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Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
rialtach
rialtacht
rialtán
rialtas
rialtóir
rialú
rialúchán
riamh
rian
rianach
rianaí
rianaigh
rianaíocht
rianaire
rianaithe
rianán
riandúil
rianéadach
rianna
rianpháipéar
rianphiléar
riansliogán
rianta
riamh, adv. 1. Lit: Before. ~ nó iaramh, before or after. Feacht ~, on a previous occasion. 2. Ever; never. (a) (Referring to past). Bhí sé ~ cointinneach, he was always quarrelsome. ~ ó rugadh é, ever since he was born. A raibh ~ agam, all I ever had. Tá siad mar a bhí ~, they are the same as ever they were. Chomh folláin is a bhí ~, chomh folláin le ~, as healthy as ever. Bhí sé bacach ~ ina dhiaidh (sin), he was lame ever after. Níor labhair sé ~ air, he never spoke of it. ~ roimhe ná ina dhiaidh, never before or after. Ní fhaca mé ~ ó shin iad, I have never seen them since. Ní raibh tú ~ gan leithscéal, you were never without an excuse. B’annamh ~ a chuidigh siad linn, they seldom if ever helped us. S.a. anall. (b) (With present vb.) Tá sé ráite ~ (go), it is an old saying, a truism (that). Táimid ag éisteacht ~ leis sin, so we have always heard. Tá sé ~ amhlaidh, it has always been so. Rud atá ~ ann, what has always been. (c) (Of future) Go raibh tú ~ amhlaidh, may you be ever thus. S.a. choíche. (d) (Intensifying) Anois nó ~, now or never. ~ uile, never at any time. Gach aon duine ~ agaibh, every single one of you. An chéad lá ~, the very first day. Ní fearr ~ é, it is just as well. Chomh luath ~ agus is féidir é, as soon as ever it is possible. S.a. éire, fada 3, fadó1.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ní raibh mé i m’~ riamh go dtí anois, never before was I in such a fix.
Sin é a ~ riamh, that has always been his reputation.
Níor cailleadh riamh le h~ é, he was never mean.
Níor ~ mé a leithéid riamh, I never heard the like of it.
Ní raibh m’~ ar aon duine riamh, nobody could regret it more than I do.
Riamh ~, from time immemorial.
~ nó riamh, nó choíche, now or never.
Níor dhóigh sé siúd an ~ riamh, that fellow ‘never burned the old milking-place’, never made an unwise move.
Ní raibh mé riamh an ~ sin, sna bealaí sin, I never went in that direction, was never in those parts.
Ní raibh mé riamh nach ndéanfainn é, I was always able, willing, to do it.
Ní raibh ~ air riamh ó shin, nothing has gone right with him ever since.
Bhí an bhoige riamh ionat, you were always easily led, imposed upon.
Bean chomh maith is a bhris arán riamh, as hospitable a woman as ever lived.
I ngreim an dá bhruach a bhí sé riamh, he always wanted to take both sides.
Rug sin ~ ar a bhfaca mé riamh, I have never seen the like of that.
Ní raibh mé ~te riamh go dtí anois, I was never in such a sorry plight.
Bhuail sin a bhfaca mé riamh, that surpasses anything I have ever seen, beats everything.
Ní fhaca mé ar bhuille mo dhá shúl riamh do leithéid, I never laid eyes on anyone else like you.
Is beag ~ a bhí riamh aige, he never had much means.
Ní raibh siad riamh gan dlí agus ~ eatarthu, they were forever at law with one another.
Ní raibh mé riamh ina chaidreamh, I was never intimate with him; I was never on speaking terms with him.
Tá sé ~ta (riamh) go, it is an old saying that.
An chéad lá riamh, in Éirinn, on the very first day.
Tá ~ orm le caoireoil riamh ó shin, I have had a distaste for mutton ever since.
Tá an gníomh sin ina cheathrú liath orthu riamh ó shin, that deed is a blot on their escutcheon ever since.
Níor loic sé riamh ~ orm, he has never failed me before.
Riamh is ~, ever and always.
~ deas agus a chonaic mé riamh, as nice as ever I saw.
Níor chleacht mé riamh é, I never made a habit of it.
I g~, riamh is i g~, ever and always.
Níor chuir sé ~ crua dá chnámha riamh, he never exerted his bones, never did a hard day’s work.
Bhí sé riamh ~, he was always odd, eccentric.
Ní raibh mé riamh an ~ sin, I never went that way.
Níor chuideachtaigh mé riamh iad, I never associated much with them.
Ba chuma riamh é go dtí sin, it was then that things really became serious.
Níor chuir sé aon chúram riamh air féin, he never married.
Níor chuala mé an ~ riamh aige, he never has a good word to say.
Níor bhrostaigh do dheifir riamh thú, you never exert yourself unduly.
Mar a bhí riamh agus mar a bheas go ~, as it ever was and will be.
Níor dhún D~ doras riamh nár oscail Sé ceann eile, [’God never closed one door without opening another’, God never shuts out opportunity.
Ní dheachaigh ~ riamh in abar, a miss is as good as a mile.
Níor tháinig riamh an mheidhir mhór nach dtiocfadh ina diaidh an ~, all our joys are overcast with sorrow; no joy without alloy.
Níor dhruid ~ a dhoras riamh, inhospitality never closed his door, he keeps open house for everyone.
Bhí an ~ riamh ann, he was always bitter.
Riamh nár dhruid ó spairn lann, who never shirked the clash of swords.
Níor eitigh páipéar bán ~ riamh, [’blank paper never rejected ink’, youth is impressionable.
Bhí an ~ riamh ann, he was always a tricky customer.
Bhí an ~ riamh ann, he was always perverse.
Níor ~ sé é féin riamh, he never complained of illness.
Riamh ~ann nó go, until eventually.
