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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
scian
scianchlár
sciantaca
sciar
sciata
sciath
sciathach
sciathán
sciathánach
sciathbholcán
sciathbhrat
sciathchill
sciathchlár
sciathdhorn
sciathfháinne
sciathghreille
sciathlúireach
sciathóg
sciathrach
sciathshúileach
scib
scibéad
scibhéar
sciathán1, m. (gs. & npl. -áin, gpl. ~). 1. Wing. ~ éin, bird’s wing. Bhí a sciatháin síos leis, (of bird) it was winged, (of person) he was very dejected. Fig: Bhí sciatháin air ag imeacht, he was in a great hurry, all eagerness, to be off. Tháinig sciatháin ar mo chroí, my heart took wing, I was elated. Níor thóg sí gob ná ~ díobh, she never let them out from under her wing. Faoi ~, surreptitiously; under pretence of. 2. Side, extension; part, piece. ~ foirgnimh, wing of building. ~ airm, wing of army. Shílfeá gurbh é parthas nó ~ de é, it was like an extension of paradise. ~ tobac, bit (from plug) of tobacco. 3. Arm. ~ duine, person’s arm. Greim sciatháin, arm-hold. Coinnigh fad do sciatháin uait iad, keep them at arm’s length. 4. (a)Orn: ~ céarach, waxwing. (b) Z: ~ leathair, bat.
sciathán2, m. (gs. & npl. -áin, gpl. ~). Wicker-work lid or panel. ~ feadhnaigh, removable bottom of pannier(-basket).
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Sciathán a bhearradh, to clip a wing.
Sciatháin a bhualadh, to flap wings.
An ~ is fearr ina sciathán, his mainstay.
Rugadh air idir chorp chleite is sciathán, he was seized bodily.
Idir chorp (is) cheirt; idir chorp is chleití; idir chorp chleite is sciathán, bodily, entirely.
~ sciathán, wing-case.
Níor thit ~ as a sciatháin, he did not lose a feather.
Chomh ~ le mo lámh, le mo sciathán, as long as my arm.
Le ~ dá sciathán, with a stroke of its wing.
Idir ghob, chleite is sciathán, lock, stock and barrel.
Ag ~adh a sciathán, beating their wings.
~ sciathán, wing-stretch.
~ sciatháin, wing-flap.
2. ~ sciathán, span of wings; reach of arms.
~ siad a sciatháin, they spread their wings.
~ sciathán, spreading of wings.
~ sciathán, spread of wings.
3. Sciatháin a spré, to spread wings.
