Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
nid
nideog
nidh
nig
nigéal
nigear
Nigéarach
nigh
nighe
nighean
nigir
Nígireach
nihileachas
nihilí
nihilíoch
níl
níltear
nimbeas
nimbeastratas
nimfeach
nimh
nimheadas
nimheadóir
nigh, v.t. & i. (pres. níonn, fut. nífidh, vn. ní, pp. nite). Wash. Rud a ní (as uisce), to wash sth. (in water). Éadach, soithí, a ní, to wash clothes, dishes. D’aghaidh a ní, to wash one’s face. Cneá a ní, to bathe a wound. Mianach a ní, to wash, pan, ore. ~ an salachar de, wash the dirt off it. Nite le hór, washed with gold, gilt. Duine a ní óna pheacaí, to cleanse s.o. of his sins. Fig: Nífidh uisce é, it is nothing that water will not wash away, nothing to be ashamed of. S.a. cos 1.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ní raibh sé sásta faoi rá gur inis mé di é, he was not pleased that I told her.
Ní tú atá mé a rá, I am not referring to you.
Ní deir sin nach fear maith é, that does not mean that he is not a good man.
Ní raibh mé ach ag ~, I was only joking.
4. Ní raibh an teacht ~ ann, he had not the strength to recover.
Ní i bhfad uaidh a chonaic sé an t-~, he had real cause for anxiety.
Ní den ~ an chéad snáithe, you must spoil before you spin.
Ní ag teacht atá siad ~ ag imeacht, they are not coming but going.
Ní raibh agam ~ é, it was all I had.
Ní stadann sé ~ ag ithe, he never stops eating.
Ní dhearna sé ~ a cheann a chromadh, all he did was to bow his head.
Ní miste duit ~ an tsláinte a bheith agat, you needn’t care so long as you are in good health.
Ní rachaidh mé ~ a bhfaighidh mé scéala cinnte, I won’t go till I get definite news.
Ní chreidfeá ~ chomh hard leis, you wouldn’t credit that he is so tall.
Ní raibh mise ann ~ chomh beag, I wasn’t there either.
Ní raibh ~ agam labhairt, I couldn’t bear to speak.
Ní leithne an t-~ ná an timpiste, accidents will happen.
Ní leathdhuine mise agaibh, you needn’t take me for a half-wit.
Ní miste liom agam nó uaim é, I don’t care whether I have it or not.
Ní hé an chéad uair aige é, it is not his first time.
Ní raibh agam ach an teach a dhíol, I had no alternative but to sell the house.
Ní chluinim thú ag gleo na bpáistí, I can’t hear you because of the noise of the children.
Ní raibh aon ~ agam ar an leabhar a léamh, I hadn’t time, leisure, to read the book.
Ní gan ~ a gheall sé é, his offer was not unreserved.
Nigh sé ~ thriomaigh sé é, he washed and dried it.
Dá n-ólfadh, ~ an buidéal, ní dhéanfadh sé aon cheo air, if he did drink it, even the whole bottle, it would do him no harm.
Ní fhéadfainn, ~ mo dhícheall a dhéanamh, an chloch sin a thógáil, I could not lift that stone, even if I did my best.
Ní raibh a oiread ~ duine ann, there was not even one person there.
Ní raibh mé i m’~ riamh go dtí anois, never before was I in such a fix.
Ní hé an rud a deir sé atá ina ~ aige, he is not speaking his mind.
Ní bhfaighinn i m’~ é a dhéanamh, I couldn’t bring myself to do it.
Ní h~ liom iad, I don’t care for them.
Ní obair d’~ í, it is not (suitable) work for an inexperienced person, for a greenhorn.
Ní bhfaigheadh an diabhal ~ air, he is always on the alert, the devil himself couldn’t take him at a disadvantage.
Ní orm atá ~ aige, a ~, he is not minding me.
Ní hé is mó atá ar m’~, that is not what concerns me most.
Ní hé is ~ air, it is not what he deserves.
Fir agus mná agus ní áirím páistí, men and women, not to speak of children.
Ní haon ~ dom é, it is no use to me.
Ní bhfuair sé a chuid in ~, he had to work for his living.
Ní hé sin an chiall atá leis san ~ eile, that is not what it means in the other passage, context.
Ní raibh sé in ~ a bheith ag casaoid, he had no reason to complain.
Ní h~ dom é, I do not know him.
Ní dhéanfaidh sé mórán áithis, he won’t do much good.
Anois ní aithníonn sé na comharsana, now he doesn’t know his neighbours.
Ní aithníonn fear an tsaibhris leath a ghaolta, the rich man does not acknowledge acquaintance with half his relatives.
Ní aithním na litreacha, na dathanna, I cannot discern the letters, the colours.
Ní aithním eatarthu, I cannot distinguish between them.
Ní aithním an t-am, I cannot make out the time.
Ní raibh ~ súl ná béil air, his features were unrecognizable, he was all bespattered (with mud, etc.).
