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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
dásacht
dásachtach
dásachtaí
dasc
dát
dáta
dátaigh
dath
dáthabha
dathach
dathacha
dathachán
dathad
dathadh
dathadóir
dathadóireacht
dathaigh
dathanna
dathannach
dathdhaille
dathdhall
dathdhóite
dathéadrom
dath1, m. (gs. ~a, pl. ~anna). 1. Colour. (a) ~ dearg, donn, red, brown, colour. ~ boinn, basic colour. Tá ~ gorm air, it is a blue colour. Tá sé ar dhath an óir, an róis, an fhéich, na fola, na gcaor, it is golden-, rose-, raven-, blood-, berry-, coloured. Is deas liom an ~ éadaigh, capaill, sin, I like cloth, a horse, of that colour. An ~ a chailleadh, a thréigean, to lose colour, fade. Tá an spéir, an fharraige, ag caitheamh ~anna, the sky, the sea, is changing hues. Ag lorg an ghadhair is gan tásc a dhatha agat, doing something without knowing what it is about. (b) (Of colouring material) ~ a chur ar rud, to colour sth; to dye, paint, sth. An ~ a bhaint as rud, to remove the colouring matter from sth. ~ a thógáil, to take colour. Tógfaidh ~ dubh ach ní thógfaidh dubh ~, it is easier ‘to blacken colour than to colour black’, to blacken character than to restore it. ~ crotail, mádair, dye obtained from lichen, madder. Bosca ~anna, box of paints. (c) (Of complexion) Tá ~ bán, dubh, (san aghaidh) air, he is pale-, black-, faced. Bhí ~ na léithe air, he was (ashen) grey in the face. Bhí ~ an bháis, na húire, air, he had a deathly pallor. Chuir sé ~anna, trí dhath, na seacht n~, de féin, he kept changing colour (repeatedly). Duine a chur ina dhath féin, to restore s.o.’s colour. Tá a dhath féin air arís, he has got back his colour, looks well, again. (d) (Of semblance) ~ na fírinne a chur ar rud, to give sth. a semblance of truth. Tá ~ ar do scéal, your story is plausible. Níl ~ ná dealramh air, it hasn’t the least appearance of probability. Scéal gan ~, an unlikely story. (e) (Of cards) Suit. An ~ a imirt, to follow suit. (f) Trace. ~ na gainne, slight trace. 2. (In phrase) A dhath, any, anything, (with neg.) nothing. Má tá a dhath bainne agat, if you have any milk. Níl a dhath céille acu, they have no sense. Nuair a bhí a dhath (de) le fáil, when there was any (of it) to be had. Dá mbeadh a dhath den fhear ann, if he had any manliness in him. Níl a dhath mór acu, they are up to anything. An bhfuil a dhath le rá agat? Have you anything to say? Níl mé a dhath níos measa leis, I am none the worse for it. Nuair nach bhfuil a dhath eile le déanamh aige, since he has nothing else to do. Níl a dhath air, there is nothing the matter with him. A dhath ar bith, anything, nothing, at all. Dheamhan a dhath! Devil a bit! (Var:npl. ~a, gpl. ~)
dath2, v.t. (pp. daite). 1. Allocate (do, to). 2 = dathaigh1.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ní aithním na litreacha, na dathanna, I cannot discern the letters, the colours.
Tá siad ar ~ dath, ar ~ airde, le chéile, they are both the same colour, height.
Ar dhath an róis, rose-coloured.
Tá dath donn air, it is of a brown colour.
Tá dath an bháis air, he is the colour of death.
Tá ~ agus dath ar a chuid cainte, his speech is clear and colourful.
Dath a bhogadh, to soften, tone down, colour.
~ datha, fastness of colour.
Dath ~, fast colour.
Dath a bhuanú, to fix a colour.
Dath, éadach, ~, yellow colour, cloth.
Ar dhath na g~, berry-coloured.
Tá an dath ag ceiliúradh, the colour is fading.
Ar dhath ubh an chlochráin, blue-grey.
Dathanna a chónascadh, to fuse colours.
~ daite, dearg, beaten track.
Tá dath na ~ air, he looks ghastly, like death.
Dath ~, warm colour.
Chuir mé dath dearg air, I coloured it red.
Bhí sé ag cur dathanna de, he was changing colour.
Dathanna a chumasc (le chéile), to blend colours.
Éadach ~, dyed cloth.
Fuinneoga ~, stained-glass windows.
Ciníocha ~, coloured races
~ ag an ngrian, tanned by the sun.
A dlaoithe ~, her comely locks.
Is dó atá an fheirm ~, the farm is to go to him.
Más é an bás atá ~ dó, if he is marked out for death.
An saol atá ~ dúinn, the life in store for us.
Tá sé ~ duit, it is coming to you.
Thug sé go ~, (go) dubh is (go) ~, dó é, he gave it to him hot and heavy.
Tá dath na n~ air (le fuacht), he is blue in the face (from the cold).
Dath ~, red colour.
~ datha, depth of colour.
Dhoirt an dath, an gorm, sa níochán, the colour, the blue, ran in the washing.
~ datha, running of colour.
Dath ~, deep colour.
Dath, páipéar, ~, brown colour, paper.
Gan ~ gan dath, without a trace
Níl a dhubh ná a dhath air, there is nothing at all the matter with him.
Dá mbeadh a dhubh nó a dhath le gnóthú orthu, if there was anything whatever to be gained by them.
Dath ~, striking colour.
A duail ar dhath an fhiaigh, her raven locks.
Dath ~, harsh, acid, colour.
3. Dathanna a ghéarú, to bring out colours.
~ datha, heightening of colour.
Dath, ribín, ~, bright green colour, ribbon.
Dath ~, blue colour.
Colm, dath, feisteas, ~, ugly scar, colour, attire.
~ dathanna, colour contrast.
