Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
séarach
searachán
séarachas
séaracht
séaraigh
searantamam
séaras
searbh
searbhacht
searbhaigh
searbhaithe
searbhán
searbhánta
searbhas
searbhasach
searbh-bhiolar
searbhghnúiseach
searbhóg
searbhónta
searbhú
searc
searcach
searchán
searbh1, m. (gs. & npl. seirbh, gpl. ~). 1. Acid. 2 = searbhán.
searbh2, a. (gsm. ~, gsf. & comp. seirbhe, npl. ~a).Bitter, sour, acid. 1. Blas ~, bitter taste. Úll ~, sour apple. Leann ~, bitter ale. Tae ~, unsweetened tea. 2. Duine ~, bitter, acrimonious, person. Gáire ~, sardonic laugh. Éirí ~, to become embittered. Bheith ~ le duine, to use harsh words to s.o. Bheith ~ de rud, to be soured by sth. Prov: Bíonn an fhírinne ~, nothing stings like the truth.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bíonn sé lá ~ is lá searbh, he is a moody creature.
~ milis, searbh, sweet, sour, taste.
Ól na dí seirbhe a thabhairt ar rud, to face up to an unpleasant situation, to get a disagreeable task over and done with.
Bíonn an fhírinne searbh, the truth can be bitter.
~ magúil, searbh, mocking, sarcastic, laugh.
Is searbh gach ~, familiarity breeds contempt.
Is ~ á ól ach is searbh á íoc é, every sweet hath its sour.
~ giobach, hairy bitter-cress.
~í searbha, ‘sour grapes’.
~ searbh, sourpuss.
