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Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
bordaithe
borg
bormónt
bornóg
borógach
bóróiricín
bórón
borr
borra
borrach
borrachas
borradh
borraiceach
borraiche
borraigh
borráiste
borramótar
borrán
borrathaíl
borrbhosca
borrchaoineadh
borrchas
borrchré
borr1, m. 1 = borradh1. 2. (In phrase) I m~ le, puffed up with. I m~ le mórtas, puffed up with importance. Duine a chur i m~ le bréaga, to feed s.o.’s vanity with falsehoods.
borr2, a1. Lit: Puffed, proud; luxuriant.
borr3, v.t. & i. (pp. ~tha). Swell, grow. 1. (Of expansion, development) Plandaí ag ~adh, plants filling, developing. Ag ~adh aníos, springing up. Ag ~adh le teas na gréine, growing rapidly with the heat of the sun. 2. (Of puffed-up condition) ~tha ag an ól, bloated with drink. Ag ~adh le mórtas, swelling with importance. 3. (Of increase, prosperity) Is mór a bhorr na daoine sin, those people have got on well in the world. Go mborra Dia sibh, God prosper you. An méid nach mborradh an lá de bhorradh an oíche é, he throve wonderfully, grew rapidly. 4. (Of anger, incitement) Ag ~adh chuig duine, getting angry with s.o. Ag ~adh le duine (rudaí a dhéanamh as bealach), inciting s.o. (to do wrong things). F: Ag ~adh is ag at mar a bheadh cat i mála, working oneself into a frenzy of exasperation.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ agus biseach, expansion and increase.
~ farraige, srutha, swell, surge, in sea, in current.
Tá ~ inniu ann, there is a swell (at sea) today.
~ feirge, rising anger.
~ ceoil, crescendo.
~ an éin gé, na raithní, na sailí, rapid growth (as of a gosling, fern, willow).
~ trádála, boom.
~ a chur faoi charraig, to insert a levering stone under a rock.
Tá ~ borrtha san fharraige, there is a swelling movement in the sea.
Tá fás, borradh, fúthu, they are growing, developing.
