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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
feod
feodach
feodachas
feodhadh
feofeirme
feog
feoigh
feoil
feoilfhagóid
feoiliteach
feoiliteoir
feoilmheall
feoilséanadh
feoilséantach
feoilséantóir
feoilsúiteach
feoir
feoirling
feoirthín
feoite
feoiteachán
feoiteacht
feoithne
feoil, f. (gs. -ola, pl. -olta). 1. Flesh, meat. ~ dhearg, fhola, lean, red, meat. ~ bhán, fat meat. ~ mhairt, beef. ~ chapaill, horsemeat. S.a. 2 ~ éanlaithe, flesh of fowl. ~ dhaonna, human flesh. ~ bheo, livestock. ~ bhruite, rósta, boiled, roast, meat. ~ a ithe, to eat meat. Ag ithe na feola fuaire, backbiting, slandering, people. D’ith siad an fheoil anuas díom, they lacerated me with their tongues. ~ a chailleadh, a thógáil, to lose, put on, flesh. Titim i bh~, chun feola, to grow fat, flabby. An fheoil a bhaint anuas, to reduce weight. Tá ~ mháis is mhuiníl orthu, they are beef to the heels. Ná déan ~ is iasc díobh, don’t make fish of one and flesh of another. Ionga i bh~, ingrowing nail. Idir ~ is leathar, under the skin. ~ thubaiste(ach), anachana, easpach, meat of farm animal killed by mischance. S.a. cnámh 1(b), fuil1 3, 5. 2. Miner:~ chait, chapaill, fatty hydrocarbon found in bog.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
An té a itheann feoil, the person who eats meat.
An fheoil a itear, the meat which is eaten.
Níl ~ aici ar fheoil a ithe, she can’t take meat.
~ feola, chunk of meat.
Ag ~adh feola, devouring meat.
Feoil, ubh, ~, raw meat, egg.
Is fairsinge an fheoil ná an t-iasc, meat is more plentiful than fish.
D’ith mé ~ feola, I ate a huge amount of meat.
~ a dhéanamh ar fheoil, to abstain from meat.
~cha (feola), top ribs (of meat).
Feoil a bhealú, to baste meat.
Uisce, feoil, a bheiriú, to boil water, meat.
Feoil a chur ar ~, to spit meat.
Feoil bhog, tender meat.
Feoil, ubh, a bhruith, to boil meat, an egg.
Feoil, iasc, a chaitheamh, to eat meat, fish.
~ aráin, feola, hunk of bread, of meat.
Cé acu is daoire, feoil nó iasc? Which is dearer, meat or fish?
Má tá sé ~ againn, dúinn, feoil a ithe, if we are allowed to eat meat.
Tá sé ina chiseach le feoil, he is encumbered with flesh.
Ag ~t na feola, tearing at the meat.
Fág ~ san fheoil, leave something to bite on in the meat, don’t overdo the meat.
An rud atá sa chnámh (is doiligh a bhaint as an bhfeoil), what is bred in the bone (is difficult to get rid of).
Tá ~ air le feoil, he has a distaste for meat.
~ (chun) feola, oibre, rage for meat, for work.
Tá ~ beag san fheoil, the meat is slightly tainted.
2. Feoil chortha, tainted meat.
~ feola, discarded meat, offal.
Feoil a chur suas, to put on flesh.
~ feola, lump of meat.
~ aráin, feola, hunk of bread, of meat.
Feoil dhóite, burned, charred, meat.
Feoil a dhonnú, to brown meat.
~ den fheoil (a fháil), (to get) a taste of the meat.
Tá ~ na feola ann, he tends to put on flesh.
~ (bheag) den fheoil (a fháil), (to get) a (little) taste of the meat.
Feoil, ubh, fhuar, raw meat, egg.
Chuir sé mo chuid fola agus feola trína chéile, it made my blood boil; it horrified me.
Do chuid fola agus feola féin, one’s own flesh and blood.
~ aráin, ime, feola, lump of bread, of butter, of meat.
Feoil a ghearradh, to cut, carve, meat.
Níor fágadh ~ feola ar na cnámha, not a scrap of meat was left on the bones.
~ ime, aráin, feola, morsel of butter, of bread, of meat.
Feoil ghoirt, salt meat.
~ feola, saltiness of meat.
~ (feola), buttock.
~a a chur ar fheoil, to crumb meat.
6. Tá ~í feola air, he is extremely fleshy, fat.
Feoil is ~ a dhéanamh díobh, to make fish of one and flesh of another.
Bhí sé ~ le feoil, he was puffed up with flesh.
