EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
lao, m. (gs. ~, pl. ~nna). 1. (Young) calf. (a) ~deoil, diúil, sucking-calf. S.a. 2. ~ biata, fatted calf. B: An ~ óir, the golden calf. (b) ~ eilite, fawn. (c)~ mara, sea-calf. 2. (Hypocoristic) A ~ (deoil), my dear. Mo ~ thú, you are my darling. S.a. tinneas.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
7. ~eadh lao aisti, she dropped a calf (prematurely).
Lao, uan, searrach, a bhreith, to give birth to a calf, a lamb, a foal.
Lao bó bradaí, offspring of dishonest parent(s).
uain, lao, searraigh, lambing, calving, foaling.
Lao a chaitheamh, to cast a calf.
An lao a choscairt agus a bheiriú, to cut up and cook the calf.
Chothaigh an lao cois na bó, the calf stayed close to the cow.
An lao ag ~eadh na bó, the calf sucking the cow.
~ an lao ar an athbhuaile, ‘the calf’s visit to the old milking place’, a nostalgic revisit.
Bhí an lao ag ~ a mháthar, ar a mháthair, the calf was sucking its mother.
Tá an lao ag ~adh na bó, the calf is plucking at the cow’s udder.
~ linbh, lao, tiny child, calf.
~ ar lao, muzzle on calf.
An mhéar a thabhairt do lao, to finger-feed a calf.
~ lao, lesser snapdragon.
An bhó ag ~ ar a lao, the cow suckling her calf.
~ lao, ~ searraigh, ~ uain, parturition (of cow, mare, sheep).