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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
maoithmheach
maoithmheas
maoithmheasach
maoithneach
maoithneachas
maoithneas
maoithní
maol
maola
maolabhrach
maolacha
maoladh
maolagán
maolaí
maolaigeanta
maolaigeantacht
maolaigh
maolaire
maolaisnéis
maolaitheach
maolaitheoir
maolán
maolánach
maol could be a grammatical form of:
aol »
maol1, m. (gs. & npl. -oil, gpl. ~). 1. Bare, bald, object. 2. (a) Lit: Devotee. (b) Servant. 3. Blunt object. 4. Dense, obtuse, person. 5. Mus: Flat. 6. Ent:~ fuar, webworm. 7. f. (gs. maoile). Hornless cow.
maol2, a1. 1. (a) Bare, bald. An fear ~, the bald man. Paiste ~, bald patch. Cruithneacht mhaol, beardless wheat. Chomh ~ le tuairgnín, le croí mo dhearnan, as bald as a coot. (b) Bare, unprotected. Aon ~, bare ace. Prov: Is ~ gualainn gan bhráthair, it is not good to stand alone. S.a. logall 2, mola1. 2. (a) Hornless. Bó, eilit, mhaol, hornless cow, doe. S.a. aithne1 1. (b) Cropped. Madra ~, crop-eared dog. Láir mhaol, bobtailed mare. Imill mhaola, cropped edges. 3. Roofless, dismantled. Teach ~, roofless house. Muileann ~, derelict mill. S.a. long1 1. 4. Edgeless, blunt. Scian mhaol, blunt knife. S.a. pionsa 2. 5. (a) Flattened. Cuar ~, flat curve. Áirse mhaol, depressed arch. (b)Geom: Obtuse. 6. (Of tone) Flat. Dath ~, flat colour. Torann ~, low sound. Mus: B ~, B flat. 7. Dense, obtuse. Nach ~ atá do cheann ort? What a dunce you are? Ná bí ~ ina bhun, keep your wits about you while you are doing it. 8. Late in day. Agus an lá ~, agus é ~ sa lá, when it was late in the day. 9. (Intensifying) Bhí sé ~ marbh, he was stone dead; he was in a dead faint. Tá sé ~ tarnocht, he is stark naked. Shéid an stoirm ~ gléigeal, the storm raged furiously.
maol3, f = maoil1.
maol4 = maolaigh.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Chuir siad ~ na mbó maol ar a chéile, they quarrelled on first acquaintance.
Breith maol, san fhoghail, ar dhuine, to catch s.o. red-handed.
Ar mhaoil a bhlagaide, on top of his bald head.
Tá an pota ag cur thairis, thar maoil, the pot is spilling over.
~ thar maoil, overflow(ing).
~ mhaol, hornless doe.
~ maoile, rope tied over top of load.
Beidh ~ i mbliana ar Ghráinne Mhaol, Granuaile’s descendants will rise up this year.
~ curaigh Maoile Dúin, Maeldun’s currach voyage.
~ maol, simple pit.
~ mhaol, (i) sheerhulk, (ii)
Bheith i do mhaoil, to be bareheaded; to have one’s bald head exposed.
Thit sé ar mhaoil a chinn, he fell on the top of his head.
~ a chur ar chiseán le prátaí, to heap a basket with potatoes.
Plátaí faoi mhaoil le bia, plates heaped with food.
Fómhar faoi mhaoil, bountiful harvest.
Chuir sé ~ is cruach air, he piled it up high.
Dul ó mhaoil go mullach, to pile things higher, to go from bad to worse.
Más olc ~ is measa mullóg, the alternative is even worse.
Ag cur thar ~ le rud, brimming over, full to overflowing, with sth.
Tá an corcán ag cur thar ~, the pot is overflowing.
Bhí an tír ag cur thar ~ le cruithneacht, there was an overabundance of wheat in the country.
As ~, ó mhaoil, do ghualainne, straight from the shoulder, with all one’s might.
As ~ do chonláin; de mhaoil do mhainge; de mhaoil an bhaige, on the spur of the moment; on an impulse, for no apparent reason.
~ gan mhaoil, stricken measure.
~ maol, uterine mole.
~ maol, foil.
~ mhaoile, strickle (for levelling).
~ mhaol, receding chin.
~ na mbó maol, harmless fight.
