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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
tímeas
tímín
timíocht
timire
timireach
timireacht
tímis
timpeall
timpeallach
timpeallacht
timpeallaigh
timpeallaíocht
timpeallghearr
timpeallghearradh
timpealltheascadh
timpeallú
timpéara
timpill
timpire
timpireach
timpireacht
timpiste
timpisteach
timpeall, m. (gs. & npl. -pill, gpl. ~). 1. (a) Round, circuit; roundabout. ~ an tobair a dhéanamh, to make the round of the well. Tá ~ amháin eile le déanamh agam, I have to make one more round. An ~ a ghabháil, a thabhairt leat, to take the roundabout way. Ná cuir an ~ ort féin, don’t go the long way round. Chuir siad míle de thimpeall orthu féin, they added a mile to their journey by going round. Rud a chur sa ~, to pass sth. round. Agus mar sin sa ~, and so on all round. (b) Surrounding, encircling, position. Sheas siad ina thimpeall, they stood round him. Na daoine atá inár d~, the people round about us. Tháinig siad sa ~ orainn, they surrounded us. Ní féidir teacht ina thimpeall, it is impossible to circumvent him. (Of subject) Ag teacht ina thimpeall, discussing it. (c) Ambit, precincts. Tá ~ an tí le cothromú go fóill, the place round the house has still to be levelled. (d) Circumference, girth. Tá ceithre troithe de thimpeall aige, it has a circumference of four feet. Tá do sháith de thimpeall agat, you have quite a girth. 2. (As adv.) Round, about. Ag dul ~, going round. Tá an scéal ag dul ~, the story is going the round. Ag siúl ~, walking about. Shuigh siad ~, they sat round. ~ leat! ~ libh! Round you go. Thart ~, round about. Anseo ~, hereabouts. Faoi mhíle ~, within a mile radius. 3. (As prep. or in prep. phrase) (a) Round, about. Dul ~ an domhain, to go round the world. An fharraige atá ~ orainn, the seas around us. Chruinnigh siad ~ orm, they gathered round me. Cuir sreangán ~ air, put a string round it. Tá siad ~ an tí in áit éigin, they are somewhere about the house. ~ na Nollag, around Christmas. (b) Approximately. ~ le míle slí, a distance of about a mile. ~ (is) fiche bliain ó shin, about twenty years ago. Céad meáchain nó ~ air, a hundredweight or thereabouts. ~ a deich (a chlog), about ten (o’clock). (c) In regard to, concerning. Bhí mé ag iarraidh eolais ina d~, I was looking for information about them. Ghabh trua mhór ina ~ é, he felt great pity on her account. Tá sé an-eolach ~ ar chapaill, he knows a lot about horses. Lit: I d~ substainte na dtrí bpearsan, concerning the substance of the three persons (in God.).
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Timpeall ~, tuairim ~, céad, about one hundred.
Bailígí thart, timpeall, orm anseo, gather, assemble, around me here.
Ag déanamh, ag baint, ~í timpeall na bó, running, circling, round the cow.
Ag bolú timpeall, nosing around.
~adh thart, timpeall, to turn about.
~ timpeall, about turn.
Bhí siad ina g~ cuid timpeall air, they were all over him (welcoming him).
~ timpill, body-guard.
Timpeall na g~, round the shores, the coast.
Bhí ~ beag (daoine) timpeall air, he was surrounded by a little group (of people).
Bhí siad ina g~ timpeall air, they were clustered about him.
Ag déanamh ~e, ~í oibre, timpeall an tí, doing odd jobs about the house.
Timpeall na ~, round the globe.
Cruinniú thart, timpeall, ar dhuine, to gather round s.o.
An ~ timpeall, máguaird, the surrounding country.
Is ea a chuamar timpeall na tíre, what we did was to go round the country.
Ag ~ timpeall, circling round; loitering about.
2. ~ (thart, timpeall), circle, move, about.
~aint síos, suas, i do thimpeall, an bealach eile, to look down, up, around, the other way.
Ag ~ timpeall ar scéal, talking round, trying to broach, a subject.
Ag ~ (timpeall), darting about.
Ag ~ thart, timpeall, fluttering about.
An t-aicearra, an timpeall, a ghabháil, to take the short cut, the long way round.
~ síos, amach, do leataobh, timpeall, go down, out, to one side, round.
Is beag an ~ a bhí timpeall air, he didn’t make much of a stir; he was a quiet man.
Ag ~ i mo thimpeall, hovering about me.
Ag imeacht timpeall, ó áit go háit, going about, from place to place.
(ar, timpeall, towards, round).
Tá sé leáite timpeall a ghnóthaí, he doesn’t know how to go about his work.
Duine a ~úint timpeall, to follow s.o. around.
Ag ~ timpeall air, hanging about him, toadying to him.
Ag ~ timpeall, parading about.
Ag ~ timpeall, running around.
~ sé deoch timpeall, he sent round a drink.
Bhí ~ páistí timpeall air, the children were swarming round him.
Chruinnigh ~ beag timpeall orainn, a small crowd gathered round us.
Ag ~ thart, timpeall an tí, pottering about, doing odd jobs about the house.
Ag siúl timpeall, anonn is anall, amach is isteach, walking about, to and fro, in and out.
~ an cogadh timpeall an domhain, the war spread round the world.
Bhíomar inár ~ timpeall, ar na binsí, ar aghaidh a chéile, we were sitting around, on the benches, facing one another.
Thug sé timpeall na háite sinn, he took us round the place.
Ní raibh siad ~ ina thimpeall, they didn’t stand firmly by him.
~ go socair timpeall an chúinne, come easy round the corner.
~ timpeall na háite, round about the place.
Chuir sé ~ dá bhachall ina thimpeall, he marked it round with his staff.
Ní imeoidh an ~ is an timpeall orainn, if we can’t go by the strand we can go round, we’ll manage one way or another.
I d~ éigin timpeall orainn, somewhere around us.
