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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
brístín
bríthin
briúlán
bró
brobh
brobhaíl
brobhais
broc
broc-
brocach
brocachán
brocadh
brócaeir
brocailí
brocaire
brocaireacht
brocais
brocamas
bróch
brochán
bróchán
brocla(i)s
broclach
broc1, m. (gs. & npl. -oic, gpl. ~). 1. Badger. 2. Dirty-faced person. 3. Short thick-set person.
broc2, m. (gs. -oic). 1. Leavings, refuse. ~ a dhéanamh de bhia, to mess up food. ~ prátaí, small, discarded, potatoes. 2. (In phrases) Ná déan ~ díobh, don’t mix them up, take them in order. Rinne sé ~ dá theaghlach, he gave precedence to junior member(s) of his family; he messed up his family.
broc3, v.t. (pp. ~tha). Spoil, mess. Bhroc siad an bia, an féar, they messed up the food, the hay.
broc-4, prefix = breac-4
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
2. ~ a dhéanamh ar rud, to mess up sth.
Bheith ag ~ le rud, to put up with sth.
Rachadh an coileán sin ag ~ le broc, that pup would tackle a badger.
Chomh ~ le broc, le luch, as grey as a badger, as a mouse.
~ broic, badger-dog, basset.
