Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Gramadach
Foghraíocht
beaichte
beaifití
beaignit
beainín
beairdí
beairic
béal
bealach
béalach
bealachtach
bealadh
bealaí
bealaigh
béalaigh
bealáil
bealáilte
bealaíocht
béalaireacht
béaláiste
bealaitheoir
béalaithris
béalalt
béalán
bealach, m. (gs. -aigh, pl. -aí). 1. Way. (a) Road, track. ~ mór, highway. ~ cúil, by-way. ~ iarainn, railway. ~ iompair, runway. ~ uisce, water-way. ~ coise, footway, track. ~ cise, corduroy road. ~ na Bó Finne, the Milky Way. Ag siúl an bhealaigh, walking the road. Bhí dhá thaobh an bhealaigh leis, he was zig-zagging, staggering, along the road. Litir, teachtaire, a chur chun bealaigh, to dispatch a letter, a messenger. Cuireadh chun bealaigh, chun an bhealaigh mhóir, é, he was sent off, sacked. Fágadh, cuireadh, ar dhroim an bhealaigh mhóir iad, they were left homeless, driven out on the road. S.a. aicearra 1. (b) Route. ~ aeir, bus, éalaithe, mara, trádála, air, bus, escape, sea, trade, route. Com: Bealaí imdháilte, distribution channels. Dul ~ na farraige, an tsléibhe, to go by the sea, mountain, route. Tá sé ar a bhealach abhaile, he is on the way, coming, home. Do bhealach a dhéanamh, to find one’s way. Eolas an bhealaigh a chur, to ask one’s way. Thug sé eolas an bhealaigh dom, he put me on the right road, showed me where to go. Tá fios a bhealaigh aige, he knows where he is going, what he is doing. Duine a chur ar bhealach a leasa, a aimhleasa, to advise s.o. for his own good, to lead s.o. astray. Má thagann sé i do bhealach gar a dhéanamh dom, if you get an opportunity to do me a favour. Is iomaí rud a chuir an fear sin i mo bhealach, that man has put many benefits in my way. S.a. cor1 1(a), máirseáil1 2. (c) Passage, thoroughfare. ~ análaithe, respiratory tract. ~ isteach, amach, way in, out. Bheith, teacht, i m~ duine, sa bhealach ar dhuine, to be, get, in s.o.’s way. Is mór sa bhealach thú, you are in everybody’s way. Tóg as mo bhealach é, take it out of my way. Fág an ~ aige, get out of his way, let him pass. Tabhair cead an bhealaigh dó, let him have his way, do as he pleases. ~ dúnta, road closed; no thoroughfare. (d) Direction. Tar an ~ seo, come this way. Bhí mé ag amharc an ~ eile, I was looking the other way. Ní raibh mé riamh an ~ sin, sna bealaí sin, I never went in that direction, was never in those parts. (e) Distance, journey. Is fada an ~ é, it is a long way, distance. Tá ~ fada romhat, you have a long way to go. Chuaigh mé cuid den bhealach leis, I accompanied him part of the way. I rith an bhealaigh, all the way. (f) Manner, method. ~ oibre, way, manner, of working. Déan ar do rogha ~ é, do it any way you like. Níl ach aon bhealach amháin air, there is only one way to do it. Tá ~ maith maireachtála acu, they have a good way of living. Tá a bhealach féin leis, he has his own way (of doing, saying, things). Tá bealaí (beaga) dó féin aige, he has his own (little) peculiarities. Sin an ~ atá leis, that is his manner. Tá bealaí ann, he is deceitful. (g) As ~, out of the way; wrong. Ná cuir thú féin as do bhealach leis, don’t put yourself out about it. Ní raibh mé i bhfad as ~, I was not far out (in my reckoning). Tá tú scilling as ~, you are a shilling out. Rud a dhéanamh, a rá, as ~, to do, say, sth. wrong. Níl an tairiscint sin as ~ ar chor ar bith, that offer is not at all unreasonable. (h) Manner, respect. Ar bhealach, in a way. Ar chéad ~, in many ways. Ar gach uile bhealach, in every way. Ar bhealach éigin, somehow. Ar aon bhealach, at any rate. 2. Top: (a) Pass. (b) Passage, sound.
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IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
An bealach ~ , the way home.
An bealach is lú ~, the easiest way.
Ag Bealach an Doirín, at, when at, Ballaghadereen.
Bealach ~, short-cut.
Cam díreach an ród is é an bealach mór an t-~, ‘the longest way round is the shortest way home’.
1. An bealach ~, the near way.
Tá tú ar bhealach d’~a, you are on the road to ruin.
Bealach ~e, axial route.
An bealach ~, the way out, the exit.
An bealach amach, the way out.
As bealach, bóthar, cosán, slí, out of the way, in error.
Giota a bhaint de thuras, den bhealach, to shorten, set out on first stage of, a journey.
Tá sé ar bhealach a bhasctha, he is heading for disaster.
Bheannaigh sé sa bhealach dom, he greeted me in passing.
Ag ~adh le duine (rudaí a dhéanamh as bealach), inciting s.o. (to do wrong things).
~ i leataobh, as do bhealach, é, shove it aside, out of your way.
Is fadó ó bhuail sé an bealach seo, he hasn’t come this way for a long time.
~ bhealaigh, toll.
Bata, bealach, ~, crooked stick, path.
~ in abhainn, i mbealach, twist, winding, in a river, in a path.
An fear, an teach, an t-ainm, an lá, an bealach, ~, the right man, house, name, day, way.
Tóg an cheárta sin as mo bhealach, take that junk out of my way.
An bealach ~ na scoile, the way to school.
Chugat as mo bhealach! Get out of my way!
~ bealach is giorra, whichever way is the shorter.
ceathrar, bealaigh, column of fours, of route.
Rinne sé mé a chomóradh giota den bhealach, he accompanied me part of the way.
Cónaí faoi bhealach, to stop on the way.
~ i mbealach, an obstacle in a path.
~í a chur i mbealach duine, to obstruct, make difficulties for, s.o.
~ i mbealach, a turn in a road.
Chuir tú ~ bealaigh ort féin, you took a roundabout way.
An áit a gcorann an bealach, an abhainn, where the road, the river, turns.
Tháinig na bealaí ~ orm, I was uncertain which way to take.
Ná ~ as a bhealach é, don’t put him out of his way; don’t inconvenience him.
Bealach, doras, béal, ~, narrow way, door, opening.
~ as bealach, inconvenience.
Rinne sé eolas an bhealaigh dom, he directed me on my way.
Duine a chur ar dhroim an bhóthair, an bhealaigh mhóir, to drive s.o. out of house and home.
An bealach is ~, the quickest way.
Bealach ~, another, an alternative, way.
~ bealaigh, slí, waylaying, hold-up, highway robbery; cheating, robbery.
D’~ dó a bheith ag teacht an bealach seo, he happened to be coming this way.
Chuaigh sé ~ an bhealaigh liom, he went all the way with me.
An bealach ar ~, the whole way.
~ an bealach, get out of the way.
~aint síos, suas, i do thimpeall, an bealach eile, to look down, up, around, the other way.
Ar fhiche bealach, in many ways.
~ bealaigh mhóir, strip of grass along side of road.
Ar fhód an bhealaigh mhóir, on the side of the road.
