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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
gabh ag
gabh ar
gabh as
gabh chuig
gabh de
gabh do
gabh faoi
gabh i
gabh le
gabh ó
gabh thar
gabh trí
gabh um
gabha
gabhad
gabhadán
gábhadh
gabhag
gabhaid
gabháil
gabhailfhionn
gabhailín
gabhain
gabh i, v.t. & i. 1. Take in respect of. Greim a ghabháil i rud, to take hold of, get to grips with, sth. Ceart a ghabháil i rud, to acquire a right to sth. Éiric a ghabháil i rud, to exact retribution for sth. 2. Go into. Ag ~áil i bpoll, in uisce, i gcontúirt, san uaigh, going into a hole, into water, into danger, into the grave. Ag ~áil i bhfiacha, running into debt. Ag ~áil i bhfostú (i), getting entangled (in). Ná ~ ródhomhain ann, don’t go too deep into it. Má ghabhann tú ina cheann, if you go about it. ~adh sé i dtigh diabhail! Let him go to blazes!
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ná gabh amach i do bhoinn, don’t go out in your bare feet.
Tá an saol ag gabháil i g~, all’s well with the world.
I g~ ag gabháil dom, forever at me.
Gabháil de chosa i nduine, to use the feet, trample, on s.o.
Tá sé gafa i bh~, his number is up.
Sular ~adh i mbroinn a mháthar é, before he was conceived in his mother’s womb.
Ná ~ ar do chúl ann, don’t go back on it.
Tá an saol ag ~áil i gceart (acu), everything is going right (with them).
~ aníos, anall, isteach, anseo, i leith, come up, over, in, here, hither.
~aim orm go raibh sé ann, I’ll bet he was there.
Ag ~áil i bhfad uainn, going far away from us.
~ i ngreim, gripping.
Beithígh a chur i n~, to impound animals.
Bheith ~ i ngreim (ag rud), to be held in a grip (by sth.).
~ i bpríosún, held in prison.
Bheith ceaptha, gafa, i n~, to be caught in a trap.
Gafa i líon, caught in a net.
Ná gabh i ~ na mbréag, don’t fall back on lies.
Gabh i do ~ áit, go wherever you wish.
I d~ gabha, caught in a vice.
