EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
gealbhan, m. (gs. & npl. -ain, gpl. ~). 1. Sparrow. ~ binne, sciobóil, tí, house-sparrow. ~ bruaigh, claí, caoch, hedge-sparrow. ~ crainn, tree-sparrow. ~ creige, rock-sparrow. Chomh héadrom, chomh héasca, le ~, ‘as light as a sparrow’, light of foot, of heart. S.a. giolcadh2 2. 2. (Of other birds) ~ cátha, ~ gleoránach, chaffinch. ~ giolcaí, reed-bunting. ~ glas, green linnet. ~ lín, ~ rois, linnet. ~ sléibhe, mountain finch.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Éirí leis an n~, le ~ an éin, an ghealbhain, to rise with the lark, with the dawn.
Níl ~ ghealbhain aige, he has no more brains than a sparrow.
~ fhaoileáin, ghealbhain, seagull’s, sparrow’s, egg.