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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
gáitéar
gaithleann
gaithleannach
gáitse
gaitseádaí
gaitseádaíocht
gáitsiúil
gal
gál
gála
galaban
galach
gálach
galacht
galachtós
galadán
galaí
galaigh
galaingéal
galaitheoir
galamaisíoch
galamaisíocht
galán
gal1, f. (gs. gaile, npl. ~a, gpl. ~). 1. (Warlike) ardour; valour, fury. ~ agus gaisce, valour and prowess. A lá gaile, his day of valour. Dul ar ghala aonair le duine, to engage s.o. in single combat. Gur íslíodh a n~, until they cooled off. 2. Vapour, steam; boiling heat. ~ uisce, water vapour. D’imigh sé ina ghal, it boiled away, evaporated. ~ a thógáil, to raise steam. ~ a dhéanamh d’uisce, to convert water into steam. Inneall gaile, steam-engine. Bád gaile, steamboat. Faoi iomlán gaile, under full steam. ~ bheirithe, steam from boiling water. Rud a ithe (amach) as an n~ bheirithe, to eat sth. steaming hot. Bhí ~ teasa ag éirí asainn, we were steaming with the heat. ~ mhianaigh, fire-damp. 3. (a) Puff, whiff (of smoke, of hot air). ~ ghaoithe, blast of hot wind. ~ tobac, a smoke of tobacco. Bíodh ~ (de thoitín, den phíopa) agat, have a smoke (of a cigarette, of the pipe). ~ soip, smoke from a wisp of straw; transitory thing. Ní raibh ann ach ~ soip, it was only a flash in the pan. D’imigh sé mar ghal soip, it ended in smoke. (b) ~ phiútair, dry easterly wind. 4. Fit, bout, turn. ~ tinnis, fit of illness. 5. Demand. Tá an-ghal ar mhuca, pigs are in great demand. 6. m. Lit:An ~ gréine, ‘the sunburst’, banner of ancient Fianna (of Fionn). (Var: m)
gal2, m. (gs. gail, npl. ~a, gpl. ~). Blusterer.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Gail a bhaint as uisce, to bring water to the boil.
~ deataigh, gaile, cloud of smoke, of steam.
~ gal, toit, have a smoke.
~ airm, gaile, feat of arms, of valour.
~ gaile, ceatha, vapour, shower, bath.
~ a bhaint as rud, to bring sth. to the boil.
Ar ~ le fearg, fuming with anger.
~ teasa, gaile, gáis, generation of heat, of steam, of gas.
~ gaile, deed of valour.
D’imigh sé ina ghal soip, it disappeared like a wisp of smoke.
~ a ghaile, the nature of his valour.
~ (gaile), warrior.
~ amach an ghal, an t-aer, let the steam, the air, escape.
~ gaile, steam mill.
Gal a ~, to have a smoke.
~ gaile, steam-port.
~ ghaile, jet of steam.
Duine a ~adh le huisce te, le gal, to scald s.o. with hot water, with steam.
~ gaile, release of steam.
~ gaile, hiss of steam.
