PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Cé atá as láthair? Who is absent?
Rud a fhágáil, a ligean, ar ~, to lose sth. through absent-mindedness.
Bheith ar ~, to be absent, missing; to be no more.
Beannacht a chur le duine, to invoke a blessing on a departing, on an absent, person.
Cairde ~e, absent friends.
~acht as láthair, to remain absent.
~acht ón scoil, to absent oneself from school.
Bheith as ~ (ó rud), to be absent (from sth.).
Ná ~ as láthair, don’t absent yourself.