Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
siorthain
siorthóir
siortóg
siortógach
siortú
síorú
sios
síos
siosa
siosach
siosadh
síosaigí
siosaire
siosal
siosán
siosarnach
siosc
sioscadh
sioscaireacht
sioscán
sioscanta
sioscarnach
sioscóir
síos, adv. & prep. & a. Down. 1. To lower place or station. ~ i bpoll, sa talamh, down into a hole, into the ground. Dul ~ an staighre, an bóthar, to go down the stairs, the road. An bealach ~ chun na trá, the way down to the strand. Lig ~ ar an urlár é, let it down on the floor. An fear ~, the man going down. Na bailte ~, the lower townlands. (As vb. imp.) ~ leat! ~ libh! Down you go! S.a. airgead 2, béim1 1, céim 1(a), cuir ~, dul1 8. 2. Hanging down; drooping, trailing. Bhí a gruaig ~ léi, her hair was hanging down. Tá do sciorta ~ leat, your skirt is trailing. Tá a lámh ~ leis, his arm is hanging limp; he has lost the use of his arm. 3. To the north. ~ go Cúige Uladh, north to Ulster. 4. To lesser centre or remote district. ~ an tír, ~ faoin tír, down the country. 5. Following. Ag seo ~ an óráid a rinne sé, the following is the oration he gave. 6. (a) (With suas)Tá an áit ~ suas acu, they have turned the place upside down. Thug siad an taobh ~ suas do gach uile rud, they turned everything topsyturvy. Chuir sé an margadh ~ suas orainn, he spoiled our whole agreement. Ná bí ag déanamh ~ suas leis an dream sin, don’t be hobnobbing with that crowd. (b) (With siar) D’fhág sé ~ siar sa rás sinn, he left us far behind in the race. Buaileadh ~ siar iad, they were completely routed.
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PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Cuir síos d’~ leis, enter your name for it.
~ síos, cash down.
An suífeá síos? Would you sit down?
Fad a bheidh an ~ (aníos is síos) ionam, as long as I live.
Buaileadh síos faoi ~ é, he got a relapse.
~ síos na ba, drive, chase, down the cattle.
~ (síos) a bhaint as duine, to take s.o. down a peg.
Is mór an bhéim síos air é, it is a great blow to him, to his credit.
Tuarascáil a bhreacadh (síos), to write, jot, down a report.
~ síos é, write, mark, it down.
Breathnú síos, suas, siar, amach, to look down, up, back, out.
~ síos sa mhála é, press it down in the bag.
~ síos le do chos é, beat it down with your foot.
~eadh síos leis na scoilteacha é, he was laid low, incapacitated, with rheumatism.
Tá sé ~te síos le fada, he has been bedridden a long time.
~eadh síos an bád, the boat was launched.
~ a chur síos do dhuine, to attribute a statement to s.o.
Tá ~ faoi, ~ síos, air, he is downcast, ashamed.
Bhí ~ síos, ~ suas, air, he was suffering from diarrhoea, from vomiting.
~ síos, a step down, humiliation.
~ tine a chur síos, to put on a big fire.
Tá a chleití síos leis, his feathers are drooping; he is crestfallen.
~ síos, suas, é, keep it down, up.
~ síos, suas, keep down, up.
~adh anuas, síos, to bend down.
síos i bpoll, i do phóca, to put sth. down into a hole, into one’s pocket.
Chuir sé síos le fána é, he pushed it down the slope.
Stáca a chur síos, to put down a stake.
Brat urláir a chur síos, to lay a carpet.
Tine a chur síos, to set a fire.
Pota a chur síos, to put a pot on.
Rud a chur síos i leabhar, to mark sth. down in a book.
~ síos d’ainm leis, put down your name for it.
ar) Cur síos ar rud, to give an account of, to describe, sth.
Rud a chur síos do dhuine, to impute sth. to s.o.
le) Níl rud ar bith ag cur síos leis ach sin, nothing interests him but that.
~ síos a dhéanamh ar rud, to give an account of sth.
Níl ~ síos (le déanamh) air, it defies description.
Dhaingnigh siad (síos) na haistí, they battened down the hatches.
~ síos go maith é, ram it down well.
~ síos, descent.
Ar an gcéad, den chéad, ~ síos, in the first instance.
~ a thógáil, a chur (síos), to build, lay (down), a foundation.
Bhí a bhríste ag éalú síos air, his trousers were slipping down on him.
Tá a chuid ~ síos leis, its wings are crippled.
síos, anseo, é, put it down, here.
D’fhág sé síos siar é, he left it scattered about; he abandoned it.
~aint síos, suas, i do thimpeall, an bealach eile, to look down, up, around, the other way.
D’fhéach sé síos suas orm, he looked me up and down.
Síos) go ~, go barr an fhéir, down to the ground.
