Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
fiadhánta
fiadhnach
fiadhnaigh
fiadhnaise
fiadhta
fiafhás
fiafheoil
fiafraí
fiafraigh
fiafraitheach
fiafraitheacht
fiafraitheoir
fiag
fiagach
fiagaí
fiagaíocht
fiagaire
fiaghabhar
fiaghalún
fiaghé
fiaich
fiaigh
fiaile
fiafraí could be a grammatical form of:
fiafraigh »
fiafraí, m. (gs. & pl. -aithe).1. vn. of fiafraigh. 2. Inquiry, question. (a)~ a dhéanamh faoi dhuine, faoi rud, to inquire about s.o., sth. An chéad fhiafraí a rinne sé, the first thing he asked about. Gan chead gan ~, without a ‘by your leave’. Cé na fiafraithe sin ort? Why all these questions? Ní bhfaighidh tú faisnéis mura ndéana tú ~, one must ask in order to learn. S.a. don1, tubaiste. (b)Tá ~ orthu, they are sought after, are in demand. Níl ~ siar (nó aniar) orthu, nobody ever asks for them. (Var:fiafraighe)
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tháinig na ~ta á fhiafraí, hundreds (of people) came to inquire about him.
Más ~ dom a fhiafraí, if I may ask.
Bhí sé do d’fhiafraí, he was enquiring about you.
An bhfuil ~ (dom) a fhiafraí (díot)? Is there any harm in (my) asking (you)?
~ d’fhiafraí ort! Don’t be so inquisitive!
Rud a fhiafraí de dhuine, to ask s.o. sth.
Duine a fhiafraí, to inquire after s.o.
Abair leis go raibh mé á fhiafraí, tell him I was asking for him.
Más den mhúineadh a fhiafraí díot, if it is polite to ask you.
~ d’fhiafraithe ort! Don’t be so inquisitive!
