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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
fualrith
fualsoitheach
fuamán
fuan
fuanacht
fuanbhrat
fuann
fuar
fuaraigeanta
fuaraigeantacht
fuaraigh
fuaráil
fuarainm
fuaraíocht
fuaraistear
fuaraitheoir
fuarálach
fuarálacht
fuarallas
fuaramán
fuarán
fuaránach
fuaránta
fuar1, a1. 1. Cold. (a) (Of temperature, feeling) Bheith ~, to be cold. Lá ~, cold day. Lámha ~a, cold hands. Tá sé ~ fliuch, it is cold and wet. (b) Not heated, allowed to cool after cooking. Bainne ~, cold milk. Brachán ~, cold porridge. Is ~ a bhlas air, he finds it insipid. (c) Sensitive to cold. Ní duine ~ mé, I don’t mind the cold much. (d) Slow to absorb heat. Talamh, riasc, ~, cold ground, marsh. (e) Chilling, depressing. Teach ~ folamh, bleak empty house. (f) Without ardour. Bheith ~ le duine, to be cool towards s.o. ~ i nduine, indifferent to s.o. B’fhuar an fháilte í, it was a cold welcome. S.a. cos 1. (g) Apathetic. Teachtaire ~, indolent messenger. ~ falsa, indifferent and lazy. Ná bí ~ i do ghnóthaí, don’t be remiss about your affairs. (h) Vain, profitless. Pinginí ~a a shaothrú, to earn a few miserable pennies. Tá (sé) ~ agat a bheith ag caint air anois, it is useless for you to speak about it now. (i) Without interest. Is ~ an scéal anois é, it is a matter of no interest now. (j) Dead. ~ marbh, cold in death. Nuair a bheidh siad féin ~, when they themselves are dead. S.a. lionn 1(a). 2. Raw, uncooked. Feoil, ubh, fhuar, raw meat, egg. ~ nó bruite, raw or cooked. S.a. feoil 1. 3. (Of masonry) Dry. Balla ~, dry, unmortared, wall.
fuar2, ~adh, m = fuaraigh, fuarú.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Fuair sé a ~, he got his wish.
Is aige a fuair mé an speal, I got the scythe from him.
Bhí an lá an-dorcha, ~ é chomh fuar, the day was very dark, and it was also very cold.
Fuair sé a mb’~ leis, he got all he wanted.
Fuair an féar ~, the hay was spoiled by rain, retted.
Tugadh ~ mhaith don leanbh; fuair an leanbh ~ mhaith, the child was well cared for.
Fuair siad ~ mhaith uaim, I treated them generously.
~ fuar gaoithe, cold breath of wind.
Gaoth fhuar ~, cold biting wind.
Fuair mé ~ cruinn air an iarraidh sin, I got a good shot at it that time.
Nuair a fuair mé an ~ liom, when I recovered my breath, my speech.
Fuair sé bás in ~, he died miserably.
Fuair sé ~, he took a turn for the better.
Fuair sé ar '~ orm' é, he got it for half nothing.
Teach fuar ~, cold bleak house.
~ fuar, dry, unmortared, wall.
Níl ann ach na ~í fuara, na ~í loma, there is nothing but the bare walls.
Fuair sé ~, he was checked, impeded.
Fuair mé ceann de bharraíocht ort, I got one more than you.
Fuair, tholg, sé a bhás as, he caught his death from it.
Fuair mé na seacht m~ le pianta i mo ghoile, I suffered untold agonies with stomach pains.
Fuair siad ~, a m~, they were badly beaten, crushed.
Fuair sé ~ reatha, he was made to run the gauntlet, was severely treated.
Lá ~ fuar, cold kind of day.
Fuair mé ar bheagán trioblóide é, I had no trouble in getting it.
Fuair sé breith a bhéil féin, he got what he asked for.
Tá ~ fuar air, ar an lá, it is a chilly day.
Tá an lá cineál fuar, the day is somewhat cold.
Lá ~ fuar, piercingly cold day.
Fuair mo lámh ~, my hand (has) healed.
Dheamhan ~ a fuair mé, I got nothing at all.
Fuair sé an ball ~ ionam, he got on the soft side of me.
Fuair tú punt de bhreis orm, you got a pound more than I got.
Fuair sé ~ a chionta, he got his deserts.
Fuair an codladh ~ orm, mo bhua, I was overcome by sleep.
Fuair sé ~ millteanach, he got a terrible beating.
Cé fuar bheirid a bhuí, although they give cold thanks for it.
~ beag fuar, slightly cold.
Fuair sé mo bhuntáiste, he put me at a disadvantage.
~ é a fuair tú? What did you get?
Fuair sé cartadh is ~, he was pushed and shoved around.
~ bheag, bhréagach, fhuar, bee, spotted, early purple, orchis.
Fuair sé a chargáil, he was knocked about, roughly treated.
Tá ~ fuar san oíche, the night is turning cold.
Fuair sé an ~ is fearr orm, he gained the advantage over me.
Fuair mé ar ~ é, I got it at an auction(-sale).
Fuair tú a g~ de luach orthu, you got a fair price for them.
Tá sé fuar i g~, it is quite cold.
Fuair mé é ~ go leor, I got it all right.
A ~adh agus a fuair bás, who was crucified and died.
