PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
He is lame, droll, good-looking, tá sé bacach, barrúil, slachtmhar.
In beggar's garb, i gcló bacaigh.
s.pl.The halt, na bacaigh, na mairtínigh.
F: A beggar on horseback, culaith shíoda ar bhacach, ar ghabhar.
To kill s.o. with kindness, droim an bhacaigh a bhriseadh le déirc.
Knight of the road, bacach m, ridire an róid.
He is lame of, in, one leg, tá leathchos bhacach faoi; tá bacaí i gcois leis.
The shoe has lamed me, táim bacach ag an mbróig.
To walk with a limp, siúl (go) bacach.
The newly rich, bacaigh ar muin capaill; na nuamhaoinigh mpl.
Sorry excuse, leithscéal bacach.
A sturdy beggar, bacach urrúnta.
He gave the beggar a trifle, thug sé cúpla pingin don bhacach.
He never turned a beggar from the door, níor chuir sé bacach óna dhoras riamh.
Lame as well as blind, dall agus bacach chomh maith.
The beggar to whom you give money, an bacach a dtugann tú airgead dó.