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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
fáthmheas
fáthrún
fáthrúnda
fáthscéal
fáthúil
fé
feá
feabhas
Feabhra
feabhraíd
feabhrán
feabhsaigh
feabhsú
feabhsúchán
feabht
feac
feaca
feacach
feacadh
féacadh
feacaí
feacaíocht
feacanna
feabhas could be a grammatical form of:
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feabhas, m. (gs. -ais). 1. Excellence. ~ ruda, the excellent quality, excellence, of sth. Le ~ an cheoil, with the excellence of the music. Dá fheabhas iad, however good they may be. Gach rud dá fheabhas, everything of the best. Is maith liom dá fheabhas a bheidh tú, the better (off) you are the better I shall like it; I wish you every success. Bheith ar fheabhas, to be excellent; to be in excellent health, circumstances. Rud ar (a) fheabhas, an excellent thing. Tá siad ar fheabhas Éireann, an domhain, they are extremely good; they are wonderfully well. Ní mór (dóibh) a bh~, they are not too good. Is leor dó a fheabhas, he is doing as well as can be expected. Ní ar a bh~ ach ar a n-olcas, not for their good but for their bad qualities. A fheabhas a rinne sé é, how well he did it. 2. Improvement. ~ a chur ar rud, to improve sth. Dul i bh~, to improve. Tá ~ mór air, he has improved a lot; his health is much better. Tá ~ ar an aimsir, the weather has turned fine. Tháinig ~ ar an tír ó shin, the country has changed for the better since then. Tá siad ag athrú, agus ní chun feabhais é, they are changing, and not for the better.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ar (a) fheabhas, excellent.
~ ar fheabhas chugat, more luck to you.
Tá sé ar fheabhas ina cháilíocht féin, he excels in his own way; it is excellent of its kind.
Is fearr marcaíocht ar ghabhar ná ~ dá fheabhas, anything is better than walking, half a loaf is better than no bread.
Dá fheabhas dá bhfuil sé, however good he is.
Dá fheabhas é, excellent as it is.
Ar fheabhas na hÉireann, as good as any in the land, excellent.
Ní ~ dó a fheabhas, he would need to improve.
Dul i bhfeabhas, i méid, i neart, in aois, to get better, bigger, stronger, older.
Tiocfaidh ár ~ feabhais, we will improve as time goes on; there are better days in store for us.
Níl feabhas ná ~ air, he has neither improved nor disimproved.
Ag dul i bhfeabhas ~ atá siad, they are getting better all the time.
Bheadh ~ ar fheabhas, that thing (we were considering) would be excellent.
Bhí gach uile shórt dá fheabhas acu, they had everything of the best.
Rachaidh feabhas orthu, they will improve.
Ag dul i bhfeabhas, in olcas, improving, getting worse.
