EXACT MATCHES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
egg1, s. 1 a Ubh f. Boiled eggs, uibheacha bruite. Hard-boiled egg, ubh chruabhruite. Soft-boiled egg, ubh scothbhruite. The goose with the golden eggs, gé na n-uibheacha óir. A bad egg, (i) ubh lofa; ubh ghlugair; (ii) P: cladhaire m. P: Good egg! ar fheabhas! mo ghraidhn tú b Ubh (feithide). 2 Darning egg, ceap m dearnála.
egg2, v.tr. To egg s.o. on (to do sth.), séideadh faoi dhuine (rud a dhéanamh); duine a spreagadh (chun rud a dhéanamh).
PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
P: He's a bad egg, bithiúnach m é.
To beat up eggs, cream, uibheacha, uachtar, a bhualadh, a choipeadh.
Cr: Duck, duck's egg, dada.
Easter eggs, cúbóg f, clúdóg f.
Eggs from a shilling a dozen, uibheacha ó scilling an dosaen (suas); uibheacha ar scilling an dosaen agus as sin suas.
Fried eggs, uibheacha friochta.
Com: A hundred eggs, céad ubh; sé scór uibheacha; deich ndosaen uibheacha.
He has a nice little nest-egg, tá bonnachán beag deas aige.
Cu: Plover's eggs, uibheacha fpl pilibín.
Scrambled eggs, uibheacha scrofa.
What are eggs selling at? cé méad atá ar uibheacha?
U.S: Egg-shake, bleathach m ubh.
To suck a raw egg, ubh amh a ól.
F: As sure as eggs is eggs, chomh cinnte agus tá an Cháisc ar an Domhnach.
They had eggs for tea, bhí uibheacha ar an tae acu.
Don't touch those eggs, ná bain leis, do, na huibheacha sin.
White of egg, gealacán m uibhe.
This hen will lay up to six eggs a week, beireann, béarfaidh, an chearc seo suas le sé huibhe sa tseachtain.