PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
(Of shoes) Thug na cosa ~ iad, the feet moulded them.
~ cóta, bróg, troscáin, material for a coat, shoes, furniture.
Tá sé trom ar na bróga, he is hard on shoes.
Chuir sé ~ ar na bróga dom, he mended the shoes for me.
Tá na bróga ~ agam, dom, the shoes are (too) small for me.
~a cnaipí, buttoned shoes.
~a damhsa, dancing-shoes.
~a iallacha, laced shoes, boots.
2. ~ ar éadach, ar bhróga, hard on clothes, shoes.
Éadach, bróga, a chaitheamh, to wear clothes, shoes.
Tá mo bhróga ó cheap is ó choisíocht, my shoes are worn beyond repair.
Éadach, bróga, a choinneáil ar dhuine, to keep s.o. in clothes, in shoes.
Bróga a chóiriú, to mend shoes.
Tá ~ maith bróg aige, he gives good value in shoes.
Mo chuid éadaigh, bróg, my clothes, shoes.
Éadach, bróga, a chur ar dhuine, to put clothes, shoes, on s.o.
Boinn a chur ar bhróga, to put soles on shoes.
Bróga dá dhéanamh féin, shoes made by himself.
Bróga den ~ céanna, shoes of the same make or pattern.
~ in éadach, i mbróga, waterproof quality in clothes, in shoes.
Bróga ~a, watertight shoes.
~ bróg, creaking of shoes.
~ bróg, creaking of shoes.
Tá na bróga seo ~ ar mo chosa, these shoes are pinching my feet.
Chuir tú ~ a choirp, a chraicinn, air, you made him shake in his shoes.
gan) Gan ~ na mbróg, without even shoes.
Ní fhóireann na bróga dó, the shoes don’t fit him.
~ uirlisí, téad, crúite, set of tools, of strings, of (horse)shoes.
Níorbh fholáir dóibh bróga nua a fháil, they had to get new shoes.
Níl an dá bhróg ag ~áil le chéile, the two shoes do not match.
8. Capall a ghéarú, to rough a horse’s shoes.
5. ~ capaill, roughing of horse’s shoes.
Do bhróga a ghlanadh, to clean one’s shoes.
~ adhmaid, rothaí, bróg, cnámh, creaking of timber, of wheels, of shoes, of bones.
Ag ~, making shoes, boots.
Leathbhoinn a chur ar bhróga, to resole shoes.
Chuir sé a bhróga ar ~ air, he put on his shoes without stockings.
Tá na bróga ~ agam, the shoes are too big for me.
Tá mo bhróga as ~, my shoes are out of shape.
Culaith, bróga, ~, new suit, shoes.
Níl na bróga seo ~ dom, these shoes don’t fit me.
Éadaí, bróga, a phaisteáil, to patch clothes, shoes.
1. ~ bróg, lámhainní, piostal, pair of shoes, of gloves, of pistols.
~ ar éadach, ar bhróga, dirt on clothes, on shoes.