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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
crasóg
crátaire
cratar
crathach
crathacha
crathadh
crathán
cré
créabhach
creabhadóir
creabhar
creabhás
creacaire
creach
créach
creachach
creachadh
créachadh
creachadóir
creachadóireacht
creachaide
creachaill
creachaire
cré1, f. (gs. ~, pl. ~anna). Clay; earth, dust. ~ bhrící, brick-earth. ~ bhuí, ghorm, yellow, blue, clay. ~ bholláin, boulder-clay. ~ phoircealláin, porcelain clay. ~ shlinneach, slate-clay. ~ shíneach, kaolin. ~ thine, fire-clay. ~ criadóra, potaire, potter’s clay. ~ úcaire, fuller’s earth. Pota, soitheach, ~, earthen pot, vessel. Earraí ~, earthenware. Ag caitheamh, ag cur suas, ~, earthing (plants). ~ an duine, human clay. Is tú ~ d’athar, you are the very image of your father. Tá ~ bhuí ann, there is a yellow streak in him. Tagann an chré bhuí aníos, bad qualities (in man, beast) are bound to show. Tá dath na ~ air, he looks ghastly, like death. Bheith, dul, i g~, to be laid in earth, buried. Go dté mé i g~, to my dying day. Ag déanamh ~, turning to clay, to dust. Ó chré go ~, dust to dust. S.a. cill 2, seamair.
cré2, f. (gs. ~, pl. ~anna). Creed. C~ na nAspal, C~ an Dáréag, the Apostles’ Creed. C~ Atanáis, Athanasian Creed. Níl paidir ná ~ aige, he is ignorant of the tenets of the faith.
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2. ~ creidimh, den Chré, article of faith, of the Creed.
~ cré, próca, earthenware vessel.
Rud a dhéanamh as cré, snáth, brící, píosaí adhmaid, to make sth. from clay, yarn, bricks, pieces of wood.
~ cré, bank of earth.
4. Cré bheatha, (fertile layer of) soil.
~ na cré, na húire, earthy smell.
Tá na barra ag ~eadh na cré, the tops are breaking through the soil.
Ag ~eamh aníos cré, throwing up earth.
Cré a chalcadh, to tamp earth.
Duine a chur i gcré na ~e, to lay s.o. in consecrated earth, to bury s.o.
Cré a chlúdach ar rud, to cover sth. with clay.
Dealbh, sciath, chré-umha, bronze statue, shield.
~ óraithe, gilt-bronze.
Cré a chriathrú, to sift soil.
Tá an chré ina ~, the earth is powdery, very fine.
An chré dá ndearnadh iad, the clay of which they were made.
~eanna cré, lumps of clay.
~eadh an chré leis, he was committed to the earth.
~ chré-umha, mharmair, bronze, marble, statue.
~ ainglí, chré, dhaonna, angelic, earthly, human, being.
~ cré, cloch, mound of earth, of stones.
Cré ~, light clay.
~í cré, cruachré, stáin, earthenware, stoneware, tinware.
~ chré, beneath the clay, buried.
1. Cré, éadach, do cheann, a fhliuchadh, to wet clay, a cloth, one’s head.
~ na cré, an tseaca, na cruach, the coldness of clay, of ice, of steel.
Tá an chré róghéar, there is too much acid in the soil.
Cré a leacú, to tamp down earth.
~ sé le cré a chneas, he laid himself bare on the earth.
Cré ag imeacht ina ~, clay turning to dust.
~ chré, earthenware dish.
~ cré-alcaileach, alkali-earth metal.
~ ~cailce, ~ cré, clay pipe.
~ cré, iarainn, earthenware, iron, pot.
~ cré, mianraí, richness of soil, of minerals.
Cré ~, scanty soil.
Cré, gual, a ~adh, to scoop up earth, coal.
~ chré, shovelful of earth.
Cré ~, loose earth.
~ (beag) cré, light covering of earth.
~ chré, a scraping of earth.
~ chré, speedwell.
Cré shlinneach, slate-clay.
~ an chré thart ar na plandaí, settle the clay around the plants.
~ cré, earthenware vessel.
~ cré an duine, man’s earthly body.
Cré ~, soggy clay.
~ cré, sprinkling of earth.
~ cré, lump of earth.
Cré thirim, dry clay.
