Irish English Tags Audio
éadáil is maith an éadáil í, i. the good weather, it's good to get it (JT); nach tú an droch-éadáil, said to a cross child (páiste cointinneach); plainc ná adhmad faoi thír, raic sin éadáil (TmB). Adjectives Everyday phrases Feelings Weather Idioms Log in to hear
fearb in phr. m'fhearb, my word; 'seadh, m'fhearb, yes, indeed Everyday phrases Idioms Interjections Feelings Conversation Log in to hear
fobhthaí fofaí ag a chéilí, an t-olc istigh acú dá chéilí (TmB); cho fofaí le madadh, ready for fight. Everyday phrases Folklore Animals Feelings Idioms Log in to hear
fóidín meara fuaidh a' fóidín meara ort, you went astray (MC); tá fóidín meara air, he is wrong in the head. Idioms Feelings Everyday phrases Adjectives Verbs Log in to hear
friotach is friotach a' lá é .i. giobach, breezy with cold biting wind (CN); also of dog: madadh . . friotach, with hair standing on him (ready for fight). Adjectives Animals Feelings Weather Idioms Log in to hear
fuarthas nach mór a fuarthas thú, hadn't you the "neck", the "cheek" Feelings Everyday phrases Idioms Conversation Personality Log in to hear
gaimhiúil (of weather) with a sting in it Adjectives Weather Feelings Idioms Everyday phrases Log in to hear
gaoiséal tarnneó mé na gaoiséil asad, I'll pull the wind-pipe out of you Activities Feelings Idioms Verbs Physical contact Log in to hear
garastainceam bhí sé i n-a gharastainceam aige .i. bhí sé bun os cionn aige, nó i n-aimhréidh; ní thiocfadh leis a dhéanamh. Feelings Conversation Idioms Everyday phrases Life & death Log in to hear
gein níl gein ann, níl éinne ann Everyday phrases Feelings Negative construction Conversation Idioms Log in to hear
giortaigh giortaigh an bóthar, shorten the road; this is what the Gobán Saor's daughter-in-law told his son to do Idioms Folklore Activities Everyday phrases People Log in to hear
guth níor airigh sé a ghuth ná a dhath, he heard nothing (AL); níl a ghuth ná a ghré ach go . . . there was nothing in it but . . . Feelings Noise and sounds Everyday phrases Verbs Idioms Log in to hear
hata Acla agus naprún Chliara ná déan hata Acla dó .i. den chasúr, don't treat it like hata Acla, that is to say make common property of it (MMt). There was only one hat in Achill and only one apron in Clare Island, and everybody wore it in turn according as he or she needed it. The same was said of brógaí Iorruis, there was only one pair which was used by everybody or so the saying goes. Activities Idioms Everyday phrases Folklore Relationships Log in to hear
oiread ach orad leat héin, ní maith liom gleó (CN); no more than yourself, I don't like noise; ach orad leat héin, tá teangaidh mhath Ghaeilge aicí; ní rabh aon toirt ionntú ach orad le cuileógaí; ach orad le ceann cailleadh go hóg é, (cf. Hiberno-English) no more than another, he died young, i. like many another (PR). Everyday phrases Conversational Feelings Idioms Language Log in to hear
piarsaí ó d'anam go na piarsaín nach b'éard tá ann míol mór, your soul to the dickens isn't it a whal (POR). Ní droch-fhocal é (AL). Abstract nouns Feelings Expressions Idioms Folklore Log in to hear