Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
breátha
breathach
breáthacht
breáthaigh
breáthán
breathas
Breathnach
breathnaigh
Breathnais
breathnóir
breathnóireacht
breathnú
breáthú
Breatnach
Breatnais
breibe
breiceall
breicne
breicneach
breicneacht
breicneáil
breicneoireacht
bréid
breathnaigh, v.t. & i. 1. Observe, examine. An tír a bhreathnú, to view the country. Bun na spéire a bhreathnú, to scan the horizon. Cás a bhreathnú, to look into, consider, a case. Breathnú siar ar do shaol, to look back over one’s life. Breathnú ar an bhfírinne, to consider, examine, the truth. Bhreathnaigh sé ó bhun go barr mé, he looked me up and down, examined me all over. Bhreathnaigh sé faoi agus thairis, he looked all around him, noted everything in sight. ~ romhat agus i do dhiaidh, look before and after, lay your plans carefully. S.a. cuilithe 1. 2. Look at, watch. Cluiche a bhreathnú, to watch a game. Breathnú síos, suas, siar, amach, to look down, up, back, out. ~ air seo, look at this. Breathnú i ndiaidh duine, to look after s.o.; to attend to s.o. Bhí sé anseo ag breathnú orm, he was here to see, visit, me. 3. Look, appear. Tá tú ag breathnú go maith, you are looking well.
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Amharc, breathnaigh, dearc, féach, ar, look at, consider.
Bhraith sé go raibh siad ag breathnú air, he sensed that they were watching him.
~ tíre, sight-seeing.
~ spéire, sky-watching.
~ a dhéanamh ar chás, to consider a case.
Is é sin mo bhreathnú ar an scéal, that is what I think of the matter.
Bhí sé ag breathnú orainn i g~ na faide, he kept looking at us all the time.
Breathnaigh, féach, an abhainn sula dtéir ina ~, look before you leap.
Tá sé ag breathnú go ~, he looks bad.
D’fhiar mo shúile ag breathnú orthu, I got a squint in my eyes from watching them.
Breathnú i leith do ghéill ar dhuine, to look askance at s.o.
Ag breathnú na n-~, seeing the sights.
Breathnaigh uait an tír, look around you at the country.
Amharc, breathnaigh, dearc, romhat, look ahead, where you are going, to the future.
