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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
ceirisín
ceiritin
céiriúil
ceirmis
ceirnín
céirseach
céirshamhail
ceirt
ceirteachán
ceirtleáil
ceirtleán
ceirtleánach
ceirtlín
ceirtlis
ceis
céis
ceiseog
céislín
céislínteas
ceisneamh
ceisneamhach
ceisnigh
ceist
ceirt1, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~eacha). Piece of clothing; rag, clout. 1. Cuimil le ~ é, wipe it with a cloth. ~ chuimilte, dusting-rag. S.a. geir. Ná déan ~ de, don’t make a rag of it. Cuir ~ air, wrap a piece of cloth, a bandage, round it. 2. (pl.) Cuir ort do cheirteacha, put on your clothes. Tá mo cheirteacha stróicthe, my clothes are tattered. Fear ~eacha, ragman. (Var. of 2:~each m)
ceirt2, f. (gs. ~e). Lit: Apple-tree.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ bratóg, ceirteacha, rag-merchant.
Idir chorp (is) cheirt; idir chorp is chleití; idir chorp chleite is sciathán, bodily, entirely.
~ de cheirt, a wipe of a cloth.
Ceirt na ~e, candlestick wiper.
Ceirt, sop, na ~e a chuimilt do dhuine, to wipe s.o.’s eye.
Bhí sé ar ~ ina cheirteacha, his clothes were much too big for him.
~ ceirteacha, rag-paper.
Súfaidh an cheirt é, the cloth will soak it up.
