Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Gramadach
Foghraíocht
purgú
purláin
púróg
púrógach
purpair
purpal
purparaigh
púrtaí
púrthóg
pus
pusach
pusachán
pusaire
pusaireacht
pusanna
púsc
pusca
púscadh
púscán
puslach
pustachán
putach(án)
CUARDACH DROIM AR AIS
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ní dhéanfadh an saol ~ rása d’asal, you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
An ~ a choinneáil ar an spaga, to hold the purse-strings.
Rud a chur isteach i mbosca, i do sparán, to put sth. into a box, into one’s purse.
~ airgid, money prize, purse.
Is fearr ~ sa chúirt ná bonn, punt, sa sparán, a friend in court is better than a penny, a pound, in the purse.
Cuir síoda, culaith shíoda, ar ghabhar agus is ~ i gcónaí é, you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
Cuir ~ sa sparán é, put it into the purse.
Sparán ~, light purse.
Tá sparán ~ta aige, he has a full purse, plenty of money.
~ na n-aosán, shepherd’s purse.
~ na fola, shepherd’s purse.
~ an sparáin, shepherd’s purse.
2. Tá ~ teann aige, he has a well-lined purse.
~ sparáin, purse-string.
~ teann, well-lined purse.
~ lag, teann, light, well-lined, purse.
~ na scillinge, (leprechaun’s) inexhaustible purse; the widow’s cruse.
~ na caillí mairbhe, egg-case of skate, mermaid’s purse.
An t~ a bhaint den mhála, (i) to loosen the purse-strings, (ii) to let one’s tongue wag.
Póca, sparán, ~, well-filled pocket, purse.
~ sparáin, lower part of (string-) purse.
