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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
cardas
cardún
cargáil
cargálaí
carghas
carla
carmhogal
carn
carna
carnabhal
carnabhóir
carnach
carnadh
carnaid
carnaigh
carnaithe
carnán
carnasach
carnfholt
carnóg
carntha
caróg
carp(a)(i)-
carn1, m. (gs. & npl. cairn, gpl. ~). 1. Archaeol: Cairn. 2. Heap, pile. (a) ~ cloch, heap of stones. ~ airgid, pile of money. ~ bruscair, rubbish-heap. ~ aoiligh, dung-hill. S.a. coiscéim. ~ luatha, ash-heap. ~ a dhéanamh de rud, to pile up sth. (b) ~ adamhach, atomic pile. 3. Great amount. ~ oibre, great amount of work.
carn2, v.t. (pp. ~tha). 1. Heap, pile. Rud a charnadh, to heap up sth. Ag ~adh sneachta, driving snow, forming snow-drifts. Ag ~adh airgid, making piles of money. Ag ~adh leabhar ar a chéile, piling books on top of one another. Ag ~adh (bia) ionat, stuffing oneself (with food). 2. Pound. Bhí siad á gcarnadh ag an stoirm, they were being tossed about by the storm. Tá sé ~tha, á charnadh, ag an slaghdán, he is choked with a cold.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ag carnadh airgid, making heaps of money.
3. ~ crúb, pounding of hoofs.
~ claimhte, clash of swords.
Cuirfidh sí ~ i do charn, she will bury you yet.
~ coiligh ar charn aoiligh, arrogant step.
Bhí an bia i g~ carn acu, the food was heaped on the table for them; they helped themselves to the food.
Bhí an carn ag éirí, the mound was piling up.
Rinne sé carn glóthaí de, he knocked him in a heap.
~ an chairn, the pointed top of the cairn.
