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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
damantach
damantacht
damantóir
damascach
damascaigh
damba
dambáil
damh
dámh
damha(i)d
dámhach
dámhachtain
damhain
damhaíre
damhaíreacht
damhais
damhán
damhas
dámhchuire
damhdhaol
damhgar
damhghaire
damhna
damh1, m. (gs. & npl. daimh, gpl. ~). 1. Ox. ~ riata, yoke-ox. ~ comhair, one of pair of oxen, yokefellow; equal, peer. Marú an daimh a thabhairt do dhuine, to overwork, overburden, s.o. Ná tabhair marú an daimh duit féin leis an obair sin, don’t kill yourself with that kind of work. 2. ~ (alla), stag. 3. Fig: (a) Strong man, champion. (b) Corpulent person.
damh2, f. (gs. daimhe, npl. ~a, gpl. ~). Lit: House, home. ~ liag, stone house, stone church.
damh3 = dom : do3.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Chomh ~ le bacach an mhála, le lúidín an phíobaire, le damh san eadra, as idle as a pedlar, as a piper’s little finger, as an ox at milking-time.
~ damh, bellowing of stags.
Cuid an daimh den ~, ‘the ox’s part in the milking operations’, absolute lack of concern with proceedings.
Damh ~, plough-ox.
