PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
ar muir, ar cíos, ar cosa in airde, on sea, rented, galloping. In qualified or particularized references it lenites, e.g.
ar mhuir na beatha, ar chíos mór, on the sea of life, at a high rent. Eclipses in a few instances, e.g.
Tá cíos, cáin, gearradh, air, it is subject to a rent, a tax, a rate.
Níl cíos ná ~ orm, I pay neither rent nor tax.
Áit a chur ar ~, to let a place.
Teach (a thógáil) ar ~, (to take) a rented house.
Níl ~ cás ná cathú air, he hasn’t a care in the world.
Chuir sé an teach ar cíos, he let the house.
Níl cíos, íoc ná ~ air, he has everything free of cost.
Tá an cíos ag glaoch orm, I am being called upon to pay the rent.
Teach a ~ean ar cíos le duine, to rent a house to s.o.
Shuigh sé cíos orthu, he imposed a rent on them.
Teach a thógáil ar cíos, to rent a house.
Thromaigh sé cíos orthu, he imposed a heavier rent on them.