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batráil
Meaning or Explanation (EN): beating
Usage (EN): ag batráil bháistí, raining very hard. Ag batráil leis an tsaol, struggling against adversity.
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beach
Meaning or Explanation (EN): a bee
Usage (EN): Mil bheach, the honey of the bee.
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beacht
Meaning or Explanation (EN): perfect, exact
Usage (EN): cainteoir beacht, a polished speaker. Comh beacht is go ndeachtóchadh ceol (song), exact enough in speech to be able to compose poetry.
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beadaí
Meaning or Explanation (EN): sweet-mouthed, fastidious, genteel, uppish
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beadaíocht
Meaning or Explanation (EN): sauciness, impertinence, uppishness
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beag
Meaning or Explanation (EN): little, small, tiny, few
Usage (EN): is beag liom é, I think it is too small. Is beag duine a déarfadh é, few would say it. Is beag an rud nach cuidiú é, every little helps. Is beag nár thit mé, I nearly fell. A Athair beag! My dear deaddy! Is beag sin dár dhúirt sé, that is only a section of what he said. Duine beag ciúin, a quiet little fellow. Bhí duine beag aici, she had a baby. Na daoine beaga, the fairies. Is beag a shíl mé, little did I think. Tráthnóna beag, rather late in the evening. Ní beag duit a bhfuil déanta agat, you have already done enough mischief (without adding to it). Dhá phunta a chosain sé dó - ní beag leis é, it cost him two pounds - he thinks it heavy enough. Is beag orm lucht bréag, I cannot stand liars. Is beag is lú orm ná é, I detest it heartily. Is beag a bhéarfadh orm a bhualadh, I would not think twice of giving him a beating. Ná bí mór ná beag leis, do not be friendly or unfriendly with him. Mícheál Beag, Young Michael, son of Mícheál Mór. Cúig phunta ach sa bheag almost five pounds. A bheag a dhéanamh de dhuine, (i) to belittle a person, (ii) to underestimate a person as an opponent. Tá sé beag go leor aige, it is the least he might do. Ca beag duit a ndeárna tú, have you not done enough. Is beag an scéal tú, you don’t deserve sympathy. Ní beag liom a luas a bhfeicfidh mé é, I am in no hurry to see him. Le blianta beaga anuas, for the past few years. Gan a bheag mé a mhór de, without much or little of it.
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beag-eaglach
Meaning or Explanation (EN): fearless, courageous
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beag-mhaitheasach
Meaning or Explanation (EN): of little good, mean
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beag-uchtach
Meaning or Explanation (EN): timidity, want of courage, discouragement
Usage (EN): Beag-uchtach a chur ar dhuine, to discourage a person
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beagán
Meaning or Explanation (EN): a little, a few
Usage (EN): I mbeagán focal, in a few words. Mar bhí sé ar bheagan céille, as he had but little sense. Mórán a riar le beagán, to make a little go round. Prov: ná bíodh do shúil le beagán, do not look for a portion of what is scarce, for small favours. A Bheagán nó a mhórán, more or less. An rud a ngoireann siad an beagán dó, what can be described as a little.
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