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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
feisteoir
feistigh
feistiú
feistiúchán
feistiúil
feistiúlacht
feite(ag)án
feith
féith
féithchiúin
féithchrapadh
féitheach
féitheacha
feithealann
feitheamh
féitheanna
féitheog
féitheogach
féitheoigín
feitheoir
feitheoireacht
feithicil
feithicleach
feith, v.t. & i. (vn. ~eamh). 1. Lit: Look at, observe, watch. 2. Lit: Watch over, guard (ar, against). 3. (Used in vn.) (a) (With le) Ag ~eamh le, waiting for, expecting. Is fada mé ag ~eamh leat, I have been waiting for you this long time. Táthar ag ~eamh lena bhás, his death is expected. (b) (With ar) Ag ~eamh ar, expecting, hoping for. Níl dada aige ach ag ~eamh ar a athair, he is totally dependent on his father. (c) (With do) Rud a bheith ag ~eamh duit, to have good expectation of sth. Dá mbeadh an tsláinte ag ~eamh dom, if I could rely on my health. Níl an saol ag ~eamh dó, life is unkind to him. (d) = féithiú2.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Duine a choinneáil sa bhaile, ag feitheamh, as a theach, óna chuid oibre, to keep s.o. at home, waiting, out of his house, from his work.
Táimid ag feitheamh leat le dhá uair ~, we have been expecting you for two whole hours.
Tá mé fad na feidhle ag feitheamh leat, I have been expecting you all this while.
~ a bheith ort le duine, to be waiting for s.o., expecting s.o. to come.
Beidh ~ fada ort, you will have a long wait.
Ar ~, pending.
Is fada le fear ~ feitheamh, time passes slowly for one who has to wait.
Ag feitheamh le ~, waiting to be served.
Ag brath ar a, ag feitheamh lena, mhithidí, awaiting his convenience.
