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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
eadóirsigh
éadoiseach
éadolach
éadomhain
éadomhaiseach
éadomhaiste
éadoraidh
eadra
éadrá
éadracht
éadrachta
éadradh
eadragánaí
eadraibh
eadráin
eadrainn
eadramh
eadránach
eadránaí
eadránaigh
eadrannach
eadránú
eadrascáil
eadra, m. (gs. ~, pl. ~í). 1. (Late morning) milking-time. San ~, in am ~, at milking-time (following spell of morning grazing). Cuid an daimh den ~, ‘the ox’s part in the milking operations’, absolute lack of concern with proceedings. S.a. díomhaoin 1(b). 2. Spell of morning grazing (before milking). An t-~ a dhéanamh, to tend cattle during morning grazing spell. 3. Late morning, noon. Codladh go h~, to sleep till milking-time, late into the day. A chodladh go h~! You sleepy-head! 4. Interval, idle spell; long spell (of talk, etc.). Rinne siad ~ cainte, they spent a long time talking. ~ gáire a dhéanamh faoi dhuine, to laugh long, inordinately, at s.o. Rinne sé ~ mór ar an aonach, he loitered a long time at the fair. Ní théann na paidreacha agus na headraí le chéile, [’prayers and idle chatter don’t mix’, work must come before play. Glaonn an coileach trí ~, the cock crows three times at intervals. (Var: ~dhm, gs. eadartha)
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
I m~ eadra, coming on to milking-time.
Tá an t-eadra ~ ann, the morning is far spent.
Bíonn sí ina ~ go headra, she never tidies herself in the morning.
~ go headra, late morning sleep.
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.
