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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
cliútach
cliútráil
cló
clóbh
clóbhuail
cloca
clóca
cloch
clochach
clochadóir
clochadóireacht
clochaí
clochailím
clóchais
clochán
clochaois
clochar
clocharach
clocharán
clocharnach
clocharnaíl
clóchas
clóchasach
cloch1, f. (gs. -oiche, npl. ~a, gpl. ~). 1. Stone. (a) Geol: ~ adhmainte, lodestone. ~ aoil, limestone. ~ chumaisc, pudding-stone. ~ eibhir, granite (stone). ~ chormaic, (type of) granite. ~ ghainimh, sandstone. ~ ghallúnaí, shópa, soap-stone. ~ ghlas, (i) greenstone, (ii) whinstone. Bhainfeadh sé deoir as ~ ghlas, it would move a heart of stone. ~ ghréine, scáil, quartz. ~ shalainn, rock salt. ~ thine, flint. ~ a dhéanamh de rud, to petrify sth. Croí cloiche, heart of stone. S.a. gráinne1 2(a). (b) (Of gem) ~ bhua, lómhar, luachmhar, uasal, precious stone. (c) ~ chairéil, quarry-stone. ~ chora, stepping-stone. ~ dhuirlinge, rounded shore-pebble, cobble-stone. ~ fhorbháis, perched stone. ~ reatha, rolling stone. Prov: Ní thagann caonach ar chloch reatha, a rolling stone gathers no moss. ~ thalún, stone embedded in ground. Ná cluineadh ~a an talaimh é, don’t breathe a word of it. (d) ~ ancaire, róid, théide, anchor stone. ~ ghabhála, fulcrum (stone). ~ ghualainne, nirt, heavy casting-stone. Is é mo chloch nirt é, it is as much as I can do. ~ tharraingthe, light casting-stone. (e) ~ altóra, altar-stone. ~ bhró, mhuilinn, millstone. S.a. rádal 2. ~ chinn, headstone. ~ mhíle, milestone. ~ theampaill, (i) churchyard stone, (ii) taciturn person. ~ theorann, boundary stone. (f) Const:~ bhoinn, foundation stone. An chloch bhoinn a chur, a leagan, to lay the foundation stone. ~ cheangail, ghreama, bond-stone. ~ choirnéil, chúinne, corner-stone. ~ dhín, mhullaigh, phréacháin, spideoige, cope-stone. ~ sceimhil, shileáin, drip-stone. ~a saoirseachta, building-stones. ~a cóirithe, dressed stone, ashlars. Balla cloiche, stone wall. Obair chloiche, stone-work. S.a. saor1. (g) ~a briste, broken stone, (road-)metal. (h) ~ fhaobhair, líofa, whetstone, hone. ~ speile, scythe-stone. (i) ~ shneachta, hailstone. Ag cur ~ sneachta, raining hail. (j) Ch: ~ ghorm, blue-stone. (k) Stone in fruit. ~ phluma, shilín, plum-, cherry-, stone. (l) Med: ~ dhomlais, gall-stone. ~ dhuáin, kidney-stone. ~a fuail, gravel. (m) Bead. ~ phaidrín, bead of rosary. Is é an chloch is mó, is lú, ar a phaidrín é, it is his greatest, his least, concern. (n) Hard lump. ~ ghuail, lump of coal. (o) Physiol: Testicle. (p) (In phrases) Ag caitheamh cloiche in aghaidh cuain, (of useless endeavour) casting a stone against the tide. Cibé atá saor caitheadh sé ~, let him who is blameless cast the first stone. Chaith sé a chloch is a ord leis, he gave it up as a bad job. Tá an chloch sa mhuinchille aige duit, he has it in for you. Caithimis an chloch as ár muinchille, let us bury the hatchet. ~ in áit na huibhe, a stone for bread. Dá mbeadh sé faoi chloch gheofá é, there is no use in hiding it from you. Cuirfidh sí ~ i do charn, she will bury you yet. S.a. snas1 3. 2. ~ (mheáchain), stone (weight). Rud a thomhas ina chlocha, to measure sth. by the stone. Mála ocht g~, eight-stone bag. 3. Rocky shore. Cois cloiche, by the shore. Fanacht in aice na cloiche, to stay close to shore. Bád ag imeacht le ~, a boat hugging the shore. 4. Rocky island. 5. (Stone) castle.
cloch2, v.t. (vn. ~adh m, gs. ~ta). Stone.
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Dá mbeadh caint ag na clocha, if stones could speak.
Ní fhéadfainn, ~ mo dhícheall a dhéanamh, an chloch sin a thógáil, I could not lift that stone, even if I did my best.
~ chloiche, large stone.
3. ~ (cloiche), large stone.
Scilling an chloch, a shilling per stone.
Ar cheap cloiche, on a stone base.
Cipíní, clocha, a bhailiú, to gather sticks, stones.
Clocha, gairbhéal, a bhaint, to quarry stones, gravel.
Aithinne, splanc, a bhaint as cloch, to knock a spark out of a stone.
~ cloiche, brící, adóibe, fód, stone, brick, adobe, earthen, wall.
Bheith bliain d’aois, troigh ar airde, slat ar fad, tonna meáchain, punt an chloch, to be a year old, a foot high, a yard long, a ton weight, a pound a stone.
Ag biathú na gcloch orainn, showering stones at us.
~ cloiche, ledge, shelf, of rock.
Chomh ~ le cloch, le slis, le bodhrán, stone-deaf.
Cloch a bhogadh, to move, dislodge, a stone.
2. ~ cloiche, casting-stone.
~ cloch, stone-breaker.
Cloch bhró; ~ mhuilinn, millstone.
Clocha, salann, a bhrú, to pound stones, salt.
Cloch bhua, precious stone.
Bhuaigh aige, leis, an chloch a thógáil, he succeeded in lifting the stone.
Bhuail sé an balla le clocha duirlinge, he dashed the wall with shore pebbles.
~ cloiche, stone-bruise.
2. ~ chloiche, lump of stone.
~ cloiche, rock cavity.
~ chloiche, small ashlar; lump of stone.
~ cloiche, flat circular stone (as substitute for quoit).
~ cloch, stonechat.
~ cloch, stone-thrower.
Cloch a chaitheamh, to throw a stone.
Chaith sé cloch, urchar, liom, he threw a stone, fired a shot at me.
~ cloiche, meáchain, oird, stone-, weight-, hammer-, throwing.
~ cloiche, rock cavity.
Théadh sé i g~ chúng chloiche do thabhairt péine dá chorp, he used to confine himself in a narrow stone cell in order to mortify his body.
~ chloiche, protruding rock.
~ cloch, heap of stones.
~ cloch, créafóige, bruscair, heap of stones, of clay, of rubbish.
Clocha, gairbhéal, sneachta, a chartadh, to clear away stones, gravel, snow.
Clocha a cheangal, to bind stones.
~ cloiche, block of stone; stone post.
Tá ~ cloiche meáchain ann, it weighs a quarter of a stone.
~ (cloiche) siúcra, quarter (stone) of sugar.
~ chloiche, stone step.
Níl cloch ná ~ ar áit an tí sin anois, where that house stood there is neither stick nor stone left now.
1. ~ fearthainne, sneachta, cloch sneachta, shower of rain, of snow, of hailstones.
2. ~ cloch, drithlí, shower of stones, of sparks.
Ag ~ cloch, heaping stones.
Ag ~ báistí, cloch sneachta, pelting rain, hailstones.
~ cloch, fód, stone, sod, (fencing-)wall.
~ adhmaid, cloiche, lump of wood, of stone.
