PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
To board at the college, bheith ar ceathrú sa choláiste.
We break up on the fourth, beidh scíth againn ón gceathrú lá.
A: He was hanged, drawn and quartered, crochadh, tarraingíodh, agus rinneadh ceathrúna de.
Book in its fourth edition, leabhar sa cheathrú heagrán.
He finished fourth, chríochnaigh sé ar an gceathrú duine.
The crew's quarters are forward, tá ceathrú an chriú chun tosaigh
He arrived fourth or fifth, tháinig sé ar an gceathrú nó ar an gcúigiú duine.
Sch: The fourth class, an ceathrú rang.
Cards: He made fourth, ba é an ceathrú duine é.
A quarter of an hour, ceathrú f uaire.
Leg of beef, mutton, pork, ceathrú f mairteola, caoireola, muiceola.
To dine off a leg of mutton, ceathrú caoireola a bheith agat le do dhinnéar.
A quarter past four, ceathrú i ndiaidh, tar éis, a ceathair.
To divide sth. in(to) quarters, rud a roinnt ina cheathrúna.
The bottle was one quarter full, bhí an ceathrú cuid dá lán sa bhuidéal.
It is only a quarter as long, níl ach an ceathrú cuid den fhad ann.
Fore-quarter, hind-quarter, ceathrú tosaigh, ceathrú deiridh; (ii) pl.(Hind-)quarters, leath deiridh.
Moon at the first quarter, gealach i mbéal ceathrún.
Moon in its last quarter, gealach ina ceathrú deireanach.
A quarter to six, past six, ceathrú go dtí a sé, tar éis a sé.
To take up one's quarters, (of troops) dul ar ceathrú; F: (of pers.) dul chun cónaithe.
Quire of paper, ceathrú f páipéir.
Quarter sessions, seisiún m ceathrún.
To ship the oars, na rámhaí a tharraingt isteach, a ligean le ceathrú.
Lit: He smote his thigh, bhuail sé bos ar a cheathrú.
It tells the quarters, buaileann sé an cheathrú.