Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
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ceannach, m. (gs. as s. -aigh, as vn. -aithe). 1. vn. of ceannaigh1. 2. Purchase. ~ a dhéanamh, to make a purchase. ~ earraí, buying of goods. Tá ~ (maith) orthu, they are in (good) demand. Níl díol ná ~ orthu, there is no market for them. Is daor an ~ é, it is dearly bought. Níor chlú gan cheannach é, the reputation was well-earned. Tabhair aire do do shláinte, níl ~ uirthi, take care of your health, it is invaluable. ~ agus breabaireacht, bribery and corruption. Airgead ceannaigh, purchase money. Árthach ceannaigh, merchant vessel. (Var: ~adh m)
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IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá sé in ~, is ~ dó, teach a cheannach, he can afford to buy a house.
Ceannaigh an drochrud ~ bí gan aon rud, if you buy a poor thing you will be left without anything.
Thaitin sé liom ~ cheannaigh mé é, I liked it and so I bought it.
Bhí sé ag iarraidh é a cheannach ~ gan mórán airgid aige, he was trying to buy it although he had little money.
Dá mbeadh ceannach ar leabhair, if books were being bought.
Ceannaigh, díol, ar, buy, sell, at, for.
Ar cheannaigh sé, all that he bought.
~ ceannaigh, merchant ship.
Rud a cheannach ar athláimh, to buy sth. second-hand.
Rud a cheannach ar ~, to buy sth. at a sale of second-hand goods.
Mo chaduaic! Is daor a cheannaigh mé é, alas! I paid dearly for it.
Rud a cheannach do dhuine, to buy sth. for s.o.
Ag ceannach (sna siopaí), buying (in the shops), shopping.
Is daor a cheannaigh mé é, I paid dearly for it.
Is mé a cheannaigh mo bheart, I paid for my experience.
Ag ceannach na céille, learning from experience.
Ag ceannach na síochána, trying to appease people.
Ceannach, díol, snámh, ól, feadaíl, a dhéanamh, to buy, sell, swim, drink, whistle.
~ agus ceannach, buying and selling.
Ag ~ meala is ag ceannach milseán, [’selling honey to buy sweets’, carrying coals to Newcastle.
~ a cheannach, to buy a bad article.
~, ~í, a cheannach, a dhíol, to buy, sell, goods.
Rud a fháil i siopa, le ceannach, to get sth. in a shop, to buy.
Cheannaigh tú ~, you have bought a trifle, a worthless thing.
Ó cheannaigh tú é caithfidh tú a ghabháil leis, since you bought it you must do with it.
~ ceannach againn orthu, without our being able to buy them.
Cheannaigh siad i gcomhar é, they co-operated to buy it.
Cheannaigh siad eatarthu é, they bought it between them.
~ earraí a cheannach, a thabhairt abhaile, to buy, to bring home, a large supply of goods.
Le bia a cheannach, in order to buy food.
~ cheannaigh, cheannaíochta, merchant ship.
Ceannach ar an ~, buying in bulk.
Rud a cheannach ina mhórchodanna, to buy sth. in large quantities.
~ i mála (a cheannach), (to buy) a pig in a poke.
~ cheannaigh tú é? Did you not buy it? You bought it, didn’t you?
Nithe a cheannach, to buy things.
Rud a fháil, a thógáil, a cheannach, a mhealladh, a ghoid, ó dhuine, to get, take, buy, entice, steal, sth. from s.o.
Na ~aí a cheannaigh mé, the things I bought.
Ba shaoire dom é a cheannach, it would be cheaper for me to buy it.
Cheannaigh ~ teach, he bought a house.
Ceannaigh an ~ agus bí gan aon rud, buy an old thing and be left with nothing.
Ceannaigh ~ dom, buy that thing (I mentioned) for me.
~r cheannaigh mé an leabhar, before I bought the book.
~ a cheannach, to buy land.
Ná ceannaigh ach an ~, buy only the best.
