Stâorchiste : teasâaras aibâitreach na Gaeilge

Is ceim an storchiste seo chun bearna i bhfocloireacht na Gaeilge a lionadh. Foilsiodh nios mo na storchiste Gaeilge amhain roimhe seo ach nil ceann ar bith acu chomh cuimsitheach leis an leabhar thios. Ina theannta sin is de reir teama a leagadh amach na storchisti eile ata le fail cheana fein, ach is in ord aibitre a liostaitear na focail sa saothar seo, rud a eascaionn go mor a usaid don te ata ag baint feidhme as. Taobh istigh de gach iontrail is in ord aibitre a thugtar na focail; ach dealaitear cialla eagsula go minic tri sraitheanna aibit- reacha iomadula.

I gcorp an leabhair seo tugtar ceannfhocal, roinn chainte, agus gluais Bhearla le socru bri ghinearalta an fhocail faoi leith. Tugtar lipeid i mBearla freisin chun usaid na bhfocal eagsuil a thagann ina ndiaidh a shoileiriu. Is beag nach bhfuil 12,000 iontrail i bhfoirm alt sa storchiste. Ta thart ar 44,000 d'fhocail no de leaganacha in usaid sna hiontralacha sin. Ta 118 bosca eolais sa leabhar agus iontu sin feicfear liostai de thearmai a bhaineann lena cheile taobh istigh den aon reimse ceille amhain. Is beag nach bhfuil 11,000 leagan faoi leith sna hiontralacha ud. -

This thesaurus seeks to fill a gap in Irish lexicography. More than one Irish language thesaurus has been published before now. None, however, is as comprehensive as the present work. Moreover previous thesauri have been compiled thematically. In this work words are arranged in alphabetical order, a feature which will greatly facilitate use of the book. 

Within an entry words are ordered alphabetically, though different senses are also often distinguished with multiple alphabetic runs. The structure of entries gives headword, part of speech, and a gloss in English that helps to establish the semantic domain for the words which follow. A number of register labels are given to help specify the usage of the words which follow them. The number of entries appearing as paragraphs in the thesaurus is nearly 12,000. A total number of nearly 44,000 distinct words or phrases is used within these entries. There are 118 boscai eolais which are largely lists of associated terms within a broad semantic domain. A total number of nearly 11,000 distinct items is used within these entries.