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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
fiannóir
fiannta
fianscar
fiánta
fiántas
fianú
fiaphoc
fiar
fiara
fiarach
fiaradh
fiaraigh
fiaraing
fiaralt
fiarán
fiaránach
fiaras
fiarbhacart
fiarchón
fiarchumhdach
fiaréadan
fiarfaigh
fiarfaightheach
fiar1, m. (gs. -air, npl. ~a, gpl. ~). 1. Slant, tilt, bias, obliquity. Rud a chur ar ~, to slant sth. Rud a ghearradh ar ~, to cut sth. on the bias. Tá sé rud beag ar ~ agat, you have inclined it a bit (from perpendicular, horizontal, straight line). Ar fhiar an chnoic, on the sloping face of the hill. Trasna ar ~, diagonally across. ~ a thabhairt soir, to veer east. 2. Bend, twist; crookedness, perverseness. ~ in iomaire, bend in ridge. ~ in adhmad, warp in timber. ~ i súile, squint in eyes. ~ a chur san fhírinne, to pervert the truth. Tá an ~ ann, he is crooked by nature. San fhiar, crookedly, perversely.
fiar2, a. (gsm. féir, gsf. & comp. féire, npl. ~a). 1. Slanting, tilted, oblique, diagonal, crosswise. 2. Bent, warped, crooked, perverse.
fiar3, v.t. & i. (pp. ~tha). 1. Slant, tilt, veer, turn. ~adh ó chúrsa, to veer off course. ~ isteach é, tilt it inwards. Tá na crainn ag ~adh le stoirm, the trees are bowing before the storm. 2. Bend, twist, distort. Tá an t-adhmad ag ~adh, the timber is warping. D’fhiar mo shúile ag breathnú orthu, I got a squint in my eyes from watching them. An fhírinne a fhiaradh, to pervert the truth. ~faidh an aimsir é, the weather will warp it.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ar corr, ar fiar, edgeways, askew.
~ féir, cocháin, tuí, luachra, cipíní, bundle of hay, straw, thatch, rushes, sticks.
~ féir, tuí, blade of grass, of straw.
~ féir, bank of hay.
~ féir, cocháin, bits of hay, straw.
Tá ~ maith féir ar an ngort sin, there is a good cut, crop, of hay in that field.
~ féir, stopper made of hay; wisp of hay rolled together.
~ féir, truss, bale, of hay.
~ féir ar ghort, covering, overgrowth, of grass on a field.
Ag ~adh féir, cocking hay.
~ (féir), cock (of hay).
~ féir, bale of hay.
~ (féir), small cock of hay.
2. ~ féir, grasshopper.
~ arbhair, fhéir, stack of corn, of hay.
~ fhéir, dormouse.
~ féir, haymaking.
~ fhéir, olla, thuí, wisp of grass, of wool, of thatch.
~ fhéir, wisp of grass.
~ úll, milseán, bláth, féir, handful of apples, of sweets, of flowers, of grass.
~ féir, tuft of grass.
~ chocháin, féir, mhóna, straw, hay, peat(-moss), bedding.
~ féir, éisc, maoine, plenty of grass, of fish, of wealth.
~ féir, grass growing wild, luxuriant grass.
Ní thig liom filleadh ná ~, ~ ná fiaradh, a bhaint as, I can’t bend it in the least; I can’t make him budge.
Talamh a ligean chun féir, to let land out into grass.
Le teacht an fhéir, when the grass begins to grow, in the spring.
Síos) go ~, go barr an fhéir, down to the ground.
Bhí sé ag cur féir (is uisce) óna chosa, he was travelling fast.
Ag tabhairt an fhéir, under the sod, in the grave.
~ féir, meadow-buttercup.
~ a bhaint as, a chur i, rud, to tilt, bend, sth.
Níor bhain sé feacadh ná ~ asam, it did not move me in the least.
~ féir, éisc, bainne, quantity of hay, of fish, of milk.
~ féir, blade of grass.
~ an fhéir, na bprátaí, na sméar, the hay, potato, berry, harvest.
~ féir, hay-fork.
~ fiartha, shearing force.
féir, mhóna, armful of hay, of turf.
~ féir, coarse grass.
~ féir, blade of grass.
~ coirce, cruithneachta, féir, springing oats, wheat, grass.
Tá siad chomh mór le chéile le ~ bán agus coca féir, they are as thick as thieves.
Ag ~adh an fhéir, picking, pecking at, the grass.
~ féir, lín, plucked handful of hay, of flax.
~ féir, greenness of grass.
3. ~ féir, grass shoot.
~ féir, springing of grass.
~ féir, small, squat, cock of hay.
~ féir, bluish-green colour of lush grass.
