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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
tréidhe
tréidín
tréidlia
tréidliacht
treifid
treifideacht
tréifín
tréig
tréig-abhainn
tréigean
tréigh
treighdeán
treighid
treighil
tréigin
tréigint
tréigiúch
tréigthe
tréigtheach
tréigtheacht
tréigtheoir
tréiléar
treillis breillis
tréig, v.t. & i. (vn. ~ean, pp. ~the). 1. Abandon, forsake. Cúis a thréigean, to desert a cause. Thréig sé a bhean agus a chlann, he deserted his wife and children. Thréig a leannán é, his sweetheart jilted him. Thréig an t-éan a nead, the bird forsook its nest. Thréig siad an áit, they quit the place. ~ an drochnós sin agat, give over that bad habit of yours. Ceart a thréigean, to renounce a right. Thréig sé a chreideamh, he gave up his faith. Go dtréige an anáil mé, till my last breath. Thréig an t-anam é, he gave up the ghost. Níor thréig tú do ghaol le do mhuintir, you have taken after your people very much. Prov: Ná ~ do charaid ar do chuid, don’t betray friendship for gain. 2. Fade; fail, fall away. Tá an t-éadach ag ~ean, the cloth is fading. Dath nach dtréigeann, a colour that does not fade. Gur thréig a bláth, until she lost her bloom. Thréig ar an misneach aige, his courage failed him. Tá an luachair ag ~ean, the rushes are decaying. Thréig a chuid feola, his flesh fell away from him.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ná tréig do chara ar do chuid, don’t forsake a friend for gain, stick to your principles.
Ná tréig do dhuine gnáith, don’t desert your constant companion.
~ thréigthe, derelict ship.
Ná tréig mé, don’t desert me.
~ n-oileán uaigneacha thréigthe, seven lonely and deserted islands.
~ teaghlaigh, tíre, desertion of family, of country.
~ prionsabail, abandonment of principle.
~ cairdeasa, renunciation of friendship.
~ comharbais, renouncement of succession.
~ na talún, the flight from the land.
Tá tart gan ~ orm, I have an insatiable thirst.
~ datha, blátha, fading of colour, of bloom.
