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baidhte
Meaning or Explanation (EN): a bait
Usage (EN): Ag baint baidhtí, collecting bait. Cuir suas do bhaidhte, bait your hook.
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báidhte
Meaning or Explanation (EN): drowned, flooded
Usage (EN): Eoin Baiste, John the Baptist
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báidhteach
Meaning or Explanation (EN): pale, wan or sallow of complexion
Usage (EN): Grian bháiteach, a pale sun.
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baidhteáil
Usage (EN): Ag baidhteáil spiléide, baiting a spiller.
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báighe
Meaning or Explanation (EN): a bay
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baigneaid
Meaning or Explanation (EN): a bayonet
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bail
Meaning or Explanation (EN): condition, repair, settling, adjustment
Usage (EN): Tá droch-bhail ar an duine bhocht, the poor fellow is in a bad way. Bail a chur ar rud, to repair, to fix a thing. Táthar ag cur bala ar an bhealach, the road is being repaired. Thug sé aon bhail amháin ar an iomlán aca, he treated them all alike. Cuir bail bheag ort féin, brush yourself up a bit. Cuir bail ar an teach, put the house in order. Sin bail a chuir an t-ól air, that is what drink did with him. Chuir sé a bhail féin ar an tsaol, he told the story to suit himself. Thug sí bail na madadh dó, she gave him dogs' abuse. Níor chuir sé bail ar bith air féin, he made no attempt at mending his ways. D'ól mé lucht póitín agus thus sé drochbhail orm, I took a feed of poteen and I am (was) in a bad way after it. Má leanann tú don phóitín cuirfidh sé droch-bhail ort, if you make a habit of drinking poteen it will be the ruination of you. Ag chur bala ar an tsaol, settling the affairs of the world. Bail ó Dhia ar an obair, God bless the work. Caidé an bhail atá ort? How are you? Bail na gcúig n-arán agus an dá iasc go raibh ar ár gcuid is ar ár gcomhroinn (grace before meals), may our food and our sharing of it be as successful as the five loaves and the two fishes.
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bailce
Meaning or Explanation (EN): a downpour, a flood
Usage (EN): Bailceannaí na Lúnasa, The Lammas Floods.
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baile
Meaning or Explanation (EN): town, townland, village, home, place, homestead
Usage (EN): An bhfuil sé féin fá bhaile? is he at home himself? As baile, absent from home. De chóir baile, nearhand. Dul chun an bhaile, to go home. Thug sé chun an bhaile me, he took me home. Thug sé leis chun an bhaile me, he brought me to his own house. Ní tháinig sé chun an bhaile chuige, he has no right to do (say it). I bhfad ó bhaile, far from home, far afield. Níl baile ná áit aige, he has neither house nor home. Tá an baile ag caint air, he is the talk of the townland. Baile cuain, a seaport town.
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baileach
Meaning or Explanation (EN): fully, with exactness
Usage (EN): D'ith sé go balach é, he ate it to the last bit.
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