Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Gramadach
Foghraíocht
smalcaireacht
smalcán
smalcarnach
smalóg
smaltach
smálú
smaoineamh
smaoinigh
smaointeach
smaointeacht
smaointeoir
smaointeoireacht
smaointigh
smaointíocha
smaointitheach
smaointitheoir
smaointiú
smaointiúil
smaois
smaoiseach
smaoiseachán
smaoisíl
smaolach
smaoinigh, v.t. & i. (vn. -neamh). Think. 1. (a) Reflect, consider. Ag smaoineamh go domhain, thinking deeply. Lig dom smaoineamh, let me think. ~ sé tamall sular labhair sé, he pondered a while before he spoke. ~ mé go mbeifeá imníoch, it occurred to me that you might be anxious. Níor ~ mé go raibh dochar ann, I didn’t think it was any harm. Lit: ~ an Chroich, think of the Cross. (b) Bethink oneself of, recollect. Dá smaoineoinn labhairt leis, if I had only thought of speaking to him. Ar ~ tú an leabhar a thabhairt leat? Did you think of bringing the book? (c) Conceive idea of. An té a smaoiníos an t-olc, he who contemplates evil. Níor ~ mé a leithéid a dhéanamh, I didn’t think of doing any such thing. Lit: A aimhleas is é do ~, what he conceived was his own ruin. (d) Lit: Suppose, imagine. ~ siad taom baoise leis, they thought he had taken a crazy fit. 2. (With ar) Think of, reflect on, consider. Smaoineamh ar rud, to think of sth. Ag smaoineamh ar an am a bhí, thinking of days gone by. Níor ~ siad ar an dainséar, they didn’t think of the danger. Ní smaoiníonn sé ar a mhuintir, he has no thought for his people. ~ ort féin, recollect yourself; think of your own case. ~ ar an trioblóid atá leis, think of the trouble it entails. Is iomaí rud agam le bheith ag smaoineamh air, I have many things to think of. Ag smaoineamh ar a leas féin atá sé, he is consulting his own interest. Níor ~ mé riamh air, it never occurred to me. Ag smaoineamh ar rud a dhéanamh, thinking of doing sth. Ná bí ag déanamh rudaí gan smaoineamh orthu, don’t do things unthinkingly. Cad é a bhfuil tú ag smaoineamh air? A penny for your thoughts. (Var: smaoin)
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Smaoinigh, meabhraigh, machnaigh, cuimhnigh, ar, think of, meditate on, ponder over, remember.
Bhuail smaoineamh mé, a thought struck me.
Gach uair dá smaoiním air, every time I think of it.
Gach uair ~ smaoinigh mé air, every time I thought of it.
Smaoineamh, rún, ag fabhrú i gceann, in intinn, duine, an idea, an intention, forming in s.o.’s head, mind.
Is ~ a bheinn ag smaoineamh air, I wouldn’t dream of (doing) it.
Smaoineamh a ghabháil, to frame a thought.
~ ach smaoineamh air, merely by thinking about it; at the mere thought of it.
Smaoinigh mé i mo mheanma (go), I thought in my own mind, to myself, (that).
Níor mhiste smaoineamh air, it would be well to think about it.
~ a smaoiním air! When I think of it!
~ a dhéanamh ar rud, to think over sth.
Bhuail an ~ mé (go), the thought struck me (that).
Rinne mé ~ i m’intinn, a thought crossed my mind.
Is maith an ~ é, it is a happy thought.
Le ~ nó le briathar, in thought or word.
~ a chur i gceann duine, to put an idea into s.o.’s head.
Ní raibh ~ agam ar a leithéid a dhéanamh, I had no thought of doing such a thing.
~ tobann, sudden impulse.
~ smaoineamh mé, a thought occurred to me.
Níl ~ ná uair nach smaoiním orthu, I think of them every hour of the day.
