Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Gramadach
Foghraíocht
snaimeadóir
snáimh
snáimht(h)eoir
snaisín
snáite
snáiteoireacht
snáith
snáithe
snáitheach
snáithigh
snáithín
snáithíneach
snáithire
snáithiú
snáití
snamanna
snamh
snámh
snámhacáil
snámhach
snámhachán
snámhacht
snamhadh
Seans gur foirm é snáithe de:
snáith »
snáithe, m. (gs. ~, pl. ~anna). 1. (Single) thread. (a) ~ cadáis, olla, síoda, cotton, wool, silk, thread. ~ céarach, waxed thread. ~ a chur i snáthaid, to thread a needle. ~ óir, airgid, gold, silver, thread. ~ (an) leonta, thread binding sprained limb (as part of charm). (b) Thread, stitch. ~ silte, dropped stitch (in weaving). ~ fada an táilliúra fhalsa, ‘the lazy tailor’s long stitch’, slipshod work. Níl ~ éadaigh air, he hasn’t a stitch of clothes on him. Níl ~ aige le cur thairis, he hasn’t a stitch to wear. Ní raibh ~ tirim ar mo chraiceann, I hadn’t a dry stitch on me. Níl ~ ná snaidhm le cur i ngeall agam, ‘I have neither a thread nor a stitch at stake’, I have nothing to lose. (c)~ saoil, thread of life. Gearradh ~ a shaoil, his life was cut short. Tá ~ mo shaoil caite, my term of life has ended. (d) ~ scéil, smaointe, argóna, thread of story, of thoughts, of argument. Tá ~ an scéil ag dul chun aimhréidhe, the matter is getting more complicated. (e) ~ bíse, scriú, thread of vice, of screw. ~ a chur ar scriú, i mbolta, to thread a screw, a bolt. 2. Granular texture, grain, grit, fibre. Tá ~ sa mhóin bhán, the brown turf is stringy. Adhmad a bhfuil ~ réidh ann, timber with an even grain, timber which is easy to cut. Gearr ar an ~ é, cut it along the grain, on the straight. Níl ~ ar bith sna clocha sin, there is no regular grain in those stones (i.e. they won’t break in a regular pattern). 3. Anat: ~ an droma, the spinal cord. 4. (In phrases) Duine a fhágáil ar a shnáithe, to let s.o. proceed undisturbed, at his own pace. Ná cuir thar a shnáithe é, don’t throw him out of his stride; don’t overtax him. Ba é lán a shnáithe é, it was as much as he could do. Bhí siad ag déanamh ~ den bhealach mór, they were speeding along the road. Tá ~ cnoic sa bhóthar sin, that road winds uphill. An ~ a choinneáil faoin bhfiacail ag duine, to enable s.o. to eke out an existence.
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Ní den ~ an chéad snáithe, you must spoil before you spin.
Snáithe bastála, basting thread.
Snáithe, sreangán, ~, thin thread, string.
4. ~, snáithe caoláin, catgut.
Rópa, snáithe, a chasadh, to twist a rope, a thread.
Snáithe céarach, wax-end.
Níl aon snáithe ar a chorp, he hasn’t a stitch of clothes on.
Snáithe a chur i snáthaid, to thread a needle.
Snáithe ~ (in adhmad), close grain (in timber).
~ snáithe, téide, strand of thread, of rope.
Níl snáithe éadaigh air, he hasn’t a stitch on him.
Snáithe, sreang, a ghlinneáil, to wind up a thread, a wire.
Cuimil leis an snáithe é, rub it with the grain.
4. Snáithe ~, thread used to tie bait on hook.
Snáithe ~, thread used to secure bait to hook.
~ snáithe, count (of yarn).
