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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
seimre
séine
seineafóbach
seineafóibe
seinge
seinistir
seinm
seinn
séinne
seinnteoir
seintimint
seipeal
séipéal
séipéilín
seipléir
seipléireacht
séiplíneach
séiplíneacht
seipseas
seipteach
seipticéime
seir
séir
seinn, v.t. & i. (vn. -inm). 1. Play (music, musical instrument). Seinm ar fheadóg, ar veidhlín, to play on a whistle, on a violin. Port a sheinm, to play a tune. Ag seinm ceoil, playing music. Ag seinm téad, playing string music. Tá tú i gcónaí ag seinm ar an téad sin, you are always harping on that string. S.a. port1 1. 2. Sing, warble, chatter. (a) Éin ag seinm, birds singing. Tá sí ag seinm léi, she is chattering away. Chuir sin ag seinm é, that loosened his tongue. ~ amach é, sing it out loud. ~ leat, talk away. (b) (Of food) Go ~e sé siar ort! (to greedy eater) May it make you break wind!
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IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Séid, seinn, ar, blow, play (music), on.
Seinm ar fheadóg, to play a whistle.
Ar ~ dá mbeadh, mar a bheadh, sé ag seinm, as though he were playing music.
Ag seinm, ag bualadh, ar na píoba, playing the bagpipes.
Tá a phort seinnte, it is all up with him.
~ cláirsí, píob, fidile, playing of harp, of pipes, of fiddle.
~ ceoil, playing of music.
~ na n-éan, the warbling of birds.
