EXACT MATCHES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
bait1, s. a Fish: Baoite m. b Bréagán m, mealladh m. He didn't rise to, swallow, the bait, níor mheall an cleas é.
bait2, 1 v.tr. Ciapaim, scaoilim madraí faoi. To bait s.o., saighdeadh faoi dhuine. 2 a v.tr. Tugaim rud le n-ithe do (chapall, faoi bhealach). b v.i. (Of pers.) Cónaím faoi bhealach. c v.i. Cónaím faoi bhealach ag teach ósta. 3 v.tr. Baoiteálaim, cuirim suas baoití.
PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
Fish: Caddis-bait, baoite m cadáin.
(Of fish) To nibble at the bait, bheith ag priocadh an bhaoite.
The fish are rising (to the bait), tá aiste, éirí, ar an iasc.
F: (Of pers.) He didn't rise to the bait, níor mheall an cleas sin é.
They made a sport of baiting him, bhí sé ina ula mhagaidh acu.
To swallow the bait, (i) (of fish) an baoite a shlogadh; (ii) F: (of pers.) dul sa líon.