Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Gramadach
Foghraíocht
beathnua
beathrach
beathú
beathúch
beathúil
beathuisce
beathúnas
beibe
beibheal
béic
béiceach
béiceadán
beiche
béicíl
béicthe
béideal
béideán
beidearán
beidh
béidh
Beidiúnach
beifear
CUARDACH DROIM AR AIS
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ní den ~ an chéad snáithe, you must spoil before you spin.
Ní raibh mé i m’~ riamh go dtí anois, never before was I in such a fix.
Ag seoladh díreach ar an ~, sailing straight before the wind.
Sula raibh an bhliain ~, before the year was out.
de (> den), do (> don), i (> sa, san before
Roimh a ~, before his time, prematurely.
Am an chuntais ar cheann an bháis, the accounting time before death.
1. ~ inné, the day before yesterday.
~ aréir, the night before last.
~ anuraidh, the year before last.
Ár n-aithreacha romhainn, our fathers before us.
Bhain sé an doras díom, he got to the door before me.
Níor ~eadh Mí de Mhaigh Uisnigh roimhe sin, the plain of Uisneach was not called Meath before then.
~ an bháis, relief before death.
~ an bháis, rally before death.
Faoi bhráid, (i) before, in front of, (ii) in preparation for.
Teacht faoi bhráid duine, to come before, take precedence over, s.o.
Ní ~ é go raibh sé ar an bport, don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.
~ romhat agus i do dhiaidh, look before and after, lay your plans carefully.
~ báistí, heat before rain.
Ag imeacht ~ díreach roimh an ngaoth, sailing straight before the wind, running free.
Cuir ~ ann sula bhfeice siad é, put it away before they see it.
Tá beatha cearrbhaigh fós san Inid, there is still time for a last fling (before Lent).
Ní raibh sé i bhfad ag ~, he was not long ailing (before he died).
Níor loic sé riamh ~ orm, he has never failed me before.
Domhnach na cogarnaí, the Sunday before Lent.
Os ~ do dhá shúl, before your very eyes, right in front of you.
Os ~ a shúl, before his eyes.
Ná bí ag cur na gcontúirtí sin i gceann na bpáistí, don’t talk of such dangerous matters before the children; don’t instil those dangers into the minds of the children.
Chreathnaigh siad roimh an namhaid, they quailed before the enemy.
Is furasta iad a chur i g~, they are not particular about what is placed before them; they are easily fed.
Níl ~ an tsagairt ann, he will be dead before the priest comes.
Breathnaigh, féach, an abhainn sula dtéir ina ~, look before you leap.
Duine a chur romhat, to put s.o. in front of you; to send s.o. before you.
~eadh bia romhainn, food was set before us.
Fad a bheifeá ag rá ‘~ as sin!’ Before you could say ‘Jack Robinson’.
Ag cúlú romhainn, falling back before us.
~ roimh an ngníomh, i ndiaidh an ghnímh, accessory before, after, the fact.
Gan luí a thabhairt faoi dháil ar domhan, not to take an oath before any tribunal whatsoever.
darb before vowel in pres. tense,
darbh before vowel or
Is túisce ~ ná scéal, one should offer a drink before asking for news.
Romham agus i mo dhiaidh, before and after me.
Cuirim Dia ina dhiaidh ort, I hold you responsible before God for it.
(Go) ~ sula bhfaca sé mé, just before he saw me.
Ná cuir an sócúl roimh an ~, [’do not put comfort before discomfort’, business first.
Talamh ~, (moor)land scorched, beaten, before tilling.
~ na bhfear, na mart, Sunday before feast of St. Martin.
~ na cogarnaí, an smuit, Sunday before, after, beginning of Lent.
Sula ~ oíche, before night comes.
