Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
itche
ite
iteachán
iteán
itéirbiam
iteoir
itghe
ith
ithe
íthe
itheachán
ithiomrá
ithiomráiteach
ithir
ithirchreimeadh
ithirchrios
ithireolaíocht
ithirmhapa
ithirthéaltú
ithirthorthúlacht
ithreach
ithreachas
ithte
ith1, v.t. & i. (fut. íosfaidh, vn. ~e, pp. ite).Eat. 1. Bia a ~e, to eat food. ~ do sháith, do dhóthain, eat your fill. Níor ~ mé aon ghreim ó mhaidin, I haven’t had a bite all day. ~e as lámh duine, to eat out of s.o.’s hand, be subservient to s.o. D’íosfadh sé an t-iarann, he has an iron constitution. 2. Feed, graze. Ag ~e na ngort, grazing the fields. 3. Bite. Ag ~e a chuid ingne, biting his nails. Bhí sé ag ~e na méar de féin, he was biting his fingers from vexation. 4. Corrode, erode. Tá an mheirg ag ~e an iarainn, the rust is corroding the iron. An fharraige ag ~e an chósta, the sea eroding the coast. 5. Consume, destroy. Ná bí ag ~e an chroí asat féin, don’t be eating your heart out. 6. Abuse, scold, revile. Ná h~ mé, don’t eat me. D’~ sí an aghaidh díom, she ate the face off me. Ag ~e na gcomharsan, reviling, backbiting, the neighbours. Tá siad ag ~e a chéile ar fad, they are always quarrelling. Ag ~e is ag gearradh ar a chéile, reviling each other. F:D’íosfadh sé thú le gráinnín salainn, he hates the sight of you. S.a. feoil 1. 7. Chew. Bhí sé ag ~e na cainte, na bhfocal, he was mumbling his speech, his words. Tá an fharraige ite, the sea is choppy. 8. (In phrase) D’íosfainn é sula dtógfainn é, I could no more lift it than I could eat it. 9. Ite ag, le, eaten, tormented, destroyed, by. Ite ag na leamhain, moth-eaten. Ite ag na dreancaidí, flea-bitten. Ite ag an tochas, tormented with itch. Ite ag an éad, consumed with jealousy. Ite le fiacha, debt-ridden.
ith2 = ioth.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Níor ith sé ~ níor ól sé, he neither ate nor drank.
D’ith mé ~ feola, I ate a huge amount of meat.
D’ith sé go ~ é, he ate every bit of it.
D’íosfaidís beo ~ thú, they would eat you alive.
D’íosfadh sé an ~, he has a voracious appetite.
Char ith sé é, he did not eat it.
D’íosfainn, d’ólfainn, go ~ é, I would eat, drink, it with relish.
Níor ith sé ach a chóir, he ate no more than his share, his fill.
D’ith, d’ól, sé a choisceadh, he ate, drank, enough to satisfy him, his fill.
Ith, ól, é má tá ~ agat ann, eat, drink, it if it is to your taste.
D’ith sé siar go h~ é, he ate it to the very last pick.
An té a d’ith an barr íocadh sé an ~, let the beneficiary bear the expense.
D’ith siad an fheoil anuas díom, they lacerated me with their tongues.
Go ~ nár ith siad é, they even ate it.
D’íosfadh sé, ghoidfeadh sé, an ~ te, he would eat, steal, anything.
D’ith sé go ~ é, he ate it with relish.
D’íosfadh sé an gharbhach, he’d eat anything.
D’íosfadh sé an mhálóid, he would eat anything, has a huge appetite.
D’ith sé go ~ é, he ate it with relish.
~ ith tú mórán, you didn’t eat much.
Níor ith sé ~, he ate nothing.
D’íosfainn le gráinnín salainn é, I hate the sight of him.
Ith ~, eat that.
