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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
Slóivéanach
slonn
slópáil
slópaire
slosaí
slosóg
Slóvacach
slua
sluach
sluacht
sluaghadh
sluaghmhar
sluaigh
sluaíocht
sluaiste
sluaisteáil
sluaisteog
sluaisteoir
sluaistí
sluaistrigh
sluaistriú
sluaite
sluamhallacht
slua1, m. (gs. ~, pl. ~ite). 1. Host, force, army. A ~ite a thionól, to assemble their forces. Ar cheann, ar thosach, an t~, in the vanguard. Éirí ~, muster, uprising. ~ muirí, naval force. ~ na láimhe deise, na láimhe clé, the heavenly, the demoniacal, host. An ~ sí, the fairy host. ~ na marbh, the (host of the) dead. Tá siad ar shlua na marbh, they have joined the great majority. 2. (a) Crowd, multitude, throng. Tá siad ag cruinniú ina ~ite, they are gathering in great numbers. Tá siad ~ mór ann, there is a big crowd of them. Bhí na ~ite ar na sráideanna, the streets were thronged with people. (b) An ~, the people, the public. Ar aghaidh an t~, in front of everybody, in public. Bheith i mbéal an t~, to be the subject of common gossip. Dul leis an ~, to follow the crowd; to act with the majority. (Var: ~gh m; gs. & npl. ~igh, gpl. ~gh)
slua2, m. (gs. ~). Hosting. An ~ déanach, the final hosting, the last judgment.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bhánaigh an slua, the crowd dispersed.
Tá sé i m~ na tíre, an tsaoil, an tslua, an bhig is an mhóir, everybody is talking about it.
Bhrúcht an slua amach thar na doirse, the crowd surged out through the doors.
Slua ~, vast crowd.
I g~ an tslua, in the thick of the crowd.
Slua agus ~, an army and provisions.
~ slua ar sraonadh, the rallying of an army in defeat.
Sluaite gan chuntas, innumerable hosts.
Slua dea-eagair, well-ordered host.
Slua, eolas, acmhainn, an domhain, vast crowd, knowledge, resources.
~ an lae, an tslua, an cheatha, the tail end of the day, of the crowd, of the shower.
Bhí an slua ag fánú, the crowd was dispersing.
~ agus gáir an tslua, the tumult and shouting of the crowd.
~ an tslua, the tumult of the crowd.
An slua a ghríosú, to rouse the mob.
Bhí sé ag ~ tríd an slua, he was shouldering his way through the crowd.
Slua ~, vast crowd.
~ an tslua, the melting away of the crowd.
~ an slua ó chéile, the crowd melted away.
Tháinig siad ~ a slua, a dtionóil, they came in full hosting, muster.
Slua ~, numerous host.
Mhill an slua sí iad, the fairy host cast a blight over them.
~ an tslua, the noise of the crowd.
An Slua M~, the Marine Corps.
Le ~ slua, by force of numbers.
Bhí slua mór rompu, there was a big crowd waiting for them.
Bhí an slua ag ~eadh, the crowd was dispersing, getting sparse.
An slua ~, the fairy host.
Ag ~ le sluaite, tangling with hosts.
Tá ~ an tslua ann, it attracts the crowd.
~ slua, hosting.
Thionóil siad a sluaite, they assembled their forces.
I d~ an tslua, an áir, in the thick of the host, of the slaughter.
~ sluaite, levying of hosts.
