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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
cotadh
cotailéadón
cótán
coth
cothabháil
cothabhálach
cothach
cothaigh
cotháil
cothaitheach
cothaitheacht
cothaitheoir
cothálach
cothalán
cothán
cothghail
cothroime
cothrom
cothromacan
cothromacht
cothromaigh
cothromaíocht
cothromaitheach
cothaigh, v.t. & i. 1. Feed, nourish, sustain (a) Duine, ainmí, planda, a chothú, to feed a person, an animal, a plant. Na páistí a chothú go maith, to feed the children well. Ag cothú eallaigh, feeding, fattening, cattle. Bia cothaithe, sustaining food. Cuma chothaithe, well-fed, plump, appearance. S.a. briathar. (b) (Of fuel) Tine, inneall, a chothú, to feed a fire, an engine. Caidéal cothaithe, feed-pump. Dabhach chothaithe, feed-tank. 2. Stir up, promote; harbour. Troid, fearg, olc, a chothú, to stir up a fight, anger, evil. Ag cothú easaontais, sowing discord. Ag cothú díoltais, harbouring revenge. Ag cothú na doininne, aggravating the storm. 3. Maintain; hold fast, stay. An cath a chothú go hoíche, to keep up the battle until nightfall. Chothaigh sé é féin ann amhail carraig, he stood firmly there like a rock. Ag cothú na háite sin, holding on in that place. Chothaigh an lao cois na bó, the calf stayed close to the cow.
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IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ag cothú ceilge, creating mischief, hatching a plot.
~ coirp, intinne, anama, bodily, mental, spiritual, food.
~ cothrom, balanced diet.
~ sláinte, crábhaidh, ealaíon, promotion of health, of piety, of arts.
~ feirge, tréasa, incitement to anger, to treason.
~ bruíne, cogaidh, fomenting of strife, of war.
~ i mbia, nourishment in food.
Tá ~ maith acu, they are well-fed.
Liúntas, ordú, cothaithe, maintenance allowance, order.
Tá bó ar a ~ aige, he has (the milk of) a cow (in return) for her keep.
~ air sin chugat! More of that to you!
~ na doininne soineann na hoíche, a calm night presages a storm.
Is breá an ~ atá ar an ainmhí sin, that animal is in very good condition.
Is olc an ~ iad, they are hardly worth rearing.
Cothú na doininne soineann na hoíche, a calm night presages a storm.
~ a thógáil, a mhúscailt, a chothú, to cause, arouse, foment, enmity.
Is maith an cothú í (an cháis), it (cheese) is very nourishing.
~ a thógáil, a chothú, a chur ina suí, to cause, promote, stir up, a quarrel.
chothaithe deibhleán Dé, he who fed God’s poor.
~ breoiteachta, cothaithe, taistil, sickness, subsistence, travelling, allowance.
Tá cothú ~ ann, there is good sustenance in it.
~ a chothú, to foster ill will; to foment strife.
~ a chothú, to foster enmity.
Cothú na doininne ~ na hoíche, a calm night presages a storm.
~ cothaithe, codlata, nirt, want of feeding, of sleep, of strength.
