Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
dairbhre
dairdaol
daire
dáire
daireach
dairín
dáiríocht
dáiríre
dáiríreacht
dairithe
dairmheas
dairt
dairtheach
dais
daite
daith
daithe
daitheacha
daithnid
daíúil
daíúlacht
dál
dála
dáiríre1, m. (gs. ~). Earnestness, seriousness. I n~, in earnest. Is minic a tháinig an magadh go leaba an ~, what begins as a joke often becomes serious. S.a. súgradh.
dáiríre2, adv. & a3. Earnest, serious; in earnest, in reality. 1. Bheith ~ (faoi rud), to be in earnest (about sth.). ~ a bhí mé, I meant it. Ag magadh nó ~, joking or in earnest. Lom ~, in real earnest. ~ fíre, ~ píre, really and truly. 2. Is é a bhí ina cheann orthu ~, he was really their leader. Is tú atá ann ~, it is really you. Tá siad ag troid anois ~, now they are really fighting. 3. Duine ~, earnest, serious-minded, person. Caint dháiríre, serious talk. Thug sé gealltanas ~ dom, he made me a real promise. (Var: dáirírí, dáiríribh)
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ shúgradh is dáiríre, half in joke, half in earnest.
8. Teacht i ~ an dáiríre (le rud), to get down to brass tacks (with sth.).
Bheith ~ dáiríre, to be in dead earnest.
An ~ a chur ina dháiríre ar dhuine, to make s.o. laugh on the wrong side of his mouth.
Idir shúgradh is dáiríre, half in jest, half in earnest.
