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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
damhsach
damhsaigh
dámhscoil
damhsóir
dámhúil
damnaigh
damnú
dán
dana
dána
dánacht
danagar
danaí
dánaí
danaid
danaideach
dánaigh
dánaíocht
danar
danartha
danarthachán
danarthacht
dánfhocal
dán1, m. (gs. dáin, lit: ~a; pl. ~ta). 1. Lit: Gift, offering. 2. Lit: Craft, calling: allotted task. 3. Art, faculty; art of poetry. ~ draíochta, druidic art. ~ ceoil, art of music. Fear ~a, minstrel, poet. ~ diaga, sacred poetry. ~ díreach, (Irish) syllabic poetry. ~ saor, vers libre. 4. Poem. ~ grá, love poem. ~ a chumadh, to compose a poem. 5. Lot, fate. ~ de dhánta an tsaoil, one of the things that life has in store for us. Más é a dhán é, if it be his fate. An té ar ~ dó an donas, he who is condemned to misery. Ba é an ~ doiligh leis imeacht, he bemoaned his fate that he had to go, was most reluctant to go. I n~ (do), fated, in store (for). An rud atá i n~ dúinn, what is in store for us. Bhí an bás i n~ dó, he was fated to die. Ní hé a bhí i n~ dó, it was not to happen to him. Bhí sé i n~ is i dtairngreacht (go), it was fated and foretold (that). Má tá i n~ (is) go, if it turns out that. Dá mba i n~ (is) go, if it should happen that. Mura i n~ is nach bhfeicfinn arís é, in case I shouldn’t see him again. (Var: pl. ~a)
dán2, m. (gs. & npl. dáin, gpl. ~). Halter (for cow’s horns).
dán3 = dánaigh.
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PHRASES
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~ an dán sin dúinn, recite that poem for us.
Má tá i ndán ~ go saorfar é, if he happens to be set free.
~ an dán dúinn, recite the poem for us.
Is air a bhunaigh sé an dán, an argóint, on that he based the poem, argument.
Dán, ceol, a cheapadh, to compose a poem, music.
Na ~a atá i ndán dúinn, the trials we must face, the crosses we must bear.
An dán a chum sé, the poem he made.
~ ceoil, dáin, the composing of song, of poetry.
Dán, amhrán, fonn, aoir, a dhéanamh, to make a poem, a song, a tune, a satire.
Dán dá dhéantús féin, a poem of his own composition.
~ dáin, the close of a poem.
~ an dáin, na filíochta, the art of poetry.
~adh an dán air, the poem was attributed to him.
Amhrán, dán, a fhí, to compose a song, a poem.
Níl ~ i ndán dó, there is no hope for him.
~te i ndán, moulded into a poem.
Ghabh sé a dhán dóibh, he recited his poem for them.
Ní raibh an ghairm i ndán dó, he was not destined to be called.
Dán le Céitinn, a poem by Keating.
Cuireadh dán eile ina leith, another poem was ascribed to him.
Tá an dán de mheabhair aige, he has the poem off by heart.
~ dáin, public recital of poem.
Dán a ~, to recite a poem in public; to disseminate a poem.
~ dáin, narration of poem.
Má tá an ~ i ndán dúinn, if there is fortune in store for us.
Ag snoí dáin, putting a poem into shape.
~ dánta, cycle of poems.
Is breá an dán é, an té a thuigfeadh é, it is a fine poem, if one could understand it.
~ dánta, compilation of poems.
~ leabhair, dáin, title of book, of poem.
~ leabhair, dáin, dráma, author of a book, of a poem, of a play.
