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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
bearga
beargún
béarla
béarlachas
béarlagair
Béarlóir
Béarlóireacht
bearna
bearnach
bearnaigh
bearnaíl
bearnain
bearnaíocha
bearnan
bearnán
bearnas
bearnú
béaróg
bearr
bearrachán
bearradh
bearradóir
bearradóireacht
bearna, f. (gs. ~, pl. ~í). Gap. ~ chaoch, blind gap. ~ chánach, turnpike. ~ chustaim, toll-bar. ~ ghaoithe, wind gap. ~ ghiorria, ~ mhíl, hare-lip. An bhearna bhaoil, the [’gap of danger’, the breach (of battle). An bhearna a bhaint d’ainmhí, to block the escape route of an animal. Ní bhainfeadh an diabhal an bhearna de, the devil himself wouldn’t get the better of him. Tá an bhearna réidh roimhe, it is all plain sailing for him. Ba bhearna réidh leis é, it was no problem for him. An bhearna bhruite, the first piece cut from a newly-baked loaf. S.a. sceach. (Var: gs. ~dh, pl. ~cha; bearn f)
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IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bearna, poll, a bhriseadh ar rud, to make a gap, a hole, in sth.
~ isteach sa bhearna iad, head them into the gap.
Poll, bearna, a chur i rud, to make a hole, a gap, in sth.
Bearna, poll, a chúngú, to narrow a gap, a hole.
Doras, bosca, bearna, do shúile, a dhúnadh, to close a door, a box, a gap, one’s eyes.
~ bearna, the filling of a gap.
~áil trí bhearna, choill, chró snáthaide, to go through a gap, a wood, the eye of a needle.
Iatar an bhearna orthu, let the gap be closed against them.
Bearna a ~adh, to fill, to bridge, a gap.
Bearna, clais, a ~t, to open a gap, a trench.
Leag sé an bhearna ~ an eallach, he lowered the gap to let the cattle through.
~ i mbéal bearna, stop-gap.
Tá ~ sa bhearna romhat, there is an obstacle to be removed from your path.
Bearna shingil, gap filled up with dry stones.
Ná bí i do ~ i mbéal bearna, don’t stand there blocking the way.
~ rompu sa bhearna, intercept them at the gap.
Chuaigh siad amach ar bhearna sa bhalla, they went out through a gap in the wall.
Dul trí bhearna, trí phortach, trí pholl sa bhalla, to go through a gap, a bog, a hole in the wall.
