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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
frámaitheoir
Franc
Francach
Francachas
francaithe
francbhéarla
franclus
fraoch
fraochach
fraochaí
fraochaíl
fraochán
fraochdha
fraochdhaite
fraochlach
fraochmhá
fraochmhaire
fraochmhar
fraochnimh
fraochóg
fraochra
fraochta
fraochtacht
fraoch1, m. (gs. -oigh). 1. Heather. ~ bán, white heather. ~ camógach, Mediterranean heather. ~ cloigíneach, fireann, Lochlannach, bell-heather. ~ (coitianta), ~ mór, Scotch heather, ling. ~ naoscaí, cross-leaved heath. Ligean do rud dul sa fhraoch ort, to let oneself become confused about sth. Spáráil na circe fraoigh ar an bh~, ‘the grouse sparing the heather’, unnecessary frugality. S.a. cearc 1(b), dallóg 2(a), luch 1. 2. Heath, moor. (Var: f, gs. fraoighe)
fraoch2, m. (gs. -oich). Fierceness, fury. ~ na doininne, na farraige, na spéire, the fury of the tempest, of the sea, of the heavens. ~ feirge, frenzy of anger. ~ fiacla, rabid desire to eat.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ fhraoigh, (red) grouse.
~ fraoigh, moor cock, male red grouse.
~ fhraoigh, shrew-mouse.
Rinne siad leaba den fhraoch, they made a bed of the heather.
~ fraoigh, blackcock, male black grouse.
~ a chur sa fhraoch, to set fire to, scorch, the heather.
~ (agus fraoch) na spéire, na ndúl, the fury of the heavens, of the elements.
~ biolair, fraoigh, sprig of cress, of heather.
~ fraoigh, heather-ale.
~ fhraoigh, ~ shléibhe, marmot.
~ fraoigh, heath, white, bedstraw.
Idir mhín is fhraoch, both grassland and heather, fine and rough mountain grazing.
~ fraoigh, grasshopper.
~ fraoigh, tuft of heather.
~í fraoigh, stalks of heather.
~ fraoigh, luachra, clump of heather, of rushes.
~a fraoigh, hummocks overgrown with heather.
