EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
airneán, m. (gs. -áin). 1. Night-visiting; sitting up late at night. Oíche airneáin, a night’s visiting; a social evening. Lucht airneáin, night-visitors. Teach airneáin, a house frequented by night-visitors. Suigh agus déan d’~, sit down and stay a while of the night. Rinne sibh ~ fada aréir, you sat up late last night. Tá an t-~ againn feasta, we have the long nights from now on. (As vn.)Ag ~ (ag, tigh, duine), night-visiting (with, at the house of, s.o.). 2. Working late at night. (Var: airneál m)
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
An choinneal airneáin a chaitheamh, to keep late hours, to talk far into the night; to burn the midnight oil.
Ó d’~ an t-airneán, since the night-visiting stopped.
~ airneáin, dhamhsa, chártaí, chomhrá, a night of visiting, of dancing, of card-playing, of conversation.