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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
gormhac
Gormóideach
gormroscach
gormshúileach
gormú
goróir
gort
gorta
gortach
gortachán
gortaigh
gortaíl
gortanna
gortbhriseadh
gortghlan
gortghlanadh
gortghlantóir
gortha
gorthach
gortóg
gortú
gortúil
gorún
gorta1, m. (gs. ~). 1. Hunger, famine. Bliain ghorta, year of famine. Bheith ar an n~, to be starving, destitute. Bhí ~ orm, I was weak from hunger. Duine a chur do ghorta, i n~, to starve s.o.; to ruin s.o. Bás den ghorta, death from starvation. 2. Meanness, niggardliness. ~ a bheith ionat, to be mean, miserly. Ní ligfeadh an ~ dó é a dhéanamh, he was too stingy to do it. Ruidín ~, miserable little thing. (Var: f)
gorta2, s. (In phrase) De ghorta gharta = de dhoirte dhirte :doirte1.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Gorta agus ~, hunger and want.
~ gorta, famine soup-cauldron.
Gorta nó ~, feast or famine.
~ agus gorta, privation and hunger.
~ is gorta, pestilence and famine.
~ plá is gorta ar an tír, plague and famine swept through the land.
~ gorta, quaking-grass moor.
