little

adjectiveaidiacht 1 smallbeag adj cmu► (in size) she has a little house tá teach beag aici, tá teachín aici a little something bronntanas beag, ruidín beag the baby is a tiny little thing tá an babaí beag bídeacha little bird told mewrap sb arond your little finger► (in duration) a little while longer tamall beag eile, tamaillín eile a little while tamall beag, tamall gearr, tamall gairid, tamaillín masc4 they had a little chat bhí comhrá beag acu he took a little break bhí sos beag aige► (of distance) they went for a little walk chuaigh siad ar shiúlóid bheag it's a little way ahead tá sé tamaillín romhainn► (small-scale) a lot of the little companies have closed down tá go leor de na comhlachtaí beaga dúnta 2 youngbeag adj cmuóg adj1 cmu when I was little nuair a bhí mé beag, nuair a bhí mé óg a little boy buachaill beag, buachaillín masc4, gasúr beag a little girl cailín beag, girseach bheag the little ones are sick tá na páistí tinn, tá na leanaí breoite his little sister is getting married tá a dheirfiúr bheag ag pósadh 3 minor, unimportantbeag adj cmumion- pref we had a little problem with it bhí fadhb bheag againn leis, bhí faidhbín againn leis 4 faint he had a little smile on his face bhí gáire beag ar a aghaidh she spoke in a little voice labhair sí de ghlór íseal 5 ordinary they don't care for the little man is cuma leo faoin ngnáthdhuinethe little woman 6 pejorativedíspeagúil to express disapproval what a nasty little bully he is! níl ann ach maistín beag gránna! 7 used ironicallyúsáid íorónta after 'quite' quite the little detective, isn't she? nach í an bleachtaire beag í?; is bleachtaire beag cruthanta í, nach ea? 8 pejorativedíspeagúil petty, patheticsuarach pejorativedíspeagúil adj1 cmubeag suarach pejorativedíspeagúil cmu he fell for their little scheme mealladh é lena scéim bheag shuarach 9 to express approval, affectionbeag adj cmu it's a nice little restaurant is bialann bheag dheas í adverbdobhriathar 10 rarely we go there very little is annamh ar fad a théimid ansin he lost his temper very little is fíorannamh a thagadh fearg air, thagadh fearg air go fíorannamh he sleeps little is beag a chodlaíonn sé, is beag codladh a dhéanann sé his books are little read is beag duine a léann a chuid leabhar 11 scarcely, hardly it's little better than slavery is beag idir é agus an sclábhaíocht, níl sé mórán níos fearr ná an sclábhaíocht writing books is little different from writing essays is beag idir leabhair a scríobh agus aistí a scríobh little more than a decade ago beagán níos mó ná deich mbliana ó shin, corradh le deich mbliana ó shin it's little short of a miracle is geall le míorúilt é, is beag nach míorúilt é 12 not at all she cares little is cuma sa sioc léi it matters little is beag tábhacht atá leis the salary was little affected is beag athrú a tháinig ar an tuarastal they're little disposed to reading is beag spéis atá acu sa léitheoireacht, níl mórán spéise acu sa léitheoireacht little did he imagine that he'd win ba bheag a cheap sé go mbuafadh sé 13 slightly it's just that little bit different tá sé beagáinín difriúil, tá sé rud beag difriúil, tá éagsúlacht bheag ag baint leis he's a little nervous tá sé beagáinín neirbhíseach, tá sé rud beag neirbhíseach, tá sé pas beag neirbhíseach they drove more than a little fast thiomáin siad agus luas nach beag fúthu she worked a little harder d'oibrigh sí beagán níos crua the end came a little unexpectedly tháinig deireadh rud beag tobann leis I was not a little angry ní beag an fhearg a bhí orm they bought something a little less expensive cheannaigh siad rud nach raibh díreach chomh daor sin pronounforainm 14 something a little beagán tell us a little about yourself inis dúinn beagán fút féin, tabhair dúinn roinnt eolais mar gheall ort féin 15 short time or distance after a little i ndiaidh tamaill, tar éis tamaill, tar éis píosa 16 not much there's little they can do is beag is féidir leo a dhéanamh, is beag a thig leo a dhéanamh however little he says dá laghad a deir sé we know too little about it níl ár ndóthain eolais againn faoi, níl a fhios againn ár sáith faoi I see little of him now is beag a fheicim de anois, is annamh a fheicim é anois he does as little as possible déanann sé a laghad agus is féidir leis he showed more than a little courage léirigh sé crógacht nach beag they received precious little is beag ar fad a fuair siad they had so little bhí a laghad sin acu I can remember very little about it is ar éigean atá cuimhne agam air they did very little other than wait is beag eile a rinne siad seachas fanacht she had little to say is beag a bhí le rá aici 17 small amount he did what little he could rinne sé cibé beagán a bhí sé in ann, rinne sé a oiread agus a bhí sé in ann every little helps is beag rud nach gcuidíonn, bailíonn brobh beart the little I know, I've learned from her an beagán atá ar eolas agam, is uaithise a fuair mé éa little of what you fancy does you good determinercinntitheach 18 some, small quantity of a little beagán very little butter beagáinín beag ime, rud beag bídeach imea little learning is a dangerous thing 19 not much they stood little chance is beag seans a bhí acu, ní raibh mórán seans acu it took comparatively little space is beag spás a thóg sé i gcomparáid leis an gcuid eile, is beag spás a thóg sé le hais na coda eile they speak little or no English is ar éigean atá Béarla ar bith acu, níl Béarla acu ach ar éigean so little a laghad sin they got precious little thanks ba bheag buíochas a fuair siad, ní raibh buíochas ar bith orthu, ba ar éigean a fuair siad buíochas ar bith he beat his opponent with no little difficulty ní gan dua a bhuail sé a chéile comhraic SubformsSainfhoirmeacha → little- PhrasesNathanna a little bird told me dúirt bean liom go ndúirt bean léidúirt éinín liom a little learning is a dangerous thing (also nó a little knowledge is a dangerous thing) proverbseanfhocal is namhaid don cheird gan í a fhoghlaimblúirín feasa is measa ar fad a little of what you fancy does you good bíonn blas ar an mbeagán little by little de réir a chéile cmubeagán ar bheagán to make little of sth 1 play down he made little of the injury rinne sé a bheag den ghortú, rinne sé beag is fiú den ghortú 2 disparage he was making little of their work bhí sé ag caitheamh anuas ar a gcuid oibre, bhí sé ag déanamh beag is fiú dá gcuid oibre 3 fail to exploit she made little of the opportunities she got níor thapaigh sí na deiseanna a fuair sí, níor bhain sí aon leas as na deiseanna a fuair sí 4 fail to understand I can make little of it níl mé ábalta bun ná barr a dhéanamh de, níl mé ábalta aon bhrí a bhaint as, ní thig liom aon adhmad a bhaint as to say little for sth pejorativedíspeagúil it says little for the health service ní haon dea-theist é ar an tseirbhís sláinte, ní chuireann sé cuma rómhaith ar an tseirbhís sláinte the little woman pejorativedíspeagúil, informalneamhfhoirmeálta í féin offensivemaslach cmuí siúd offensivemaslachan bhean bheag offensivemaslach too little too late it's too little too late ní leor é agus tá sé rómhall, tá an súiche sa bhrachán anois

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