Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
céarach
cearb
cearbh
cearbháil
cearbhálaí
cearbhán
cearbhas
cearc
cearcach
cearcall
cearcallán
cearchaill
ceard
céard
ceardaí
ceardaíocht
ceardán
ceardcha
ceardchain
ceardchuallacht
ceardchumann
ceardchumannachas
ceardchumannaí
cearc, f. (gs. circe, npl. ~a, gpl. ~). 1. Hen. (a) Domestic hen. ~ áil, éillín, hen with chickens. ~ ghoir, broody hen; Fig: restless, snappish, woman. Mar a bheadh ~ ghoir ann, like a broody hen, absurdly fussy. An chearc a dhíol lá na báistí, ‘to sell the hen on a rainy day’, to pick the wrong time for something. S.a. cailleach 2 (a), cos 1, croí 2, fad 5, piocadh 3, scríob2, tinneas 2. (b) Female bird. ~ cheannann, (bald-)coot. ~ fheá, hen pheasant. ~ fhrancach, turkey(-hen). ~ fhraoigh, (red) grouse. ~ ghainimh, dunlin. ~ ghuine, guinea-hen. ~ phéacóige, pea-hen. ~ uisce, waterhen. 2. ~ cholgach, shuttlecock. 3. (a) Moll: ~ gheal, cockle. (b) ~ bhradáin, female salmon. 4. Bot: ~ bhreac, spotted orchid. 5. Med: ~ ascaille, glandular swelling in armpit, bubo.
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PHRASES
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~ na huibhe circe, an éin ghé, na gloine, na fola, gentle treatment; coddling.
~ cearc, ainmhithe, chicken-feed, animal food.
Tá na cearca ag breith, the hens are laying.
~ cearc, hen-coop.
~ na gcearc, hag, witch.
~ na gcearc, henbane.
~ circe, hen’s crest.
An chearc is a ~, the hen with her chicks.
Chuirfeadh sé ~a crainn faoi na cearca, he would work wonders.
5. ~ circe, gé, gooseflesh.
~ cearc, hen-house.
Níl ~ circe aige, he is chicken-hearted.
~ na gcearc, hen-harrier.
~ cearc, hen-coop.
~ circe, lachan, gé, chick, duckling, gosling.
D’~ an chearc de na huibheacha, the hen rose from, abandoned, the eggs.
Is trom cearc i bh~; caora mhór an t-uan i bh~, light burdens long borne grow heavy.
Cearc ~e, brooding hen.
~ na coise circe, three-tressed plaiting.
Tá na cearca ~ta, the hens have moulted.
Spáráil na circe fraoigh ar an bh~, ‘the grouse sparing the heather’, unnecessary frugality.
~ a chur sna cearca, to shoo (away) the hens.
Cearc ar ~, clocking hen.
~ circe, cackle of hen.
~ chearc, scraggy (flock of) hens.
2. Cearc ghuine, guinea-hen.
~ circe, leg of chicken.
~ circe, double cable-stitch.
~ a chur faoi chearc ghoir, to set a clutch of eggs under a brood-hen.
Bhí na cearca i ndeireadh a ~, the hens were about to stop laying.
Cearc loin, hen blackbird.
Ní luífeadh an chearc ar na huibheacha, the hen would not hatch the eggs.
Cearc phéacóige, peahen.
Tá na cearca á bpiocadh féin, the hens are preening themselves.
~ na circe, moss-stitch.
~ na gcearc, hen-harrier, kite.
~ cearc, hen-cote.
Bhí mé faoi thrí ~ circe de, I was practically there.
Is olc an chearc nach ~ann di féin, ‘it’s a poor hen that will not scratch for itself.’
~ na gcearc, non-laying season for hens.
~ circe, chicken soup.
Cearc ina ~ ar uibheacha, a hen sitting on eggs.
Ní shuífeadh an chearc ar na huibheacha, the hen would not sit on the eggs.
Tá ~ na circe air, he has the fidgets.
