Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
buacacht
buacaire
buacais
buacallán
buacán
buach
buachadh
buachaill
buachailleacht
buachalán
buachan
buachar
buachloch
buactha
buadán
buadánach
buadh
buadha
buadhach
buadhachtáil
buadhadh
buadhaigh
buadóg
buachaill, m. (gs. -alla, pl. ~í). 1. Boy; young unmarried man. ~í agus cailíní, boys and girls. ~ scoile, schoolboy. ~ óg, young man; bridegroom. Mo bhuachaill, my young man; my boy friend. ~ bán, fair-haired boy; favourite son. Hist: Na Buachaillí Bána, the Whiteboys. 2. Herdboy, herdsman. ~ bó, cowherd, cowboy. ~ caorach, shepherd boy. 3. Man-servant, male employee. ~ aimsire, servant-boy. ~ feirme, farm-hand. ~ stábla, stable-boy. ~ tábhairne, bartender. ~ siopa, male shop assistant. 4. Lad, boyo. ~ báire, playboy, trickster. An ~ críonna, the old fellow; the Devil. An ~ mór, (in cards) the joker. 5. (Referring to m. noun) Useful implement. Sin é an ~ chun na hoibre, that is the proper implement for the job. 6. Bot: ~ tí, house-leek.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Chomh h~ le buachaill óg, as gay as a youth.
Buachaillí ~e dom, young men of my acquaintance.
Buachaill a chur ar ~ le bheith ina shagart, to promote a boy for the priesthood.
Is é an buachaill ~ é, the boy is good for nothing.
~ de na buachaillí, four of the boys.
~ de bhuachaill, big lump of a boy.
~ againn, den teaghlach, de na buachaillí, ten of us, of the family, of the boys.
Buachaill, cailín, ~, dairyman, dairymaid.
Buachaill, cailín, ~, brown-haired boy, girl.
Buachaill ~ta anois é, he is a fully-grown boy now.
~ de na fir, de na buachaillí, de na saighdiúirí, one of the men, of the boys, of the soldiers.
Buachaill ~, clean(-living) boy.
Agus mé i mo bhuachaill aerach, when I was a gay young fellow.
Ag ~t buachaillí bó, playing cowboys.
~ an buachaill thú! Good lad!
Buachaill ~, deft, efficient, boy.
Buachaill ~e, servant-boy.
Buachaill ~tha, set, full-grown, young man.
~ de bhuachaill, de chailín, slip of a boy, of a girl.
Nach é an buachaill sin atá ag ~adh? Isn’t that boy getting sturdy?
Ó théarnaigh uainn an buachaill beo, since the spirited lad departed from us.
Buachaill ~e, country lad; ordinary lad.
Buachaill ~ é, the boy has capabilities.
