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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
roilsí
roimh
róimh
roimhe
roimhseach
roimis
roimpi
roinn
roinnchigire
róinne
roinneachán
roinnpháirt
roinnt
roinnteach
roinnteoir
róinseach
róinte
rois
roiseadh
roiseálaí
roiseanna
roisín
roisíneach
roinn1, f. I. (gs. & npl. ranna, gpl. rann). 1. Share, portion. Mo ~ den talamh, my apportioned share of the land. Fuair sí ~ óna hathair, she got a portion, a dowry, from her father. Tá do ~ agat, you have your share. Cion, cuid, ranna, allotted portion. Níl cuid ranna ann, it is not worth dividing. ~ iomairí, rundale. 2. Distribution; dealing, trading. Fear ranna, distributor; dealer, trader. Teach ranna, dealing-house, shop. Tá tú os cionn ranna, it is impossible to deal with you. Ní bheidh ~ agam leo, I will have no truck with them. Lit: ~ agus dáil, serving of food and drink. S.a. lámh 15.
II. (gs. ~e, pl. ranna). 1. (a) Divided, partitioned, portion. ~ talún, divided portion of land. ~ de sheomra, partitioned portion of room. (b) Part, area. An ~ seo tíre, this part of the country. (c) Geog: An R~ Eorpa, the continent of Europe. Ceithre ranna an domhain, the four quarters of the globe. 2. Adm: Department. Ranna stáit, state departments. An R~ Oideachais, the Department of Education. 3. Gram:Ranna cainte, parts of speech. 4. (a) Biol: Division. (b) Anat: Part. Ranna an choirp, the parts of the body.
III = roinnt.
roinn2, v.t. & i. (vn. ~t). 1. Divide. (a) Separate into parts. Talamh, maoin, a ~t, to divide land, property. Tír a ~t, to divide a country. Rud a ~t ina chodanna, to divide sth. into parts. ~ ina bpéirí, ina n-aicmí, iad, divide them into pairs, into categories. (b) Share, apportion. Rud a ~t ar dhaoine, to divide sth. among people. ~ sí na milseáin orthu, she shared out the sweets among them. ~ an fheoil, apportion the meat. ~imis an obair eadrainn, let us share the work between us. ~ sé a chuid eolais linn, he shared his knowledge with us. S.a. cnámh 1(a), creach1 2. 2. Deal, distribute. (a) Cártaí a ~t, to deal cards. (b)Ag ~t in earraí, dealing in goods. (c) ~t go maith le duine, to deal well with s.o. Is deacair ~t leo, it is hard to deal with them. ~fidh mé feac na láí leat, I’ll take the spade-handle to you. 3. Involve, entail. Tá trioblóid ag ~t leis, it involves trouble. 4. Mth: Divide. Céad a ~t ar dheich, to divide one hundred by ten.
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IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ roinnte, halved joint.
Roinn ar, divide among.
Roinnt an bhodaigh a dhéanamh (ar rud), to give oneself the lion’s share of (of sth.).
Ranna ~e, parts of speech.
~ roinne, head of department.
1. Léarscáil a roinnt ina chearnóga, to divide a map into squares.
~na a dhéanamh de rud, rud a roinnt ina cheathrúna, to quarter sth., divide sth. into quarters. (Of measurement)
~ ranna, portion.
An ~ a íoc, a dhíol, a roinnt, le duine, to return a service to s.o., repay s.o. for what he has done for one.
An chreach a chosaint, a roinnt, to defend, share, the spoils.
Níl ~ (na) ranna ann, there is not enough of it to go round.
Níl ~ a roinnte ann, there is not enough of it to go round.
An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha, the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Roinnte go h~, unequally divided.
Roinn siad go fial ~ linn, they shared munificently with us.
An ~ a roinnt, to divide the spoils.
Roinnt gan ~, division with no remainder.
Is ~ a roinn tú é, you divided it rather thinly.
Roinn sé go ~ linn, he treated us generously.
Roinn sé go ~ é, he shared it grudgingly.
Roinn ~ an péire acu é, divide it between the pair of them.
Rann ~, part of speech.
~ ranna, dealer’s hand.
Rann ~, pliant, easy-flowing, verse.
Rinneadh ~ orm nuair a bhí an deoch á roinnt, I was passed over when the drink was being shared out.
Rud a roinnt go ~, to divide sth. unfairly.
~ ranna, divided portion, share.
Roinn ina n-ochtanna iad, divide them into eights.
An ~ a roinnt le duine, to exchange compliments with s.o., to give s.o. tit for tat.
~ leathach, two-part stanza.
~ molta, eulogistic verse.
~ a ghabháil, a rá, to recite a verse; to sing a stave of a song.
~ an mhadra, doggerel verse; rigmarole.
Ná déan ~ de, don’t make a song out of it.
Breith idir dhá ~, a decision between two parties.
De thoil an dá ~, with the consent of both parties.
Rinne ár namhaid ~ linn, our enemy joined forces with us.
An rann sin romhainn, the foregoing stanza.
~ talún, maoine, division of land, of property.
~ tí, tíre, dividing, partitioning, of house, of country.
~ airgid, ollmhaitheasaí, sharing of money, of good things.
~ eolais, léinn, sharing of knowledge, of learning.
Gan ~, undivided, whole, entire.
~ cártaí, card-dealing.
Cé leis an ~? Whose deal is it?
~ in earraí, i bplúr, in iasc, dealing in goods, in flour, in fish.
~ airgid, some money.
~ de na scoláirí, some of the scholars.
Le ~ blianta, for a number of years now.
Chuir sé ~ imní orm, it gave me some anxiety.
