PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bia a ~adh, to bolt food.
Glas, bolta, laiste, a bhaint, to open a lock, draw a bolt, raise a latch.
~ a chur, a bhaint, to shoot, draw, a bolt.
Tá na plandaí ina mbuinneáin leis an mboglach, the wet weather has caused the plants to sprout, bolt.
Ina cholgsheasamh, standing erect, bolt upright.
Sabh agus ~, bar and staple (of bolt).
D’imigh an capall ar ~, the horse broke loose, bolted.
Glais agus géibhinn, bolts and chains.
Glais agus geimhle, bolts and chains.
1. ~ cip, wooden bolt (on inside of door).
Bolta a chur i n~, to slip a bolt home.
~ ghealáin, bolt of lightning.
~ a chur ar scriú, i mbolta, to thread a screw, a bolt.
Mar a thitfeadh ~ orainn, like a bolt from the blue.
Tá an t-~ deireanach scaoilte aige, he has shot his bolt.
D’~ neimhe, like a bolt from the blue.