1 noun CRAFT, FASH for jewellery, decorationcoirnín masc4 c m ua string of beadsslabhra coirníní2 noun REL on rosarycloch fem2 c m u3 noun for filling, paddingfeirbín masc4 c m u4 verb form droplets INTRANSITIVEcruinnigh verb c m uthe perspiration was beading on her foreheadbhí braoiníní allais ag cruinniú ar chlár a héadain
phrases
to get a bead on
(also US
to draw a bead on
)1 take aim ataimsiú c m udíriú arhe drew a bead on the bird with his gund'aimsigh sé an t-éan lena ghunna, dhírigh sé a ghunna ar an éan2 figurative: targetdíriú isteach arthey're drawing a bead on the local markettá siad ag díriú isteach ar an margadh áitiúil
