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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
pin on
pin up
pinafore
pinaster
pinboard
pince-nez
pincers
pinch
pinch off
pinchbeck
pinched
pincushion
Pindar
pine
pineal
pine-apple
pine-cone
pine-grove
pinetum
pine-wood
pin-feather
pin-fire
ping
New English–Irish Dictionary has an entry for
pinch »
pinch1, s. 1 a Liomóg f, scealpóg f. To give s.o. a pinch, liomóg a bhaint as duine. b F: He feels the pinch of poverty, tá an bhochtaineacht ag teannadh air. The pinch of hunger, goin f ocrais. c At a pinch, in am riachtanais. F: It was a close pinch, chuaigh sé go snaidhm an rópa liom (leat, etc.). 2 Gráinne m (salainn, snaoise).
pinch2, v.tr. 1 Bainim líomóg, miotóg, scealpóg, as. Cy: Pinched tube, tiúb ghafa. Prov: Everyone knows best where his own shoe pinches, agat féin is fearr a fhios cá luíonn an bhróg ort. 2 To pinch s.o. for food, ocras a thabhairt do dhuine. To pinch oneself, cruatan a thabhairt duit féin; bheith beo ar an gcaolchuid. To pinch and scrape for one's children, scríobadh agus soláthar do do pháistí. 3 P: a Clifeálaim. Someone has pinched my pen, chroch duine éigin mo pheann leis. b Gabhaim, tógaim (coirpeach).
PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
Pinched for money, ar an ngannchuid airgid.
To be pinched for room, bheith sa chúnglach.
F: I took it with a pinch of salt, níor shlog mé gan chogaint é.
His pinched features speak of starvation, tá dreach lom an ocrais air; tá an t-ocras le léamh ar a chontanós tarraingthe.
