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Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
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IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
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IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Chuir sí ciarsúr ~ ar a ceann, she covered her head with a handkerchief.
Tá ceann, cosa, air, it has a head, legs.
~eadh sa cheann é, he was knocked on the head; he became a bit crazy.
Bíonn ceann ~ ar an óige, you cannot put an old head on young shoulders.
Tá an ~ aige orm, he is taller than me by a head. (Of coin)
Tá ~ maith air, (i) he has a good head, is clever, (ii) he is able to keep his head.
Ag teacht chun cinn, coming to a head.
Ainmhí a cheapadh, to head off an animal.
Tá ~ (bheag) air, he is a bit gone in the head.
Is doiligh ceann catach a chíoradh, it is hard to comb a curly head, to smooth away difficulties.
Tá an ~ agat air, you are taller by a head than him.
Is deacair ceann críonna a chur ar cholainn óg, you can’t put an old head on young shoulders.
Le ~ dá cheann, with a shake of his head.
~ cinn, gualainne, géige, the bending of a head, of a shoulder, of a bough.
Tá an cabáiste ag cruinniú, the cabbage is forming a head.
Tá amaidí ag cur as dó, he has taken a foolish notion into his head.
Coinnigh do theanga ~, keep a quiet tongue in your head.
~ a bheith ort, to have a bad head, a bad headache.
Bheith ~ sa cheann, to be light-headed, giddy, dizzy; to be a bit ‘touched’, crazy.
Tá ~ bheag air, there is a little [’want’ in him, he is a bit gone in the head.
Smaoineamh, rún, ag fabhrú i gceann, in intinn, duine, an idea, an intention, forming in s.o.’s head, mind.
1. Cré, éadach, do cheann, a fhliuchadh, to wet clay, a cloth, one’s head.
Níl ribe ~e air, he hasn’t a hair on his head.
Bhí sé ina dhíon os ár gcionn, it formed a roof over our heads.
Tá sé mar thaca le mo cheann agam, I have it as a support for my head.
De ~, by a short head.
Chomh ~ is atá méar orm, ribe i mo cheann, as many as I have fingers and toes, hairs on my head.
~ a thabhairt do dhuine, to allow s.o. freedom of movement, scope; to give s.o. a head start.
Bainfidh mé ~ as do cheann, I’ll give you a resounding blow on the head.
Bíodh ~ ar do theanga, keep a civil tongue in your head.
~ gruaige, a hair of human head.
Ní raibh ~ liath ina ceann, there wasn’t a grey hair in her head.
Tá mo cheann ina ~, my head is in a whirl.
~ dá folt, a hair of her head.
Tá ~ (beag) air, he is (a bit) gone in the head.
~ sa cheann, a cold in the head.
Chuir sé ~ air féin, he inclined his head; he walked with a slouch.
~ a chur i gceann duine, to put an idea into s.o.’s head.
Dá gcuirtí mo cheann ar ~, even if my head were to be put on a spike (for it).
Chuir siad a cheann ar ~, they stuck his head on a pole.
Duine a bhfuil ~ ann, a level-headed person.
Tugadh an chúis chun cinn, chun críche, the matter was brought to a head, to a conclusion.
Fad a bheidh ~ os mo chionn, while there is anything to support a roof over my head.
Tá sé ag ~t ar a aimhleas, he is heading for a fall.
Tá iarracht den ~ ann, he is a bit hot-headed.
Is breá an ~ cinn atá aige, he has a good head on his shoulders.
Tá an chneá ag ~adh, the wound is gathering to a head.
