Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Gramadach
Foghraíocht
máithriúil
máithriúlacht
maithte
Maitias
maitín
maitrís
mál
mala
mála
malabhog
malach
malacha
Malaech
málaeir
Malaeis
Malaeisiach
Malagásach
malaicít
máláid
malaidh
malainneacha
maláire
maláireach
mala, f. (gs. ~, pl. ~í). Brow. 1. (a) Eyebrow. Na ~í a chruinniú, to knit one’s brows. Dhearc sé faoi na ~í orm, he looked at me from under his eyebrows, sombrely, questioningly. D’fhágfainn an mhala ar an tsúil aige, I’d settle his hash for him. S.a. muc 5. (b) Le hallas do mhalaí, by the sweat of one’s brow. 2. (Of hill) Brow; slope, incline. ~ a thógáil, to climb a slope, a hillside. In éadan na ~, against the hill, uphill. Ar mhala shléibhe, on a mountainside. (Níl a fhios agam)ó mhala na glóire, (I don’t know) under heaven.
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IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
As ~ a mhalaí, by the sweat of his brow.
~ staighre, mala, head of stairs, of incline.
~ a chur i d’éadan, i do mhala, to scowl.
Do mhalaí a chrapadh, to knit one’s brows.
Mala, fána, chrochta, steep incline, decline.
Chruinnigh sé na malaí, he puckered his brows.
Mala, aill, ghéar, steep slope, cliff.
Malaí ~a, bushy eyebrows.
Bhí ~ ar a mhala, his brow was clouded.
Ná cuir ~ i do mhala, i d’éadan, leis, don’t frown at it; don’t look so sulky about it.
Ghruamaigh a ghnúis, a mhala, his face, his brow, darkened.
~ a chur ort féin, ar do mhala (le duine), to knit one’s brows, scowl (at s.o.).
~ ar mala, beetling of brow, scowl.
Tháinig ~ ar gach mala aige, he frowned darkly.
Chuir sé ~ ar a mhalaí, he knit his brows.
Malaí ~a, beetle brows.
Tá mala ~ le tógáil againn, we have a steep hill to climb.
Chuir sé roic ina mhalaí, he puckered his brows, frowned.
Tá mala mhór romhainn go fóill, there is a steep incline still ahead of us.
Má sháraím an mhala seo, if I manage to get over this incline.
Bain an ~ de do mhala, take the sullen look off your brow.
Bhí ~ ina mhalaí, he was knitting his brows.
Mala, cnoc, a thógáil, to ascend an incline, a hill.
Malaí ~a, heavy eyebrows.
