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PHRASES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
ar gcúl, backwards) (For rules governing use with article see
Ar aghaidh, ar gcúl, ar deis, ar clé, forwards, backwards, to the right, to the left.
Thit sé i ndiaidh a chúil, he fell backwards.
Cuireadh i ndiaidh a chúil é, he was sent reeling backwards.
Ar g~, backwards.
Bhí siad ag dul i n~ a gcúil, they were moving, falling, backwards.
Ag ~ (thart), walking backwards, sideways (like a crab); crawling about.
I bh~, in the reverse direction; backwards.
Bhí sé ag imeacht i leith a chúil, a dhroma, he was moving backwards, backing away.
Dul ar ~ do chúil, to go backwards.
Ag ~adh siar agus aniar, bending backwards and forwards.
Ní raibh ~ ar mo chúl ná ar m’aghaidh agam, I could go neither backwards nor forwards; I had no way out of the difficulty.
Dul ar gcúl, to go backwards, to decline.
Bhí siad ag dul i leith a gcúil, they were moving backwards.
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