Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla (Ó Dónaill): cat(a)

TORTHAÍ IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA

cat(a)(i)-, pref. Cata-

ABAIRTÍ IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA

a »

An cat a d’ól an bainne, the cat which drank the milk.

bródúil »

Chomh ~ le cat a mbeadh póca air, as proud as Punch.

ga »

Chuir an cat a gha ann, the cat clawed him.

leadán »

Cuirfidh an cat a leadáin ionat, the cat will claw you.

ABAIRTÍ IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA

cat »

Ar mhaithe leis féin a bhíonn an ~ ag crónán, ‘a cat purrs for its own benefit’.

comharthaí »

Is maith an ~ an cat, a cat can foretell the weather.

creach »

Is ~ don chat a phiscín, a cat feels the loss of its kitten.

críonna »

Níor chríonna an cat ná an coimhéadaí, ‘the watcher was as cunning as the cat’, the trick was discovered in time.

crónán »

~ cait, the purr of a cat.

cúl »

Rinne sí ~ dín de, she made a cat’s-paw of him.

gáire »

Bhainfeadh sé ~ as cat, it would make a cat laugh.

loisc »

Níor ~ seanchat é féin riamh, ‘an old cat never scorches itself’.

rith ar »

Cat ag ~ ar luch, a cat running at a mouse.

súil »

Tá ~e cait aige, he has eyes like a cat, can see in the dark.