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Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Gramadach
Foghraíocht
ceantar
ceantár
ceantrach
ceantúir
ceanúil
ceanúireacht
ceanúlacht
ceap
ceapach
ceapachán
ceapachóir
ceapadh
ceapadóir
ceapadóireacht
ceapaí
ceapaíocht
ceapaire
ceapáirithe
ceapaithe
ceapán
ceapánach
ceapánta
ceapántacht
ceap1, m. (gs. cip, npl. ~a, gpl. ~). 1. Stock; block, base; pad. (a) ~ crainn, tree-stock. ~ adhmaid, connaidh, block of wood, of fire-wood. Tine chip, log fire. ~ búistéara, chopping-block. ~ cloiche, block of stone; stone post. ~ colúin, base of column. ~ dearnála, darning egg. ~ díslí, diestock. ~ gunna, plána, stock of gun, of plane. Nau: Carp: ~ treo, step. ~ tuirne, base of spinning-wheel. ~ na bhfiacla, jaw. Tá an fear sin ina cheap céille, that man is a rock of sense. Chuirfinn mo cheann ar ~ (go), I’d bet my life (that). S.a. glas11. (b) (Of penal stocks) Duine a chur i gceapa, to put s.o. in the stocks. (c) ~ sinsear, ancestral stock. (d) ~ 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. 2. Bootm: Last. ~ gréasaí, shoemaker’s last. Ar ~, on the stocks. Tá mo bhróga ó cheap is ó choisíocht, my shoes are worn beyond repair. Bailigh leat do chip is do mheanaí, remove yourself and all your belongings. 3. Nave, hub. ~ rotha, nave of wheel. ~ na tíre, the hub of the country. 4. Compact body. ~ airm, body of troops in close formation. ~ tithe, block of houses. ~ oifigí, office block. 5. (Of person) Chief, protector. 6. Hort: Bed, plot. ~ plandaí, cabáiste, plant-, cabbage-, bed.
ceap2, v.t. & i. (pp. ~tha). 1. Chip, block out. 2. Fashion; shape, invent. Ball a cheapadh, to fashion an article. Móin a cheapadh, to mould turf (in sods). Focal a cheapadh, to coin a word. Dán, ceol, a cheapadh, to compose a poem, music. Scéim a cheapadh, to devise a scheme. Cealg a cheapadh, to brew treachery. Scéal, bréag, a cheapadh, to invent a story, a falsehood. An fear a cheap é, the man who invented it. Lena aghaidh a ~adh é, it was designed for that purpose. 3. Appoint, assign. Duine a cheapadh do rud, to appoint s.o. to sth. ~adh sa phost, ina rúnaí, é, he was appointed to the post, as secretary. An lá a ~adh, (on) the appointed day. Ar an uair a bhí ~tha, at the appointed hour. Cheap sé aimsir chuige, he fixed a time for it. An rud a cheap Dia dó, what God ordained for him. Is é an bás a ~adh dúinn, it is assigned to us to die. 4. (a) Conceive, think. ~ann sé gur fear léinn é, he conceives himself to be a learned man. ~aim go bhfuil an ceart agat, I think you are right. Sin é a cheapaim, atá mé a cheapadh, that is what I think. Tá siad níos fearr ná a cheapfá díobh, they are better than you might imagine. (b) Mean, intend. Ní cheapfá a rá gur mise a rinne é? You don’t mean to say that I did it? Sin é a bhí ~tha acu a dhéanamh, that is what they intended to do. 5. Block path of; stop, catch. Buille a cheapadh, to ward off a blow. Ainmhí a cheapadh, to head off an animal. Liathróid a cheapadh, to field a ball. Cheap sé é féin, he checked, restrained, himself. Cheap an balla, an abhainn, sinn, the wall, the river, barred our way. ~adh sa tom, sa ghaiste, é, it got caught in the bush, in the trap.
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IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ar cheap cloiche, on a stone base.
Tá an duine bocht ina cheap magaidh acu, they are making a laughing-stock of the poor fellow.
Ar cheapadh cluaise, shaped like an ear.
~ múinteora, the appointment of a teacher.
~ i bpost, designation to a post.
~ lae, the appointment of a day.
Rud a chur siar gan ~ lae, to postpone sth. indefinitely, sine die.
Tá ~ go, it is thought that.
Is é mo cheapadh fós é, I still think it.
Ní raibh aon cheapadh aige go mbeinn anseo, it never occurred to him that I might be here.
~ inneonach, ~ an chip, horn of anvil.
Snáthaid, ceap, dearnála, darning-needle, -egg.
Sin é (go) ~ a cheap mé, that’s just what I thought.
Ceapadh sa ~ é, he was caught in the snare.
Ceap, cuaille, sciath, ~a, block, pole, shield, of alder.
Bheith ceaptha, gafa, i n~, to be caught in a trap.
1. ~ cip, wooden bolt (on inside of door).
Cuir na rudaí sin faoi ghlas (cip), lock up those things (securely).
Ceap, soc, inneonach, base, horn, of anvil.
~ cip, wooden latch.
Ceap, iarann, ~, plane-stock, -iron.
Ceap ~, stumbling-block.
