Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Gramadach
Foghraíocht
saothach
saothanáil
saothar
saotharcán
saotharlann
saothrach
saothraí
saothraigh
saothraíocht
saothrán
saothróir
saothrú
saothrúchán
saothúil
saothúlacht
saotrún
sapaisiú
sapar
sá-phlána
sapra(i)-
sapraifít
saprailít
sár
Seans gur foirm é saothraigh de:
saothrach »
saothraigh1, v.t. & i. 1. Labour, toil. Ag saothrú ar rud, labouring at sth. Ag saothrú de lá is d’oíche, toiling by day and by night. Tá an lá saothraithe agat, you have done a hard day’s work. 2. (a) Work, till, cultivate. An talamh a shaothrú, to till the land. Feirm a shaothrú, to work a farm. Glasraí a shaothrú, to cultivate vegetables. Ní threabhann agus ní shaothraíonn siad, they neither plough nor till. (b) Bring into cultivation, reclaim. An riasc a shaothrú, to reclaim the marshland. (c) Cultivate, develop. Na healaíona a shaothrú, to cultivate the arts. An intinn, an chuimhne, a shaothrú, to develop the mind, the memory. (d)Biol: Culture. (e)Gréas saothraithe, worked-out, elaborate, pattern. 3. Earn. Do bheatha, do chuid, a shaothrú, to earn one’s living. Cé atá ag saothrú dóibh? Who is their bread-winner? Ag saothrú airgid, earning money. Saothraíonn pingin pingin eile, money makes money. Is maith a shaothraigh tú é, you earned it well; you richly deserve it. 4. To work one’s way. Nuair a shaothraigh sé chomh fada leis an mbaile, when he had struggled home. 5. To work in, to manoeuvre. An bád a shaothrú isteach ar an trá, to haul the boat on to the strand. 6. Bheith ag saothrú an bháis, to be in the throes of death.
saothraigh2, gsm. of saothrach.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ag saothrú an bháis, in the throes of death.
Tá an saothrú ag dul i m~, ar ~, earnings are increasing.
Saothraí ~, avaricious worker; glutton for work.
I n~ a saothraíonn sé, in spite of what he earns.
Obair, saothrú, slí bheatha, a fháil, to get work, earnings, a livelihood.
Is tú is mó saothrú againn, you are the biggest earner among us.
Ní fhaightear ~ gan saothrú, there is no easy road to prosperity.
~ talún, tiller of soil.
~ fíniúna, vine-grower.
Is maith an ~ é, he is a hard worker; he is a good provider.
~ talún, plandaí, cultivation of land, of plants.
~ síoda, seri-culture.
~ aigne, development of the mind.
Tá ~ maith aige, he has good earnings.
Lucht saothraithe, earners.
