Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Gramadach
Foghraíocht
cuain
cuaird
cuairdeall
cuaire
cuairín
cuairsce
cuairsceach
cuairt
cuairteoir
cuais
cuaiste
cual
cualach
cualarach
cualarán
cuallacht
cuallaí
cuallaíocht
cuallóid
cuan
cuán
cuandú
cuanna
cuairt1, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~eanna; pl. -arta used with numerals). 1. Circuit; round, course. ~ na cruinne, na hÉireann, a thabhairt, to make a circuit of, travel round, the globe, Ireland. Thugamar ~ na cathrach, na tíre, we toured the city, the country. Thug siad ceithre cuarta an tí, they went all round, searched every corner of, the house. Rinne sí cúpla ~ (chniotála) ar an stoca, she knitted a few rounds of stitches on the stocking. ~ chigireachta, round, tour, of inspection. ~ de rás, a lap of a race. Thug sé ~ den bhata dó, he beat him all over with the stick. Fá g~, um a g~ = máguaird. 2. Visit. ~ a thabhairt ar dhuine, ar áit, to visit a person, a place. Dul, teacht, ar ~ (chuig, chun), to go, come, on a visit (to). Bhí siad ar ~ againn, they were on a visit to us. ~ ar dhaoine tinne, a visit to sick people. Déan do chuairt, stay for a while. ~ mhíosa, monthly visit; bride’s home visit after honeymoon. ~ an lao ar an athbhuaile, ‘the calf’s visit to the old milking place’, a nostalgic revisit. Prov: ~ ghearr is a déanamh go hannamh, ‘a short visit and not too frequent’, one should not wear out one’s welcome. 3. Occasion, time. A trí nó a ceathair de chuarta, three or four times.
cuairt2 = cúirt.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ar cuairt, ar teachtaireacht, ar oilithreacht, on a visit, a message, a pilgrimage.
Cuairt a thabhairt ar na ~ sin, to visit that locality.
Ar cuairt ag a chéile, on a visit to each other.
Cuairt, comhrá, faoi choim, secret visit, conversation.
Cuairt Domhnaigh, a Sunday visit.
Is ~ leo cuairt a thabhairt orainn, they usually pay us a visit.
agus) D’imigh siad agus ~ sásta lena gcuairt, they went away satisfied with their visit.
Is minic leo cuairt a thabhairt orainn, they often visit us.
Cuairt ~, longish stay.
~ ar mhinic mo chuairt, where I often visited.
Cuairt mhinic, frequent visit.
Cuairt reatha, fleeting visit.
D’fhág sé seo ar shéala cuairt a thabhairt ort, he left here with the apparent intention of visiting you.
Cuairt a thabhairt ar na ~, to visit the old home.
Thug siad cuairt na hÉireann, they took a trip round Ireland.
~ ar cuairt chugainn, come and visit us.
Bhain a gcuairt an t-~ dínn, their visit dispelled our loneliness.
