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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
fortify
fortitude
fortnight
fortnightly
fortress
fortuitous
fortunate
fortune
fortune-hunter
fortune-teller
fortune-telling
forty
forty-eightmo
forum
forward
forwarding
forwardness
fossa
fossil
fossilize
fossorial
foster
foster-
New English–Irish Dictionary has an entry for
fortune »
fortune, s. 1 a Cinniúint f -úna, seans m. By good fortune, ar ámharaí an tsaoil, ar an dea-uair. He tried his fortune, chuaigh sé sa seans. Fortune favoured him, bhí an t-ádh ina chaipín; bhí sciorta den ádh air. b The fortune of war, cinniúint chogaidh. To tell fortunes, fios, fáistine, a dhéanamh. She told my fortune by cards, léigh sí na cártaí dhom. 2 a Ádh m, rath m -a. b Só m, séan m, conách m. A man of fortune, fear deisiúil, saibhir. He was born to fortune, bhí saibhreas ón gcliabhán aige. c Maoin f, rachmas m. To make a fortune, stór m a chruinniú, a dhéanamh. He came into a fortune, thit oidhreacht f leis. F: It has cost me a fortune, tá mám m airgid caillte agam leis. d He married a fortune, phós sé saibhreas, fuair sé spré mhór lena bhean.
PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
He accumulated a fortune, rinne sé a shaibhreas.
Big fortune, uacht throm.
They came into a fortune, thit uacht orthu; tháinig siad isteach ar uacht.
To dice away a fortune, na táinte a chaitheamh le himirt.
His fortune dies with him, caillfear a ollmhaitheas nuair a gheobhaidh sé bás.
He is dogged by ill fortune, tá an tubaiste anuas air.
He is favoured by fortune, tá an t-ádh ina bhróga.
Freak of fortune, cor m aisteach den chinniúint.
To game away a fortune, saibhreas a scaipeadh le himirt.
Handsome fortune, crodh breá.
To make a fortune, one's fortune, saibhreas m a chnuasach.
Modest fortune, spré réasúnta beag.
To recover one's fallen fortunes, bun a dhéanamh athuair.
To repair one's fortunes, do bhris a thabhairt isteach.
Reverse of fortune, míchonách m, díomua m.
He suffered a reverse of fortune, d'iompaigh an roth air.
He ran through a fortune, scaip sé fortún airgid.
Soldier of fortune, amhas m, saighdiúir pá.
He was the sport of fortune, bhí sé ina gheall imeartha ag an saol.
To taste happiness, ill fortune, aithne an tsonais, an donais, a fháil.
I will do it though it cost me my fortune, déanfaidh mé é, dá gcaillinn mo chuid den saol leis.
He has a tidy fortune, tá riar maith de chuid an tsaoil aige.
The total loss of his fortune, lánchreach f, léirscrios m, a shaibhris.
