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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
coilíneistearáis
coilíní
coilínigh
coilíniú
cóilis
coilithín
coiliú
coill
coille
coilleadh
coilleadóir
coilleadóireacht
coillearán
coillearnach
coilleasc
coilleincíoma
coilleog
coilleolaíocht
coillí
coillidh
coilliúint
coillte
coillteach
coill could be a grammatical form of:
coll »
coill1, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~te). Wood; forest. ~ ghiúise, bheithe, pine-, birch-, wood. Crann ~e, forest-tree. Dá dtitfeadh crann sa choill is air a thitfeadh sé, everything happens to him; he gets blamed for everything. Dá mbrisfí ~ air, no matter how much he should be punished. Chuirfeadh sé dhá cheann na ~e ar a chéile, ‘he would set both ends of the forest at each other’, he would cause a row in any company. An choill a thabhairt ort féin, (i) to take to the woods, (ii) to become an outlaw. Lucht ~e, (i) wood-folk, (ii) outlaws. ~te cúil, backwoods. S.a. bé, capall 4, ceithearn 2, cluas 1, colm1, corcrán, crotal 2, fabhcún, gairleog1, glasair1, lasair 2, lus, maide 1 (a), meantán, scréachóg.
coill2, v.t. 1. Geld, castrate. 2. Violate, despoil. Dlí, móid, tearmann, geasa, a choilleadh, to violate a law, a vow, a sanctuary, taboos. Nead a choilleadh, to rob a nest. 3. (Of book, etc.) Expurgate.
coill3: coll.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ na coille, the tangled undergrowth.
~ coill, darach, hazel-wood, oak-wood.
~ coille, standing timber.
~ choille, nymph.
~ coille, wood sanicle.
Níl coill gan ~ a loiscfeadh í, any forest can be fired with its own kindling.
~ coille, margin of wood.
Bhuail siad isteach sa choill, they struck into the wood.
~í coill, lamb’s-tails.
~ coille, capercaillie.
I g~ na coille, na hoíche, in the depths of the wood, of the night.
2. ~ choille, woodkern, outlaw.
2. ~ (coille), outlaw.
~ casarnaí, cíbe, coille, garraí, giolcaí, sailí, grasshopper, sedge-, wood-, garden-, reed-, willow-, warbler.
~ na coille, the fringe of the wood.
Bíonn ~a ar na claíocha, ar an gcoill, walls have ears.
I g~ na coille, in the margin of the wood.
~ coill, gaelach, hazel-nut.
~ coille, trá, gleanings of woodland, of seashore.
~ feá, coille, woodcock.
Crann coill, hazel-tree.
Cnó coill, hazel-nut.
Bata coill, hazel-stick; cudgel.
Slat choill, hazel-rod; dowsing-rod.
~ coille, ring-dove, wood-pigeon.
~ coill, hazel flail-handle; cudgel.
Cosán ~e trí choill, pathway through a wood.
~ coille, bullfinch.
~ (caoch, coille), woodcock.
~ coille, thinned-out, skeleton, forest.
~ coille, lungwort.
Coillte cúil, backwoods.
I n~ na coille, in the security of the wood.
~ choille, forest seclusion.
Coill dhiamhair, dark forest.
Bheith ~ do choill, do bhalla, do chontúirt, to be close to a wood, to a wall, to danger.
~ coille, forest entanglement.
~ coille, hobby.
~ coill, hazel rod.
~ báid, coille, guail, boatman, woodsman, coalman.
~ choill, hazel-rod.
~ na coille, the forest foliage.
~áil trí bhearna, choill, chró snáthaide, to go through a gap, a wood, the eye of a needle.
~ choille, sauce-alone.
~ abhann, coille, cuain, river, forest, harbour, guard.
~ castáin, coill, giúise, chestnut-, hazel-, pine-, grove.
Bealach a ghearradh trí choill, to cut a way through a wood.
Coill a ghlanadh, to clear a forest.
~ choille, bugle.
Na coilm ag ~ sa choill, the doves cooing in the wood.
