PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
Prov: Talk of angels and you will hear the flutter of their wings, tagann gach aon rud lena iomrá (ach an madra rua agus an marbhánach).
(Of birds) To beat its wings, a sciatháin a ghreadadh.
Breadth of wings (of birds, aeroplane), réise f.
(Of bird) To clap its wings, na sciatháin a bhualadh.
To clip the wings of a bird, na sciatháin a bhearradh, a chiorrú, ag éan.
(Of bird) To flutter its wings, a sciatháin a chroitheadh, a bhualadh; cleitearnach a dhéanamh lena sciatháin.
F: He singed his wings, is é a loisc a ghabhal agus nár rinne a ghoradh.
Fear lent him wings, d'imigh sé i mbarr na bhfáscaí le teann eagla.
Th: The wings, na cliatháin mpl.
In the wings, ar na cliatháin.