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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
báidhiúil
baidhte
báidhte
báidhteach
baifidí
baig
baige
báigh
baighdeog
báighe
baighnéad
baighreán
báigíocht
baigisín
báigiúil
baignéid
baigthe
bail
bailbhe
bailbhín
bailc
bailcbhéim
bailchríoch
báigh1, v.t. (pres. bánn, fut. báfaidh, vn. bá, pp. -ite). 1. Drown. S.a. tonn1 1(a). 2. Sink, submerge. Long a bhá, to sink a ship. Carraig bháite, sunken rock. Báite i bhfiacha, sunk in debt. 3. Immerse. Líon a bhá, to steep, ret, flax. Báite i rud, absorbed in sth. 4. Inundate, drench. Talamh báite, flooded, water-logged, land. Féar báite, sodden hay. Poll, slodán, báite, marsh-hole. Báite i ndiaidh na fearthainne, sodden after the rain. Báite in allas, le hallas, bathed in perspiration. Tá tú fliuch báite, you are soaking wet. 5. Water, dilute. Ná ~ an bhiotáille, don’t put too much water in the spirits. 6. Quench. Tine a bhá, to quench a fire. 7. Cártaí a bhá, to face cards. 8. Ling: Elide. S.a. snáth 4.
báigh2, f = bá1.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá an bhá lán d’ainmhithe inniu, the bay is full of seals, etc., today.
Tá ~ agam leis, I like him.
~ ghaoil, kindred feeling; kinship.
~ tarta, quenching of thirst.
Tá sé i m~ a bháite, he is in danger of drowning.
Is beag dá bharr a bhí agam mé féin a bhá san fhearthainn, little I gained by getting myself drenched in the rain.
air! ~ is bearnú (bá, brú) air! ~ Shíol Éabha air! The devil take him!
Ní bhfuair sé bá na beiche, he didn’t get even a drop (to satisfy his craving).
~ bháite, (leaf of) waterlily.
~ bháite, sunken rock.
Bheith i g~ (do) bháis, (do) bháite, to be in danger of death, of drowning.
~ bháite, (leaf of) water-lily.
agus) Tháinig sé isteach agus é fliuch báite, he came in (and he) soaking wet.
~ bhá, fit of tenderness.
Bheith báite i bhfiacha, to be sunk in debt.
~ an duine bháite, drowning man’s grip, despairing hold.
I n~ bháis, (do) bháite, do chinn, in danger of death, of drowning, of losing one’s head.
Bheith i do ~ (báite), to be soaking wet.
Is minic a bádh, a cailleadh, ~ láimh le cuan, there’s many a slip between the cup and the lip.
~ agus bá ort! May you smother and drown!
~ báite, marsh-hole.
An ~ báite, the engulfing sea.
Duine a shábháil ar thitim, ar a bhá, to save s.o. from falling, from being drowned.
~ báite, watered whiskey.
~ báite, water milfoil.
Bádh eisean is tháinig mise, he drowned and I survived.
Thiocfadh bá agat leo, you would get to like them.
Duine a tharrtháil (óna bhá, ón mbás), to rescue s.o. (from drowning, from death).
~ bháite, beachcomber; stormy ocean wave.
Amuigh ar na ~ta báite, out on the perilous seas.
