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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
fia-bhán
fiabheart
fiabheatha
fiabhras
fiabhrasach
fiabhrasacht
fiabhuidéal
fiacail
fiacantóir
fiach
fiachach
fiachadh
fiachadóir
fiachaí
fiacháil
fia-chailleach
fiachaint
fiachaire
fiachaireacht
fiachall
fiachán
fia-chapall
fiachas
fiacail, f. (gs. ~e, pl. -cla). 1. Tooth. (a) ~ diúil, forais, milk-, wisdom, tooth. Fiacla bréige, false teeth. ~ a ghearradh, to cut a tooth. ~ a tharraingt, a stoitheadh, to pull a tooth. ~ a bhaint as duine, to knock a tooth out of s.o.’s mouth. Uisce a chur le fiacla duine, to make s.o.’s mouth water. Ní bhfaighidh tú é dá dtitfeadh na fiacla asat, you won’t get it no matter how much you crave it. Rud a chur faoi d’fhiacail, to hold sth. in one’s mouth and chew it; to ponder on sth. Cuir sin faoi d’fhiacail (agus cogain é), put that in your pipe and smoke it. Leag mé faoin bh~ aige é; dúirt mé suas lena fhiacla é, I cast it in his teeth. Bhí siad ag tabhairt na bhfiacla dá chéile, they were snapping at each other. Rud a rá faoi d’fhiacla, to mutter sth. Níor chuir sé ~ ann; níor leag sé ~ air, he did not mince his words. Dúirt sé trína fhiacla é, he said it between his teeth. Prov: Ní mhilleann dea-ghlór ~; níor bhris focal maith ~ riamh, a kind word is always welcome. (b) Fiacla círe, sáibh, teeth of comb, of saw. Fiacla cléithe, bráca, tusks of harrow. Fiacla rotha, cogs of wheel. Fiacla eochrach, steps of key. Fiacla a chur i rud, to tooth sth. Is deacair fiacla a chur i gcúl corráin, [’it is hard to put teeth in the back of a reaping-hook’, to reason with a numskull. (c) ~ (charraige), projecting, toothlike, rock. (d) Bot: ~ chú, dog’s-tooth. 2. Edge, verge. ~ aille, edge of cliff. Ba chúng ~ leis nó dul tríd, he was determined to push his way through. (Var: gpl. fiacal)
RELATED MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bhí na fiacla ag ~t air, his teeth were troubling him.
Fiacail a bhaint amach, to extract a tooth.
Fiacla ~a, gapped teeth.
~ fiacla, tooth-pick.
Fiacail bhog, loose tooth.
~ fiacla, loosening of teeth.
~ crainn, coinnle, fiacaile, stump of tree, of candle, of tooth.
Tá ~ air ó chaill sé na fiacla, his mouth has sunk since he lost his teeth.
Tá ~ éigin faoina fhiacail, (i) there is something gritty between his teeth, (ii) there is something irritating him.
~ na bhfiacla, jaw.
~ fiacla, set of teeth.
~ fiacla, crunch of teeth.
Na fiacla a chogaint, to grind one’s teeth.
4. ~ fiacla, teething pains.
Tá an chruimh faoin bhfiacail, sa tsróin, aige dúinn, he has it in for us, he nurses a resentment against us.
Daitheacha fiacaile, toothache.
Ní mhilleann ~ fiacail, a kind word is always welcome.
~ fiacla, grinding of teeth.
~ fiacla, gnashing of teeth.
~ fiacla, dentist.
~ bhreá fiacla, fine set of teeth.
Níl fiacail ina dhrandal, he has lost all his teeth.
1. Carraig, fiacail, a dhruileáil, to drill a rock, a tooth.
~ fiacla, rabid desire to eat.
Fiacla rotha a ghabháil, to mesh the teeth of a wheel.
Fiacla ~a, white teeth.
~ fiacla, teething.
Fiacla ~a, stub teeth.
4. ~ fiacla, lock-jaw.
Ceannaithe, fiacla, ~a, coarse features, teeth.
Fiacail a ~adh, to fill a tooth.
~ i bhfiacail, filling in tooth.
~ fiacla, tooth decay.
~ fiacaile, súile, socket of tooth, of eye.
~ fiacaile, scine, tooth-, knife-, mark.
~ fiacaile, mark of mouth (in horse).
Fiacail ~, sore tooth.
Fiacla a ~adh, to bare teeth.
Fiacail a phiocadh, to pick a tooth.
~ (fiacla), plate.
~ fiacla, tooth-powder.
~ scine, fiacaile, knife-, tooth-, mark.
Fiacla ~, gapped teeth.
Bhí sé ag ~adh na bhfiacla chugam, he was baring his teeth at me.
An ~ a choinneáil faoin bhfiacail ag duine, to enable s.o. to eke out an existence.
2. ~ (fiacaile), projecting tooth.
~ fiacaile, stump of tooth.
Fiacail a ~eadh, to extract a tooth.
~ fiacla, extraction of teeth.
~ fiacaile, buck-tooth.
