FAT, GREASE

ó Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla (Ó Dónaill, 1977)


ablach » Fat, soft.

baithiseachán » Fat-head.

balpóg » Plump person.
balpóg linbh, chubby child.

bealadh » Grease, lubricant.
Cuir bealadh faoi d’ioscaidí, [’grease your hams’], quicken your pace, hurry up.

bealaigh » Grease.

beathaithe » Fat, well-fed.
cailín beag beathaithe, plump little girl.
ag dul i mbeathaitheacht, growing fat, corpulent.

biata » Well-fed, fat.
lao biata, fatted calf.

biatach » Well-fed, fat, person.

bleitheach » Huge, fat, person or thing.

blonag » Soft fat, lard; blubber.
scraith bhlonaige, gheire, coating of fat.
blonag gé, goose-grease.

blonagach » Fat, greasy; flabby.

bolg stoca, fat indolent person.

botún » Fat fledgling.

brachtach » Sappy, juicy; fat, substantial.

braimleog » Fat, awkward, woman, person.

broicleach » Sturdy, plump, little person.

bruithneog » Small plump woman.

builtéir » Sleek, fat, person.

caidir » Fat slovenly woman.

ceailiseog » Plump, pudgy, girl.

Tá sé (ag imeacht) ina chéis, he is (getting) very fat, bloated.

claiséir » Fat-buttocked person.

clogáiste » Soft fat person.

cuma chothaithe, well-fed, plump, appearance.

collach » Crude, fleshy, person.

cruinnbhallach » Round of limb, plump.

cúl fionn, gristly outer fat of steak.

fanartach » Big, fat, plump, creature.

feoil bhán, fat meat.
titim i bhfeoil, chun feola, to grow fat, flabby.
ag tit chuigim chun feola, chun meáchain, growing fat, putting on weight.
Tá gríscíní feola air, he is extremely fleshy, fat.
meilleoga feola, geire, rolls of flesh, of fat.

feolamán » Fat, flabby, person.

feolmhar » Fleshy; fat, flabby.

foircheas » Fat (meat).

foircheasúil » Fat; oily, greasy.

cuma fhorlíonta, well-fed, plump, appearance.

geasta ósta, (i) guest at inn, (ii) fat lazy woman.

geir » Fat; suet, tallow.
geir chaorach, mutton fat.
geir leáite, melted fat.
Tá barraíocht geire air, he is too fat.

geirspota » Grease-spot.

geois » Fat woman.

gillín » Large, fat, sleek, animal or person.
gillín linbh, plump child.
gillín róin, fine fat seal.

giústóg » Fat little girl.

gréisc » Grease.

gríscíneach » Fleshy ruddy-complexioned person.

íoth » Lard, grease.

lapadán » Waddler; fat short-legged person.

lapóg » Little waddler; fat low-sized woman.

leathnóg » Plump low-sized woman.

luán » Plump person.

lúrapóg » Small round object; plump little person.

máigín » Little paw; chubby hand.

méadlachán » Paunchy person; small obese person.

meall » Prominent, fleshy, part.

méathras » Fat, fat meat; fatty food; fattiness.

méith » Fat meat.
Fat (n.).
Fat; rich, fertile; mellow, juicy.
méith na tíre, na talún, the fat of the land.
tailte méithe, fat lands
méithfheoil » Fat meat.
feoil mhéith, fat meat.
muc mhéith, fat pig.
duine méith, fat, corpulent, person.
súile méithe, globules of fat in soup.

muirleog » Plump little girl.

murtall » heaviness, obesity; sluggishness
bó mhurtaill, fat cow.
duine murtaill, heavily-built person.

murtallach » Heavy, obese, sluggish.

muscaire » Fat, flabby, person.

olar » Fat, grease; oiliness, unctuousness.

olartha » Fat, greasy; oily, unctuous.

otair » Obese.

páideog » Plump creature.
páideog linbh, chubby child.

páinteach » Plump creature.
Plump, fat, big.

pait » Plump creature.
pait de ghiorria, plump hare.
pait linbh, chubby child.
~ (bhréige), whopping lie.

paiteach » Chubby little boy.

paiteog » Plump creature.

paitricín » Plump little person.

pánaí » Plump creature.
pánaí mná, plump, well-rounded, woman.
Fuair mé ~ (de bhreac, de choinín), I got a whopper (of a trout, of a rabbit).

patachán » Leveret; plump little creature.

pataire » Plump creature; chubby person.
pataire linbh, chubby child.
pataire coinín, plump young rabbit.
var: patalach(án), patalán, patalóg, patán, patarán, patarún, patlachán

plobartha » Fat-cheeked, bloated.

plobóg » Chubby-faced girl or child.

plucach » Chubby; large-cheeked.
leanbh plucach, chubby child.

plucachán » Chubby child.

plucaí » (Nickname for) chubby child.

pluicín » Chubby little person.

pluicíneach » Round-cheeked, chubby.

plumaire » Plump person.

plumanta » Plump.

pluspa » Plump creature.

práib » Soft fat person.

práisléad » Big fat lifeless person.

prósaí » Fat child.

púdarlach » Fat, lubberly, person.

puirtleog girsí, chubby little girl.

puirtleogach » Chubby.

putrachán » Fat clumsy person.

ramhar » Fat, thick.
dul i raimhre, chun raimhre, to get fat.
duine bog ramhar, fat and flabby person.
chomh ramhar le mart, as fat as an ox.
chomh ramhar le rón, as fat as a seal.
talamh ramhraithe, fat, grazing, land.

ringiléad » Plump little woman.

rollamán » Round object; rotund, plump, person.

sail chaorach, wool-grease.

saill » Fat meat, fat.
brat saille, layer of fat.
saill mhairt, mhuice, beef-, pork-, fat.

samhdaí » Plump child.

samhdán » Plump person.

samhdóg » Plump little girl.

sarachán » Plump little creature.

séasúr » Fat season; season of growth, of good weather.

séasúr » Seasonable richness; fat, juice, sap (of things in season).

séasúrach » Fat, juicy, sappy, rich.
uan séasúrach, fat lamb.

seibineach » Large plump person or animal.

siotalach » Plump child.

smear » Grease.

smearadh » Grease; greasing, polishing, material.
smearadh cairte, cart-grease.

sodamán » Heavily-built slow-moving person or animal.
sodamán linbh, plump, fat, child.

somachán » Plump youngster.
somachán linbh, plump child.
somachán gasúir, fat, round-faced, boy.

sodóg » Plump low-sized woman; buxom girl.

Tá sé ag spré ar an saol, he is getting extremely fat.

sultmhar » Plump and pleasant;

tiachóg » Small plump person.

troighean » ~ (éisc), fish-oil.
Oily, greasy, substance.
Greasy, dirty, coating; sludge.
troighean rotha, cart-grease.

torpóg » Plump woman.

úr olla, wool-grease.

úsc » Oily, greasy, substance; fat, grease; extract.
úsc coinnle, candle-grease.
úsc gé, goose-grease.
úsc olla, wool-fat, lanolin.


The fat is in the fire.
Tá an brachán doirte. (The porridge is popping.)
Tá an madra marbh! (The dog is dead!)
Tá an sop séidte. (The straw is blown (to start a fire).)
Tá an tine ar an sop, sa bharrach. (The fire is on the straw, in the tow.)
An lasóg a chur sa bharrach, to inflame passions; to start a row.