina chodladh ar ~, he is always asleep.
Bhí siad anseo ar ~, they were here all along.
Tá sé i m’intinn ar ~, I can’t get it out of my mind.
Ar ~ ar ~, ever and always.
Ní thógfaidh sé i bh~ orainn, it won’t take us long.
Ar feadh i bh~, for a long time.
Dul i bh~ ar rud a dhéanamh, to go far towards doing sth.
Ní rachaidh punt i bh~ ort, a pound won’t take you far.
I bh~ ar gcúl, far back, far behind.
Tá tú i bh~ ar gcúl, you are far behind the times.
Ar ~ i bhfad, for a long time.
Ní dheachaigh sé fad ~ orainn, it lasted us no time at all.
Tá tú ar fad ag ~t orm, you are always giving out to me.
Chuir sé ar ~ ar fad iad, it set them all agog.
3. Ar ~ a chéile, ar ~ fad a chéile, ar ~ fad trína chéile, all mixed up, all confused.
Níor ghabh an bia i bhfad orthu, the food didn’t go far to meet their needs.
