TORTHAÍ
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
Leagan amach simplí
big . 1 a . a (Large) Mór ; (bulky) toirteach . Big house , teach mór . Big man , (i) fear ard ; (ii) fear mór, téagrach ; (iii) fear sonrach , fear ceannasach . It is very big , tá sé an-mhór , tá méid mhór ann . (Of garment) It is too big , is ar a mhéad . Big fortune , uacht throm . Big drop in prices , laghdú mór ar luach . The big scene (of the play) , an príomhradharc . To grow big(ger) , éirí mór , níos mó ; dul i méad , méadú . Big drum , druma mór . Ven : Big game , (i) fiach mór ; (ii) ainmhithe allta . S.a. END1 1, STICK1 1 b Big with child , torrach . He is big with consequences , tá sé mór as féin . 2 adv . He was talking big , bhí sé ag déanamh mórtais , bhí talamh faoi .
ABAIRTÍ
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
About as big as it , tuairim ar chomh mór leis .
He affects big words , cumann sé caint ghalánta dó féin .
Big end bearing , ceanntaca mór .
She has become a big girl , cailín mór atá anois inti .
F : (Of pers.) Big bug , boc mór .
A big burly man , bléitheach m .
Big drum, bass drum , druma mór .
F : To bang the big drum , fógraíocht mhór a dhéanamh .
The big employers of labour , lucht m fostaithe mórchuid oibrithe .
I.C.E : Big end , ceann ramhar .
He is big for his age , tá sé mór ina aois .
Big-game hunting , seilg ainmhithe móra .
Great (big) man , fear mór (ard) .
Bigger by half , leathuair eile chomh mór .
It is bigger by half , tá a leath arís ann .
He is not half so big , níl sé leath chomh mór sin .
Half as big , leath chomh mór .
Half as big again , leathuair eile chomh mór .
Big-hearted , great-hearted , dea-chroíoch .
The big fair is held in May , faoi Bhealtaine a bhíos an t-aonach mór ann .
Big hulking creature , rud mór anásta .
Big lump of a lass , fámaire m , piarda m cailín .
It will bring in big money , beidh pingin mhór as .
Big-mouthed , mórbhéalach .
He is not much bigger than I am , níl sé mórán níos mó ná mé féin .
Ever so much bigger , i bhfad Éireann níos mó .
That much too big , an oiread sin rómhór .
P : The big noise , an boc mór .
Plenty big enough , fuílleach mór .
F : (Of pers.) A big pot , boc mór .
Apples run rather big this year , tá méid mhaith sna húlla i mbliana .
To ship a big sea , tonn mhór a thógáil .
The big stick , an lámh láidir .
To stub one's big toe against sth ., d'ordóg a smiotadh ar rud .
Such a big man! a leithéid d'fhear le méid!
To talk big , an focal mór a bheith agat .
Thrice as big as , trí huaire chomh mór le (rud, etc.) .
Three times as big as . . ., trí huaire chomh mór le ...
Yours is three times as big as it , tá a thrí oiread i do cheannsa .
Great toe, big toe , ordóg na coise .
He is twice as big as Patrick , tá sé dhá uair chomh mór le Pádraig .
Two big houses , dhá theach mhóra .
He waxed big and brave , tháinig sé i méid agus i misneach .