Faclair Gàidhlig is Beurla le Dwelly 'na bhroinn
An English - Scottish Gaelic dictionary incorporating Dwelly
Toraidhean an Fhaclair Bhig
saothair /sɯːhɪrʲ/
boir. gin. -thrach, iol. -thraichean
1 labour, work, industry 2 works 3 toil, travail 4 labour (in medicine) |
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saothair /sɯːhɪrʲ/
fir. iol. -ean
natural tidal causeway/strand |
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saothair-chloinne
boir. gin. saothrach-cloinne
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cuir saothair san ionnsachadh
put effort into learning! |
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saothair-bhreith
boir. gin. saothrach-breith
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saidhbhear /sɤivər/
fir. gin. -eir, iol. -an
1 sewer, (subterranean) watercourse 2 (in a byre) sewer channel |
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bàr nan saothair
taskbar (in computing) |
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chan ann gun saothair a nithear còta
a lawn won't mow itself (fig.) |
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's fhiach an t-saothair /ʃiəx əN tɯːhɪrʲ/
it's worth the effort |
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gabh saothair ris
put a lot of effort into it, take great pains (to achieve something)! |
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chan eil saothair aice air
it's no effort for her, it's easy for her |
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saothair na doimhe
a pointless task |
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cho-dhùin i nach b' fhiach a saothair dhi an duine aice a mharbhadh
she decided it wasn't worth her while to kill her husband |
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rach gu saothair mhòr
go to great pains, make a big effort! |
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thig beò air saothair dhaoine eile
live off other people's work! |
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saothair do dhà làmh fhéin
the labour of your own hands |
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's e saothair ás a tha seo
this is a waste of time |
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gun saothair
without effort, effortless |
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cuir gu dol saothair-chloinne
induce a child/labour! (i.e. childbirth) |
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saothair fhàs
a wasted effort |
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cha d'fhuair Calum an t-saothair soirbh
Calum did not find it an easy task |
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chan fhiach seo an t-saothair
this isn't worth the effort |
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gabh saothair ann a bhith 'ga dhèanamh
take pains to make it! |
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saothair dhìomhain
unavailing labour |
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saothair-làimhe
boir. gin. -saothrach-làimhe
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Toraidhean Dwelly
saothair
gen -thrach [saoithreach, **] -thraichean, sf Labour, toil, work. 2 Travail, pains of ...an còrr |
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saothair
[saobh-thìr] sm False-land, side-land, low promontory covered at high-water, the simil...an còrr |
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saothair
** sm Punisher, torturer. 2 Diseased man. |
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uireasaich
* sf Want, necessary. Uireasaich sam bith a th' ort, any necessary you want; dé a tha ...an còrr |
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saothrach
sm Labour, fatigue, work. 2 gen of saothair. |
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saothair-dhamh
(AF) sm Labouring ox. |
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