EXACT MATCHES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
middle. 1 Attrib.a. Meáin, láir, meánach. Middle wall, balla láir. To take a middle course, gabháil lár báire, idir eatarthu. Middle size, meántoirt f, meánmhéid f. Box: Middle weight, meánmheáchan m. Log: Middle (term), meántéarma m. 2 s. a Lár m; meán m. The middle of life, meán an tsaoil. In the middle of..., i lár an (na) . . . In the middle of the day, i mbolg, in ard, an lae. About the middle of August, i dtrátha lár mhí na Lúnasa. In the very middle of..., right in the middle of..., i gceartlár, i gcroílár an (na) ... F: He was in the middle of doing it, bhí sé le linn a dhéanta. b Com f. The water came up to his middle, bhí an t-uisce go com air.
PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
A man of middle age, fear meánaosta.
He is past middle age, tá cnagaois aige.
Hist: The Middle Ages, an mheánaois.
Middle class, an mheánaicme.
Art: Middle-distance, meán-ionad m.
Middle finger, second finger, méar mheáin, méar láir.
Full in the middle, cruinn díreach sa lár.
Art: The middle ground, an meánionad.
To keep the middle of the road, coinneáil i lár an bhóthair.
A middle-aged man, bunfhear m.
A middle-class habit, nós de chuid na meánaicme.
A middle-sized horse, leathchapall m, scothchapall m.
The respectable middle classes, an láraicme fhiúntach.
Right in the middle, i gceartlár.
Slick in the middle, ina lár go beacht.
Smack in the middle, isteach ina cheartlár.
He left her standing in the middle of the room, d'fhág sé ansin (ina seasamh) i lár an tseomra í.