Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Gramadach
Foghraíocht
lapairín
lapán
laparnach
Laplainnis
Laplannach
lapóg
laprachán
lár
lárach
láraigh
láraimsitheach
laraing
laraingeach
laraingeascóp
laraingeolaíocht
laraingíteas
larán
lárapóg
larbha
larbhach
lárbhord
larcán
lárcheantar
lár, m. (gs. & npl. láir, gpl. ~). 1. Ground, floor. (a) Ar an ~ lom, on the bare ground. Leath buailte ~ glan, a clear threshing-floor is half the work done. Thug sé a ghnúis le ~, he turned his face to the ground, bowed down to the ground. Titim ar ~, to fall to the ground. Rud a leagan ar ~, to level sth. to the ground. Bheith ar ~, to be on the ground; to be laid low, fallen. (b) Rud a fhágáil ar ~, to omit sth. Ná lig ar ~, faoi ~, é, don’t let it drop, fall through. Tá mo chuid fómhair ar lár, my harvest is not yet saved. Lúb ar ~, dropped stitch. Tá lúb ar ~ san argóint, there is a defect in the argument. Chuaigh an cleas ar ~, the trick failed. Tá mé tógtha ó ~ acu, they are driving me crazy. Tógfaidh siad an teach ó ~, they will fill the house with commotion. S.a. sraith1 1. 2. Middle, centre. (a) ~ an urláir, na páirce, an aonaigh, the middle of the floor, of the field, of the fair. ~ na tíre, the midlands. I ~ an lae, an tsamhraidh, in the middle of the day, of the summer. Bhí sé i ~ na bruíne, he was in the thick of the fight. I ~ crainn, at half-mast. I ~ an chomhrá dúinn, when we were in the middle of the conversation. Amuigh i ~ na farraige, out in mid-ocean. Amach as ~ an chiúnais, out of the midst of the silence. S.a. báire 1, ball 6, leas11(a). (b) I mo ~, in my breast, heart. Chuaigh sé trí ~ mo chléibh, it pierced me to the heart. Faoi mo ~, round my waist. (c) An fear láir, the man in the middle. Áirse, ciorcal, láir, centre arch, circle.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
I lár ~, in the centre of play; in the middle.
I lár baill, in the centre.
Ina lár go ~, right in the middle of it.
~ bhíseach, chaolchosach, chaseitreach, láir, spúnóige, tharathair, worm-, taper-, twist-, centre-, spoon-, auger-, bit.
An ~ tosaigh, láir, deiridh, the bow-oar, the mid-oar, the stroke.
~ láir, táise, central wale.
~ eachtrach, inmheánach, láir, outer, inner, middle, ear.
Tá sé ~tha ina lár, it is cracked in the middle.
Fág an ~ ar lár, omit the five.
Chuir an láir searrach aisti, the mare cast a foal.
An rud is doilí le duine ná a bhás (b’fhéidir gurb é lár a leasa é), what one thinks to be a fate worse than death (may be a blessing in disguise).
Bhí sé ag éirí de lár, de thalamh, he was jumping off the ground, flying into a rage.
Greadadh ~ lár é, he was dashed to the ground.
Ní ~ faoi lár é, all is not lost.
~ bairr, láir, íochtair, top, middle, lower, sod.
Bhí sé ag ~t i lár an aonaigh, he was calling out in the middle of the fair.
Mura mbeadh agat ach ~ bí i lár an aonaigh leis, don’t hide your light under a bushel.
I lár an lae ghil, in broad daylight.
Thug siad a n~ le lár, they turned their faces to the ground.
I lár baill, right in the middle.
Briste sa lár, broken in the middle.
Tá searrach sa láir, the mare is in foal.
Lár an inbhéartaithe, centre of inversion.
I lár an lae ghil, in broad daylight.
1. ~ ghraí, stud-mare.
~ shearraigh, mare in foal.
~ asail, she-ass.
2. ~ mná, big well-built woman.
3. ~ dhubh, treadmill.
~ bhán, hobby-horse (used by wren-parties).
~ (bhán), badderlocks.
B’fhéidir gurb é lár a ~a é, it may be all for his good.
~ clé, deas, láir, left-, right-, centre-, half(-back).
~ clé, deas, láir, left, right, centre, half-forward.
Rud a ~ean le lár, to let sth. rest upon the ground; to let sth. fall to the ground, fall through.
~ na lár, line of centres.
Tá na ~í ar lár ag an mbó, the cow is about to calve.
~ ar lár, dropped stitch;
Tá an choill ina ~ ar lár, the wood has been levelled to the ground.
An M~ Láir, the Central Plain.
Láir mhaol, bobtailed mare.
An mhéar fhada, láir, mheáin, the middle finger.
Ó mhullach go lár, from top to bottom.
Ó ~ go lár, all beneath the sky.
Ó lár na cathrach, from the centre of the city.
I lár na h~, in the middle of the night.
An rud is measa le duine ná a bhás b’fhéidir gurb é lár a leasa é, what one regards as a fate worse than death may be all for one’s good.
~ láir, centre-pin.
~ an láir an searrach, the mare weaned the foal.
Fág an ~ ar lár, omit the seven.
