EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
aoine, f. (gs. ~, pl. -nte). 1. (a) Fasting. ~ a dhéanamh ar fheoil, to abstain from meat. (b) Shortage, deficiency; scarcity, want. Beidh ~ ar an áireamh agat, you will be short in your reckoning. 2. Friday. Ar an A~, on the Friday, on Fridays. Cuid na hA~, Friday provisions. Tá troscadh ar an A~, (each) Friday is a fast day. Thit sé ar an A~, it fell on a Friday. Tá an A~ inniu ann; inniu an A~, today is Friday. Oíche A~, oíche Dé hA~, Friday night. Dé hA~ seo chugainn, seo a chuaigh thart, next, last, Friday. Tháinig, tiocfaidh, sé Dé hA~, he came, will come, on Friday (last, next). A~ (an) Chéasta, Good Friday. Ecc: Na Naoi nA~, the nine First Fridays. (Var. of 1: ~adh m)
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
A Rí an Domhnaigh! A Rí na hAoine! A Rí na glóire! A Rí na bhfeart! Great God!
Deir siad nach bhfuil an Aoine ~, they say that Friday is not lucky.
Thit Lá Nollag ar an Aoine, Christmas Day fell on a Friday.
An lá le h~ na haoine, the day before the fast.