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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
Lochlannais
lochmhá
lochóg
lochradh
lochramán
lóchrann
lóchrannach
locht
lochta
lóchta
lochtach
lochtaí
lochtaigh
lochtaíl
lóchtaint
lochtaithe
lochtaitheach
lochtán
lochtánach
lochtanna
lochthaoide
lochtóir
lochtú
locht, m. (gs. ~a1, pl. ~anna). Fault. ~ a fháil ar dhuine, ar rud, to find fault with s.o., sth. Is é sin mo ~ ort, that is what I find wrong with you. Is mór an ~ air é, it is a serious fault in him. Tá a ~ féin air, he has his limitations. Níl ~ air, it is not bad; it will do fine. An ~ a chur ar dhuine faoi rud, to lay the blame on s.o. for sth. Ort féin (atá) an ~ as sin, you yourself are to blame for that. Ná cuir an ~ ormsa, don’t put the blame on me. Cá ~ air é? Who would blame him for it? Níl ~ aici ar bhraon fíona, she is not averse to a drop of wine. Tá ~ sa bhó, there is a defect in the cow. Níor fhás sé gan ~, he has his faults (like all of us). Ní léir do dhuine a ~ féin, we find it hard to see our own faults. S.a. saoi1. (Var: npl. ~a)
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Admhaím mo locht, mo pheacaí, I acknowledge my fault, my sins.
Tá sé ~ ina locht, he admits, confesses, his fault.
Cá locht orm é? What fault is it in me?
Cár locht orm é? What fault was it in me?
~ é an locht sin air? What fault is that in him?
~ suas ar an lochta é, throw it up on the loft.
A locht a chasadh le duine, to cast his fault up to s.o.
Locht a cheartú, to rectify a fault.
~ anuas lochta iad, put them down off the loft.
Ná ~ an locht ormsa, don’t blame me.
Is leor de locht é, it is fault enough.
Locht a fháil ar dhuine, to find fault with s.o.
Locht folaigh, hidden fault.
Ghlan sé an lochta, he cleared, cleaned out, the loft.
Is é a locht a ~, one could do with more of it.
Ní fheiceann ~ locht, love is blind.
Níl ~ ná locht air, it is quite flawless; he is sound in mind and body.
Locht, éagóir, a ~, to remedy a fault, an injustice.
Ní ~ dó a locht féin, he can’t see his own fault.
~ féir, hay-loft.
~ croise, rood-loft.
Is é an locht ~, is mó, atá agam orthu (go), the chief fault I find with them is (that).
Ní bhíonn ~ gan locht, Homer sometimes nods.
~ ó locht, free from fault.
