Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
éighmheach
éighmheoir
éighnéasach
eighre
éigiall
éigiallaí
éigiallta
éigin
éigineáil
éiginnte
éiginnteacht
éiginntitheach
éigint
éigiontach
éigiontacht
éigiontaigh
éigiontú
Éigipteach
Éigipteolaíocht
Éigiptis
éigirt
éigis
éiglí
éigin could be a grammatical form of:
éigean »
éigin1, indecl. a. 1. Some. Duine ~, someone. Rud ~, something. Ar dhóigh ~, in some way, somehow. Áit ~ in Éirinn, some place, somewhere, in Ireland. Lá ~ gan mhoill, some day soon. Scéal ~ eile, some other story. Duine ~ agaibh, one or another of you. Gheobhaidh tú obair ~, you will get work of some kind. Tá múineadh ~ orthu, they have some manners. 2. Approximately. Fiche ~ bliain ó shin, some twenty years ago. Céad ~ punt, a hundred pounds or so. (Var: ~each)
éigin2. 1 : éigean1. 2. f. (gs. -gne) = éigean1.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá duine éigin ag an madra, the dog has detected the presence of s.o.
Is dóigh go raibh rud éigin uaidh ~ é a theacht anseo, he probably wanted something, seeing that he came here.
~ eile, ~ éigin eile, another, some other, time.
Bíonn sé as rud éigin i gconaí, he is always engaged at sth.
I m~ éigin, somewhere.
~ a fháil (de, le, rud éigin), to die (of sth.).
Ar bhealach éigin, somehow.
Tá ~ éigin air, he is unfortunate.
Tá sé ar ~; tá ~ air (le rud éigin a dhéanamh), he is impatient (to do sth.).
Lán do bhonn d’áit éigin a fháil, to get one’s feet firmly planted somewhere.
Tá ~ éigin ar mo shúil, there is some kind of swelling about my eye.
~ aníos chugainn lá éigin, call up to see us some day.
Bheith ~ de dhuine as rud éigin, to be grateful to s.o. for sth.
~ a thabhairt do dhuine as rud éigin, to thank s.o. for sth.
Tá rud éigin ~ leis sin á ithe aige, he is eating something besides that.
~ éigin de rud, a certain amount of sth.
Tá ~ éigin air inniu, he is annoyed about something today.
Tá rud éigin ag ~eamh air, there is sth. the matter with him.
Tá rud éigin ag cur caite air, there is sth. troubling him.
Tá ~ éigin faoina fhiacail, (i) there is something gritty between his teeth, (ii) there is something irritating him.
Ar chaoi éigin, somehow.
Tá rud éigin ar ~ leis, something has gone wrong with him.
Tá rud éigin ~, there’s something wrong.
Tá ~ éigin ar na díslí aige, he is up to sth.
Cuir ~ (éigin) ort féin, smarten yourself up.
Má bhíonn long is lón agat gheobhaidh tú ~ (uair éigin), patience is always rewarded.
Tá rud éigin ~ leo, there is something wrong with them.
Ar chor éigin, somehow.
Tá rud éigin ar cois, there is something going on.
Chuir sé ~ éigin air féin, he smartened himself up a bit.
Ba cheart duit ~ éigin a chur ort féin, you should make some plans for yourself.
Cuir ~ (éigin) ort féin, tidy yourself up.
Beidh ~ éigin aige i gcónaí, he is up to every trick.
Tá sé i g~ éigin, it is in some corner, put away somewhere.
Beidh ~ éigin aige lena dhéanamh, he will find some pretext for doing it.
Tá rud éigin ar a chúl sin aige, he has some ulterior motive for that;
Cuir ~ (éigin) ort féin, look to your appearance, smarten yourself up.
Ar chuma éigin, somehow.
Tá ~ éigin sa scéal, there is some error, omission, in the story.
~ éigin a chaitheamh, to take a morsel of sth.
Ar dhóigh éigin, somehow.
Tá ~ éigin ar siúl, there is some devilment afoot.
Tá rud éigin faoin ~ aige, he is up to something.
~ éigin, someone.
Tá rud éigin inár n-~ aige, he holds something against us.
Coinmheadh éigin, forcible billeting.
In am an éigin, in time of need.
Am éigin ~, some other time.
Tá ~ éigin ann, he is wanting in some respect.
~ éigin airgid, some small amount of money.
