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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
set against
set apart
set aside
set back
set before
set down
set forth
set in
set off
set on
set out
set to
set up
set upon
setaceous
set-back
setiferous
setness
set-off
seton
settee
setter
setting
set in, v.i. Tosaíonn. Before winter sets in, sula mbeidh sé ina gheimhreadh. A reaction is setting in against him, táthar tosaithe ar iompú ina aghaidh.
PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
To set sth. down in black and white, rud a chur i scríbhinn.
To set sth. in a blaze, rud a chur trí thine.
To set up in business as a grocer, siopa grósaera a chur ar bun.
First set your own house in order, baist do leanbh féin ar dtús.
He was not long in, about, over, setting up a ladder, ní raibh aon mhoill air dréimire a chur ina sheasamh.
To put, set, sth. in motion, rud a chur ag gluaiseacht; rud a chur ar obair.
To set the law in motion, an dlí a chur ar obair.
To set one's house in order, (i) deis a chur ar do theach; (ii) caoi cheart a chur ar do chúrsaí féin.
Set up in twelve-point (body), curtha suas i ndá phointe dhéag.
To set out in pursuit of s.o., imeacht sa tóir ar dhuine.
The rainy season set in, tháinig an fliuchlach.
He set the table in a roar, bhain sé gáire as a raibh ag bord.
A rot set in, tháinig baspairt orthu (na himreoirí, etc.).
Com: Bill drawn in a set of three, bille ina thrí cóipeanna,
We don't move in the same set, ní thaithíonn muid an tréad céanna.
To set a stake in the ground, cuaille a chur, a shá, i dtalamh.
Panes set in lead, pánaí daingnithe le luaidhe.
Mec.E: To set the shaft in its bearings, an seafta a cheartú ar na himthacaí.
F: The tide has set in his favour, tá an sruth leis anois.
To set sth. down in writing, rud a chur i scríbhinn.
They set out in a small boat, siúd chun siúil iad i mbád beag.
To set out in pursuit of s.o., imeacht ar thóir duine, dul sa tóir ar dhuine.
To set s.o. up in business, gnó a bhunú do dhuine; duine a bhunú i ngnó.
To set up in business, dul i gceann gnóthaí.
The thaw is setting in, tá an choscairt air.
F: To set sth. in train, rud a chur ar obair, ar siúl.
You set about it in the wrong way, chuaigh tú ina cheann ar an dóigh chontráilte.
