Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Gramadach
Foghraíocht
fífeadóireacht
fífidh
fifiúir
fig
fige
fíge
figear
figh
fighe
figheachán
figheadóir
figheán
figheann
figheog
fighfidh
fighil
fighte
figín
figiúr
-fil
filbín
file
-file
figh, v.t. & i. (pres. fíonn, fut. fífidh, vn. fí, pp. fite). Weave. 1. Éadach, gréasán, a fhí, to weave cloth, a web. Slata, folt, a fhí, to weave, plait, rods, hair. Cliabh, cathaoir, mata, a fhí, to weave a basket, a chair, a mat. Rudaí a fhí ina, ar a, lena, chéile, to interweave, intertwine, things. Fite go dlúth, closely woven. Tá siad fite fuaite ina chéile, they are firmly interwoven, inextricably mixed up. Tá sé fite fuaite ann, it is in the fibre of his being. 2. (Of story, etc.) Put together, contrive, compose. Amhrán, dán, a fhí, to compose a song, a poem. Is maith fite an scéal é, it is a good well-knit story. Dá mbeadh sé fite mar is ceart, if it were properly contrived.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Fí chorráin, twilled weave.
Fite go ~, closely woven.
~ chíorach, honeycomb weave.
~ chorráin, dhúbailte, twilled weave, twill.
~ na coise circe, three-tressed plaiting.
~ cheathairdhualach, four-tressed plaiting.
Fíge ~, trifling thing, nothing.
Níl spide ~ air, he is nothing but skin and bone.
