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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
falthartha
fálú
famainneach
fámaire
fámaireacht
fan
fán
fána
fánach
fanacht
fánadóireacht
fánaí
fanaiceach
fanaiceacht
fánaidh
fanaigh
fánaigh
fanaile
fánaíocht
fánaire
fánán
fánánach
fanartach
fána, f. (gs. ~, pl. ~í). 1. Downward slope, declivity. (a) Tá ~ sa bhóthar, there is a dip in the road. Le ~ an chnoic, down the slope of the hill. Rith, titim, le ~, to run, fall, down an incline, downwards. Dul le ~ na habhann, to go down river, be swept downstream. Le ~ ón ngaoth, down wind, away from the direction of the wind. Bhí ~ na páirce againn, we had the fall of the field. Aghaidh, ceann, le ~, inclined face; downward trend. Caitheamh le ~, downward pitch; shelving. Ceann le ~ a thabhairt do rud, to cant sth. (b) Fig: Dul, imeacht, le ~, to go on the downward path. Ag dul chun an diabhail le ~, rushing headlong to perdition. Tá an t-iomlán ag dul le ~ air, everything is slipping away from him. 2. Depression, hollow. In ard nó i bh~, high up or low down. 3. Droop. ~ i nduine, in ainmhí, droop in person, in animal. Tá sé le ~ ag an aois, he is bent over with age.
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Rith bodaigh le fána, random course; the easy way out.
11. ~ le fána, downward slope.
Fána a chéimniú, to grade an incline.
Mala, fána, chrochta, steep incline, decline.
Chuir sé síos le fána é, he pushed it down the slope.
Níor imigh ach ~ orthu, only an odd person escaped from them.
Fear ~, casual, haphazard, worker.
Ag dul chun ~, becoming rare, disappearing.
Tá fána ghéar sa bhóthar, there is a sharp dip in the road.
2. Fána a ghéarú, to steepen a declivity.
Imeacht le fána, to go downhill; to fall down the slope; to take the downward path.
Tá fána leis, it slopes.
Fána ~, gentle declivity.
Fána ~, steep declivity.
~ cinn le fána, downhill, headlong, rush.
Ag teacht le fána an chnoic, coming down the slope of the hill.
Dul le fána, to go downhill.
Nuair a bhí ~ na fána linn, when we had the advantage of the downward slope.
