PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
To ask s.o. to lunch, cuireadh chun lóin a thabhairt do dhuine.
An hour's break for lunch, uair scíthe in am lóin.
A year's complement, lón m bliana; (of fuel) tine bhliana.
Food for a week, lón seachtaine.
To go on the forage, dul ar thóir foráiste, ag soláthar lóin.
To gather provisions, lón a sholáthar.
Supplies on hand, lón ar láimh.
Hurry through your lunch, déan deifir le do lón.
Liberal provision of tea, lón fairsing tae.
Luncheon-basket, bascaed lóin.
To order in food supplies, lón bia a chur isteach.
Ordnance and supplies, ordanás agus lón cogaidh.
Provisions, lón m, beatha f.
Provision merchant, ceannaí m lóin.
To recruit supplies, lón a athsholáthar.
Mil: Round of ammunition, urchar m lón lámhaigh.
To lay in a store of sth., lón (ruda) a chur i dtaisce, isteach.
Store is no sore, ní hualach lón.
Marine stores, (i) lón, feisteas m, loinge; (ii) stór m feistithe loinge.
A sufficiency of provisions, díol m lóin.
Supplier of provisions, soláthraí lóin.
Navy: Supply ship, long f lóin; long soláthair.
To take in, lay in, a supply of sth., lón m, stór m ruda, a chur isteach.
To cut off, stop, the enemy's supplies, lón an namhad a chosc.
Nau: To take in (a supply of) water, lón uisce a chur ar bord.
Pej: Traffic in arms, mangaireacht lón cogaidh.