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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
scoraíocht
scorán
scorbach
scórchlár
scorla
scorn
scorn-
scornach
scornáil
scornán
scornlus
scornúil
scoróg
scortha
scórtha
scorthaí
scorthánach
scot
scót
Scotach
scotbhach
scoth
scoth-
scornach, f. (gs. -aí, npl. ~a, gpl. ~). Throat. 1. Do ~ a réiteach, to clear one’s throat. ~ nimhneach, thinn, sore throat. ~ duine a ghearradh, to cut s.o.’s throat. Dul i ngreim scornaí i nduine, to take s.o. by the throat. Féith scornaí, jugular vein. S.a. úll 4. 2. Geog:Throat. ~ abhann, throat of river.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ as a scornach, from the back of his throat.
Bhí ~ ina scornach, there was a lump in his throat.
~ scornaí, guttural.
Ghabh sé ar ghreim scornaí é, he grasped him by the throat. (Of sail, etc.)
An ~ is giorra don scornach (a ghearradh), (to attend to) the most urgent need.
Bhí sé i n~ scornaí, sceadamáin, ann, he had him by the throat.
I ngreim scornaí ann, gripping him by the throat.
~ scornaí, clearing of throat.
Do scornach a réiteach, to clear one’s throat.
siar ina scornach é, shove it down his throat.
Ná ~ do scornach leis, don’t scald your throat with it.
~ i scornach, frog in the throat.
Sheas an focal i mo scornach, the word stuck in my throat.
~ sa scornach, choking sound in the throat.
Tá mo scornach ~, my throat is dry.
~ i scornach, lump in throat.
4. ~ na brád, ~ na scornaí, Adam’s apple.
