The Oxford Irish Minidictionary [Paperback]

Breandín Cróinin (Editor), Breandï¿1/2n ï¿1/2 Crï¿1/2inï¿1/2n (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Dictionary | Publication Date: August 19, 1999

A great reference in a small package, this new Oxford Irish Minidictionary includes over 100,000 words, phrases, and translations of contemporary Irish
The Dictionary offers extra help by giving a special layout to frequently-used words that can be difficult to master, and provides usage notes to help you use these words correctly. It also features warning symbols--[x] and [!] alert you when a word or expression is informal or slang so you know to use it with care. And an easy-to-use guide to pronunciation gives extensive help with speaking Irish.
Offering these and more features in a conveniently-sized, inexpensive, portable volume, the Oxford Irish Minidictionary is ideal for anyone trying to learn Irish, including students, general users, travelers, and business people.

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Text: English

Product Details

• Paperback: 704 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (August 19, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198602278
• ISBN-13: 978-0198602279
• Product Dimensions: 4.6 x 3.1 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,261,253 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Irish dictionary for beginners, May 9, 2000

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Joe Murphy - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Oxford Irish Minidictionary (Paperback)

As a learner of Irish I have purchased several Irish-English dictionaries. I was very pleased with my purchase of the Oxford Irish Minidictionary. This dictionary includes much more help for beginning learners of Irish going into much more detail about common multipurpose Irish words. It also includes entries for many irregular verbs in several tenses. These entries merely point you back to the main entry for the verb, but this is of great help when you don't recognize the main verb from the tense you are looking up. The only thing lacking for beginners is pronunciation (which can be found in An Foclóir Póca Gaeilge/Béarla by An Gúm). I would highly recommend this book to anyone serious about learning the Irish language.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars They have printed a zero more, May 3, 2001

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pietro merletti "[e-mail]" (Jesi Italy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Oxford Irish Minidictionary (Paperback)

Good dictionary, well done, but... if I have counted them correctly, I found only scarcely ten thousand words, and not the said 100.000 words ( an average of 40 entries per 346 pages-English section and per 328 pages- Irish section ). However, it can be read like a romance, and sentences in it seem to be very useful, to train memory.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Trust me on this one....Get a phonetic dictionary first!!, February 13, 2002

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Sharon K. Wininger (Horse Shoe, N.C.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Oxford Irish Minidictionary (Paperback)

If you really want to learn Irish, spend the money and get a phonetic dictionary, first. Every word is a trial to new speakers. This dictionary is handy to carry to class but until you are really, really good with pronouncing the words...it's not what you want. Make it easy on yourself... Slan.