Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Gramadach
Foghraíocht
lonradh
lonraigh
lónroinn
lonta
lónta
lóntaí
lónú
lópa
lópach
lópáil
lopailit
lópaire
lópas
lór
loraí
lorán
lorg
lorga
lorgadán
lorgaid
lorgaire
lorgaireacht
CUARDACH DROIM AR AIS
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ná hionsaigh ~, don’t go looking for trouble.
Tá cuma ~ air, he looks weather-beaten, the worse for wear.
Tá na diabhail sin faoi do choinne, those devils are waiting, on the look-out, for you.
Tá siad ag cuardach tí, they are looking for a house.
Níl uaidh ach ‘Iarraim ~’, he is only looking for an excuse.
~adh ar dhuine, to look at s.o.; to consider, to have consideration for, s.o.
Ná beannaigh don ~ go mbeannaí sé duit, one should not go out of one’s way to look for trouble.
Tá sé i n~ airgid orm, he is looking for money from me.
Do cheann a chur isteach ar, thar, an ~, to look in the door; to call at the house for a moment.
~ seilge, ‘hunting-mound’, look-out place for leader of hunt.
Níl ach ~ duit a bheith á chuardach, you are wasting your time looking for it.
Bhí ~ troda air, he was looking for a fight.
Ag ~ ar, looking to, attending to; on the look-out for; relying on.
Bheith le ~ duine, to be on the look-out for s.o.
An té nach trua leis do chás ná déan do ghearán leis, do not look for sympathy where there is none.
Troid a ~aidh, to look for a fight.
Cad é atá tú a ~aidh ansin? What are you looking for there?
Ná h~ ágh, don’t look for a fight.
Tá siad ar do ~, they are after you, looking for you.
Ar ~ eolais, looking for information.
2. Obair a ~, to look for work.
Ag ~ troda, looking for a fight.
Ag lorg an tsochair, looking for a bargain.
Tá ~ bháistí ar an lá, the day looks set for rain.
Ag ~ troda, looking for fight.
Ag tóraíocht táilliúra i mbruth faoi thír, looking for a needle in a haystack.
Thaistil mé an leabhar ar a lorg, I went all through the book looking for it.
Níor chuir mé ~ ar bith orthu, I made no effort to find them; I didn’t bother to look for them.
Bhí mé ag iarraidh eolais ina d~, I was looking for information about them.
Ar thóir troda, looking for fight.
Ag iarraidh troda atá sé, he is looking for a fight.
Tá d’athair ar do thuairisc, your father is looking for you.
