DEFINITIONS AND PHRASES
IN AN FOCLÓIR BEAG
ó áit nó ionad (bain as do phóca é, léigh mé as leabhar é, lig as an rang é, d'íoc sí as a tuarastal é, as measc na ndaoine, as gach aird); ó ábhar nó meán nó staid nó foinse (déanta as adhmad, nite as uisce, rinne sí as a stuaim féin é; baisteadh as a athair é); ó raon (as amharc, as éisteacht); i ndíth (as obair, as seilbh, tá sé as a mheabhair); de bharr (labhairt as fearg); dealú (a haon as a dó)
duine a chur chun báis ar chroch le rópa a chur timpeall a mhuiníl agus ligean dó titim; cur suas ar thairne, crúca etc. (pictiúr, pota, a chrochadh; seol a chrochadh); tógáil, ardú (ancaire a chrochadh; croch leat é); scaipeadh, imeacht as (chroch an ceo; croch leat!)
díbirt as (cuireadh as a bpoist iad); cosc ó, cur ó (chuir tú as gléas é); múchadh (solas a chur as); ligean amach (uaill a chur asat); cur mar fhad le (píosa a chur as rud); goilleadh ar (cad tá ag cur as duit?)
leacht a ligean amach as árthach nó a ligean isteach in árthach eile; sileadh (ag doirteadh deor, fearthainne); ligean do leacht sceitheadh nó titim; caitheamh (dhoirt sé a neart)
ainmhí allta sna síscéalta a ligeann lasracha as a bhéal
gairm, scairt (lig sé glao as; glao an choiligh)
glacadh páirte (i rud); aidiacht a dhéantar as briathar (mar shampla, maide briste, teach ligthe ar cíos, scanraithe roimh dhuine)
leacht a dhoirteadh as árthach amháin isteach in árthach eile go cúramach gan an dríodar a ligean as
cliseadh, gan éirí le duine in iarracht; ligean síos (ná teip orm; bí ann gan teip); dul as (tá an seanfhear ag teip)
ar son, thar ceann (as ucht Dé leat agus lig dom)