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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
porcán
porcánach
porfaire
porfairin
pórghlan
porrán
porrtheas
port
pórt
portach
portaigh
Portaingéalach
Portaingéilis
portaire
portaireacht
portán
pórtar
portbhalla
portfheadaíl
pórtfhíon
pórtha
pórtheastas
portmanta
port1, m. (gs. & npl. poirt, gpl. ~). 1. Tune. ~ a bhualadh, a sheinm, to play a tune. Cas ~ dúinn, give us a tune. ~ damhsa, dance-tune. ~ béil, lilt. ~ feadaíola, whistled tune. ~ aitheantais, signature tune. Tá aon phort amháin agat i gcónaí, you are always harping on the same string. D’athraigh sé a phort, he changed his tune. Tá a phort seinnte, it is all up with him. 2. (Of dance, dance music) Jig.
port2, m. (gs. & npl. poirt, gpl. ~). 1. (a) Landing-place; harbour, port. ~ a bhualadh, a ghabháil, to make port. Teacht i b~, to land. ~ a fhágáil, to leave port. Bheith le ~, to be weather-bound, unable to leave port. (b) Nau: Station. ~ cabhlaigh, naval station. ~ guail, coaling station. 2. (a) Bank. ~ abhann, river-bank. Breac a thabhairt ar an b~, to land a trout. ~ móna, turf-bank. ~ feamainne, bank of seaweed; creek filled with floating seaweed. Cuir ar an b~ é, put it up on the bank. (b) Civ. E: Mound, embankment. (c) ~ seangán, ant-hill. 3. (a) Place of refuge, haven, resort. ~ na bpeacach, the refuge of sinners. ~ (coisithe), street, traffic, island. (b) Stopping-place; place, locality. Níl sé ach ó phort go ~, he goes from one stopping-place to another, can’t settle down anywhere. Lit: A b~ aiséirí, the place where they await the resurrection. 4. (a) Fortified place, stronghold. (b) Occupied place, seat, centre. S.a. oireachas.
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IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Port ~, merry lilt.
~ cuain, poirt, harbour town, port.
Tá port breá eile aige, mar atá an Chúileann, he has another fine tune, namely, the Coolin.
Ní ~ é go raibh sé ar an bport, don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.
Port a bhualadh, to play a tune.
Cuan, port, a bhualadh, to make harbour, port.
Bualadh chun poirt, chun an aonaigh, to make for port, set off for the fair.
~ suas port dúinn, play a tune for us.
Amhrán, port, a chasadh, to sing a song, play a tune.
3. ~í poirt, thin, flattened, sods of turf.
Port a bhfuil ~ ann, an intricate tune.
Amhrán, port, a chrochadh (suas), to strike up a song, a tune.
Coiscéim, port, válsa, a dhamhsa, to dance a step, a jig, a waltz.
Port feadaíola, a whistled tune.
Port, bachta, ocht bh~, bank (of turf) eight sods in depth.
~ poirt, facing of bank.
Cuan, port, a ghabháil, to make harbour, port.
~áil de Phort Láirge (go), to go by Waterford (to).
~ poirt, harbour-master.
Port, damhsa, gáire, ~, merry tune, dance, laugh.
Sheol siad ó Phort Láirge, they sailed from Waterford.
Poirt oireachais, seats of power; principal centres.
Port a ~e, to dance a jig.
port ar an orgán béil dúinn, play (up) a tune on the mouth-organ for us.
Port a sheinm, to play a tune.
Shroich siad port, they made port.
~ poirt, harbour-station.
Port a ~adh, to strike port.
Buail ~ port dúinn, strike up a tune for us.
Díleas ~ d’fhear poirt, what is cast up (by the sea) may be given over to the man ashore.
~ seo (de) Phort Láirge, on this side of Waterford.
Bhí port feadaíola ~ aige, he was whistling a tune.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ cuain, poirt, harbour town, port.
Cuan, port, a bhualadh, to make harbour, port.
Bualadh chun poirt, chun an aonaigh, to make for port, set off for the fair.
Cuan agus ~ a bhaint amach, to arrive safely in port.
~ abhann, river port.
~ cabhlaigh, fartha, iascaireachta, naval, ferry, fishing, port.
~ a ghabháil, a bhualadh, a dhéanamh, to make harbour, port.
~anna calafoirt, port dues.
~ calaidh, delay in port (due to weather conditions).
Cuan, port, a ghabháil, to make harbour, port.
Ar an n~ chlé, on the port bow.
~ anála, air-port.
~ gaile, steam-port.
~ a bhualadh, a ghabháil, to make port.
~ a fhágáil, to leave port.
Bheith le ~, to be weather-bound, unable to leave port.
Calafort ~, free port.
Shroich siad port, they made port.
Teacht i gcuan le ~ líonta, to tide it into port.
Port a ~adh, to strike port.
Airm a thaispeáint, to port arms.
An áit ar chuir siad i d~, where they made port.
