Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
dreochailleach
dreochan
dreochlóg
dreoigh
dreoigheach
dreoighteach
dreoil
dreoilín
dreoite
dreoiteach
dreoiteacht
dreolán
dreolánacht
dreonn
driad
dríb
drible
drifisc
drifisceach
drifiúr
driftéar
drige
dril
dreoilín, m. (gs. ~, pl. ~í). 1. (a) Wren. Níl oiread ~ ann, he is as diminutive as a wren. Níl díol ~ caite aige, he has eaten nothing. Cé gur beag díol ~ caithfidh sé a sholáthar, ‘little as a wren needs it must gather it’, even the smallest necessities of life have to be provided for. Is leor don ~ a nead, for a little bird a little nest. Mún ~ san fharraige; cúnamh an ~ don fharraige, a mere drop in the ocean. (b) ~ ceannbhuí, easpaig, goldcrest. S.a. bráthair 6. 2. Diminutive creature. An ~ bocht, the poor little thing; the little wretch. ~ spóirt, plaything, object of ridicule, silly person. 3. Wren-hunt. Dul sa ~, to join in the wren-hunt. Lucht an ~, wren-boys. Lá an D~, St. Stephen’s Day. 4. Ent: ~ teaspaigh, grasshopper.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ an dreoilín, hedge-sparrow.
Chomh ~ le huan óg, le meannán míosa, le dreoilín teaspaigh, as playful as a young lamb, as a month-old kid, as a grasshopper.
