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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
leonta
leontacht
leontaí
leontaíl
leontaíocht
leontóg
leonú
leor
leoraí
leorchúiteamh
leordhóthain
leorfhianaise
leorghníomh
leoró
leorthóir
leorthóireacht
leos
Leosótach
leota
leotáil
leothu
ler
let
leor, a1. 1. (a) Lit: Sufficient; ample. Gníomh ~, sufficient deed, good enough deed. Fleá ~, ample feast. An lios ~, the spacious fort. (b) (With copula) Is ~ sin, that is enough. Is ~ a rá (go), suffice it to say (that). Is ~ liom é, I think it is enough. Ba ~ liom a leath, half of it would do me. Is ~ dó é, it is enough for him; he is doing fairly well. Is ~ duit mar a rinne tú é, you made a good attempt at it. Is ~ duit a bhfuil le déanamh agat, you have enough to do as you are. Ba ~ do leanbh é a dhéanamh, it was a childish thing to do. Ba ~ duit dá mbeadh éagóir á déanamh ort, it would be understandable if you were being unjustly treated. Is ~ a luas, it will come soon enough. Is ~ an mí-ádh nuair a thiocfaidh sé, let us not go out of our way to meet misfortune. 2. (In phrases) Go ~, enough; plenty. (a) Go ~ de rud a bheith agat, to have enough of sth.; to have plenty of sth. Tá go ~ againn ann, there are enough of us; there are quite a few of us. Tá go ~ a shílfeadh (go), many would think (that). Tá go ~ le rá aige, he talks a lot. Tá go ~ ráite! Enough said! Bhí go ~ ~ airgid acu, they had lots and lots of money. (b)Mór go ~, big enough. Tá sé beag go ~ agat, it is small, little, enough for you. Tá sé in am go ~, it is time enough. Ceart go ~, right enough; all right. Bhí biotáille fairsing go ~ ann, there was any amount of strong drink there. S.a. maith2 13. 3. (As s.) ~ a ghabháil le rud, to be satisfied with sth. Gheobhainn ~ le ceann amháin acu, one of them would do me. Ghabh siad ~ lena gcinniúint, they accepted their fate. Gabh ~ leis, agree with him, humour him. Lit: A ~ den leann, their fill of ale.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá sé maith go leor ~ gan fearg a chur air, he is all right if he is not angered.
Tá go leor le déanamh agam, I have a lot to do.
Tá sé beag go leor agat, it is little enough for you.
In ~ go leor, time enough.
~eadh go leor leat, enough has been spent, wasted, on you.
Chaith sé go leor báistí, it rained heavily.
7. ~ go leor, right enough; all right.
Tá sé ~ go leor, he is all right.
Fuair mé é ~ go leor, I got it all right.
Tá, ~ go leor, yes, sure enough.
Tá an coirce ~ go leor, the oats look fairly good.
Tá na huain ag cruthú maith go leor, the lambs are showing fair promise.
Is leor de locht é, it is fault enough.
~ go leor! Tá go ~! Too bad!
Is leor don ~ a nead, for a little bird a little nest.
Tá mé ag ~eacht fada go leor libh, I have listened to, have been patient with, you long enough.
Níl tú ~ go leor ar Sheán fós, you don’t know Seán’s ways well enough yet.
Ar feadh ~ go leor, for quite a long time.
Níl an áit ~ go leor acu, there is not enough room for them in the place.
Tá go leor le déanamh agat i bh~ is a bheith ag cur do chuid ama amú, you have plenty to do besides wasting your time.
Is leor dó a fheabhas, he is doing as well as can be expected.
Is leor le ~ díobh é, it is enough for some of them.
Bhí sé ~ go leor, it was easy enough.
Tá sé ~ go leor agat, it is little enough for you.
In am go leor, in plenty of time.
Is leor a ~, it is little enough.
Ní thiocfaidh siad ~ luath go leor, they won’t come half soon enough.
Is leor ~ dó, he knows how to take a hint.
Tá sé maith go leor ag ár ~í, it is good enough for the likes of us.
Is leor a ~, it will come soon enough.
Mhair siad fada go leor ar na prátaí, they lived for a long time on potatoes.
13. ~ go leor, good enough; all right.
Bhí tú ~ go leor nár loiteadh thú, you were lucky to escape injury. (Of drinker)
Tá sé ~ go leor, he is a bit tipsy.
~ go leor, rachaidh mé leat, all right, I’ll go with you.
~ go leor, often enough.
Is leor do, ó, Mhór a dícheall, one can only do one’s best.
Tá sin ~ go leor, that is natural enough.
Is leor ~ don eolach, a word to the wise (is sufficient).
Tá sé ~ go leor le ciall a bheith aige, he is old enough to have sense.
agus) Agus ~ tuirseach go leor mar atá, although you are tired enough as you are.
Is leor ~, that’s enough.
Tiocfaidh sé luath go leor, it will come soon enough.
~im gur beag nach leor é, I consider it is nearly enough.
~ go leor, bhí sé ann romham, opportunely enough, he was there before me.
