PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
Affianced couple, lánúin atá geallta dá chéile.
Sp: Backing of a horse, geallta mpl ar chapall.
The betting ran high, bhí geallta troma ann.
They played for high stakes, bhí geallta arda á n-imirt acu.
Cards: etc: To play, stake, high, geallta troma a chur.
To secure a debt by pledges, geallta a chur le fiacha; bannaí a thabhairt i bhfiacha.
He had promised that I should be there, bhí geallta aige go mbeinn ann.
To lay the stakes, na geallta a chur.