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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
madraíocht
madrúil
madrúlacht
maenad
mag
mág
mágach
magadh
magadóir
mágaí
mágaíocht
magairle
magairlín
mágaithe
mágán
magarlach
magarlán
mágcuaird
magh
magh-
maghar
magma
magnóilia
magadh, m. (gs. -aidh). (Act of) mocking; mockery, ridicule; joking. ~ a dhéanamh faoi dhuine, rud, to mock, scoff at, s.o., sth. Ag ~ faoi, ar, dhuine, mocking, making fun of, s.o. Ní raibh mé ach ag ~, I was only joking. Ní ~ ar bith é, it is no joke. Cuirimis uainn an ~, let us stop joking, be serious. Ná bí ag ~ fút féin, don’t delude yourself. Ag ~ atá tú! You don’t mean it! Rud a rá mar mhagadh, to say sth. jokingly. Obair, troid, mar mhagadh, sham work, fight. Ní cúram mar mhagadh é, it is not a responsibility to be undertaken lightly. An ~ a chur ina dháiríre ar dhuine, to make s.o. laugh on the wrong side of his mouth. Lucht magaidh, mockers, scoffers. Gáir mhagaidh, shout of derision. S.a. mugadh, ordóg 1.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ an mhagaidh, laughing-stock.
~ Dé ort, duit, ní raibh mé ach ag magadh, bless your innocence, I was only joking.
Tá an duine bocht ina cheap magaidh acu, they are making a laughing-stock of the poor fellow.
~ ar mhagadh, susceptible to mockery.
Cibé is ~ don mhagadh seo, whatever point there is to this joking.
Cé faoi a bhfuil siad ag magadh? Whom are they mocking?
~ magaidh, laughing-stock.
~ magaidh a dhéanamh de dhuine, to make a laughing-stock of s.o.
Bhí sé ina cheap magaidh acu, they were making him a butt for ridicule.
~ magaidh, practical joke.
~ mhagaidh, sly joking, teasing.
Ag ~ (mhagaidh) faoi dhuine, ‘ribbing’, teasing, s.o.
Ní ~ magaidh é, it is no laughing matter.
Is minic a tháinig an magadh go leaba an ~, what begins as a joke often becomes serious.
Ag magadh nó ~, joking or in earnest.
Bheith ag ~ mhagaidh ar dhuine, to condemn s.o. to ridicule.
1. Gáire, magadh, greann, a dhéanamh faoi dhuine, to laugh at, mock, make fun of, s.o.
~ magaidh, butt for ridicule.
Tá ~ an mhagaidh air, he has a mocking grin on his face.
2. ~ mhagaidh, object of ridicule.
An ~ maith, géar, feirge, magaidh, good, sharp, angry, mocking, words.
Shíl sé ~ (magaidh) a bhaint asam, he thought he could have a bit of fun at my expense.
Bíonn siad ag ~áil dom (do mo bhualadh, ag magadh orm), they keep at me (beating me, making fun of me).
~ mhagaidh, mhaíte, shout of derision, of triumph.
~ (mhagaidh) a dhéanamh de dhuine, to ridicule s.o.
Bhí siad ag ~aidh a bheith ag magadh fúinn, they were trying to make fun of us.
~ magadh, humbug, farce.
~ mhagaidh a chur i nduine, to prod s.o. in jest; to have a dig at s.o.
Níl sé saor ó pheaca agat a bheith ag magadh faoi mar sin, it is not right for you to mock him like that.
De shíor ag magadh orainn, for ever mocking us.
~ mhagaidh, laughing-stock.
~ mhagaidh, bout of jeering.
~ mhagaidh, derisive grin.
4. ~ mhagaidh, object of ridicule, butt.
