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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
imigéin
imigéiniúil
imigh
imigh ar
imigh as
imigh de
imigh i
imigh le
imigh ó
imill
imilléad
imíonn
imir
imirc
imirce
imirceach
imireacha
imirt
imirteas
imirthí
imirtíocht
imithe
imlabhra
imigh le, v.i. 1. Go away with, take away. Imeacht le rud, to make off with sth. D’~ tú le mo pheann, you took my pen. D’~ siad le chéile, they eloped. Go n-imí an sioc leat! Bad cess to you! 2. Take to, follow. Imeacht le ceird, to follow a trade. D’~ sé le táilliúireacht, he took up tailoring. Ag imeacht le haer an tsaoil, leading a gay life. D’~ siad leis an ól, they took to drink. 3. Take certain course. Imeacht le fána, to go downhill; to fall down the slope; to take the downward path. Ag imeacht le ceann sreinge, running loose. Imeacht le gaoth, le sruth, to go with the wind, with the current; to be lost, to vanish. S.a. cloch1 3. 4. Go away, off. Imíonn siad leo gach uile oíche, they take themselves off every night. ~ leat (uaim, amach as seo), get away (from me, out of here). Tá sé ag imeacht leis, he is going from bad to worse.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ag imeacht le h~ an tsaoil, pleasure-seeking, leading a gay life.
Is ~ liom imeacht air, I don’t like to go away without him.
Imigh más ~ leat é, go away if you are so inclined.
Bád ag imeacht le ~, a boat hugging the shore.
Ag imeacht le ~, sailing large.
Dul, imeacht, le ~acha, to go wild, mad.
Ba é an ~ doiligh leis imeacht, he bemoaned his fate that he had to go, was most reluctant to go.
Is ~ leis imeacht, he is reluctant to go.
Dul, imeacht, le ~ an tsaoil, to lead a dissolute life, to go to the bad.
Is é rud a rinne sé imeacht leis, what he did was to go away.
D’~ leis imeacht, he managed to get away.
Dul, imeacht, le ~, to go on the downward path.
Imeacht le ~ de rud, to carry off a bundle of sth.
Imeacht le ~ agus le fán, to wander off alone in the world.
Imeacht le ~, to become wind-blown;
Imithe leis an n~, swept away, gone to glory.
Má imíonn tú le do bheo, if you escape with your life.
Bhí sé ar ~ imeacht, he was about to leave.
Más mian leat imeacht, if you wish to go.
Imigh ~ le síocháin, go and peace be with you.
Imíonn gach maith le ~, constant dropping wears away the stone.
Ag imeacht le ~ seoil, going full sail.
le) Is ~ liom imeacht anois, I prefer to go now.
Ag imeacht le ~, sailing free.
Ag imeacht as a chuid éadaigh le ~, puffing himself up with pride.
