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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
fiaghé
fiaich
fiaigh
fiaile
fiaileach
fiailnimh
fiailteach
fiáin
fiaire
fial
fialach
fia-lacha
fialacht
fialaigh
fialamán
fialann
fialas
fialchaire
fiallach
fialmhaireacht
fialmhaitheas
fialmhar
fialmhas
fiáin could be a grammatical form of:
fián »
fiáin1, s. (In phrase) I bh~, ar ~, wild. Dul i bh~, to go wild, to run riot. Chuaigh siad i bh~ orm, they ran wild on me. Tá na páistí sin (ag dul) i bh~, those children are growing up wild. Duine a chur i bh~, to drive s.o. wild. Tá siad i bh~ agat, you are driving them wild. Lig sé na barra i bh~, he let the crops grow wild. Tá an lá ag dul i bh~, the day is getting wilder, stormier.
fiáin2, a1. Wild. 1. Uncultivated. Talamh ~, wild land, wilderness. Dúiche fhiáin, wild country. S.a. coirce 2, raidis. 2. Undomesticated. Cat ~, wildcat. Gé, lacha, fhiáin, wild-goose, wild-duck. Chomh ~ le fia (na mbeann), as wild as a deer. S.a. beach 1. 3. Uncontrolled. Duine ~, wild, lawless, person. Páistí ~e, wild, disorderly, children. Barra ~e, wildly-growing crops. Gáir fhiáin, wild shout. Imeacht ~, to run wild. 4. Tempestuous. Aimsir, farraige, fhiáin, wild weather, seas. 5. Intensely eager. ~ chun ruda, wild to do, to get, sth.
fiáin3 : fián.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ bhaile, fhiáin, mheala, oibre, hive-, bumble-, honey-, worker-, bee.
~ fiáin, fia, wild cat.
Ainmhí fiáin a chló, to tame a wild animal.
Is doiligh lacha fhiáin a chló, it is hard to domesticate a wild duck.
2. ~ fia, fiáin, móinéir, scéine, wild oats, oat-grass.
Áit fhiáin i g~, a wild-looking place.
~e fiáine, wild creatures, wild life.
~ fiáin, scarlet pimpernel.
Tá ~ fiáin air, he has a wild, haggard, appearance.
~ fiáin, sléibhe, wild, mountain, goat.
~ fhiáin, (i) wild goose, (ii)
na Géanna Fiáine, the Wild Geese.
~ fhiáin, wild-duck.
~ fiáin, wild marjoram.
~ fiáin, wild onion.
~ fhiáin, horse-radish.
Ainmhithe fiáine a sheilg (le conairt, le gunnaí), to hunt wild animals (with dogs, with guns).
~ fiáin, wild cherry, gean.
~ fiáin, wild chicory.
~ fiáin, crab-apple.
