ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ léitheoireachta, reading matter.
Léitear ag Eoin, it is to be read in (the gospel of) St. John.
Ní raibh aon ~ agam ar an leabhar a léamh, I hadn’t time, leisure, to read the book.
An clog a ~t, to be able to read the clock.
Léigh mé as leabhar é, I read it out of a book.
~ a thabhairt, a léamh, a scríobh, a mhúineadh, a fhoghlaim, to give, read, write, teach, learn, a lesson.
Léifinn do chláiríní duit, I would read your palms, your character, for you.
An sliocht seo i mo dhiaidh, the following extract (from what I am reading).
~ a chur i rud, to mean harm by sth.; to read harm into sth.
Léitheoireacht ~, light reading.
An dtig leat ~ a bhaint as an aimsir? Can you read the weather signs?
Leabhar ab fhiú a léamh, a book that was worth reading.
Ag ~ léitheoireachta, snámha, learning to read, to swim.
Is é) d’fhor is d’fhónamh (a bheith) ag léamh leabhar, you do nothing but read books.
2. A fhortún a léamh, a insint, do dhuine, to read, tell, s.o. his fortune.
~ dírléimh, direct-reading hydrometer.
~ léitheoireachta, scoile, ranga, reading-, school-, class-, book.
An chéad, an dara, ~, the first, second, (reading-)book.
~ leabhar, reading of books.
~ uachta, reading of a will.
~ Aifrinn, reading, celebration, of Mass.
An chéad, an dara, ~ (ar bhille), first, second, reading (of bill).
Níl ~ ná scríobh aige, he can neither read nor write.
~ cártaí, cupán, lámh, reading of cards, cups, hands (in fortune-telling).
Leabhar, scéal, a léamh, to read a book, a story.
Léamh do dhuine, to read for s.o.
~ amach, os ard, é, read it out, aloud.
An clog a léamh, to read the clock.
An dtig leat ceol, Laidin, a léamh? Can you read music, Latin?
An tAifreann a léamh, to read, say, Mass.
Cáil duine a léamh dó, to read, proclaim, s.o.’s character.
Cártaí, cupáin, a léamh, to read cards, cups.
Intinn duine a léamh, to read s.o.’s mind.
Léamh ar smaointe, ar chroí, duine, to read s.o.’s thoughts heart.
Ag iarraidh léamh ar an am atá romhainn, trying to read the future.
Ábhar, leabhar, ~a, reading-matter, -book.
Seomra, lampa, ~a, reading-room, -lamp.
Lucht ~a, readers, the reading public.
Is mór an fear ~a é, he is a great man for reading.
~ aspal, soiscéil, epistle, gospel, reading.
~ a léamh, to read a line.
An ~ a léamh do dhuine, to read a lecture to, enumerate his faults for, s.o.
~ a léamh, to read an office.
~ a léamh (ar ábhar), to read a paper (on a subject).
An Pháis a léamh, to read the Passion (from the gospels).
Bí á léamh romhat, read it as you go along.
Tá ~ air, (i) he is a learned man, (ii) he can read and write.
Ag ~ le duine, preaching, reading a lecture, to s.o.
Is fiú an scéal sin a léamh ar ~ na stíle atá ann, that story is worth reading because of its style.