PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Capall ardfhola, a thorough-bred horse.
An rud atá sa bhun bhán (tá sé sa bharr ghlas), what is bred in the bone comes out in the flesh.
An rud atá sa chnámh (is doiligh a bhaint as an bhfeoil), what is bred in the bone (is difficult to get rid of).
~eadh as an mbochtaineacht iad, they were bred in poverty.
Gineadh agus ~eadh ann é, he was born and bred with it.
~ samhraidh, summer(-bred) calf;
~ geimhridh, winter(-bred) calf;
Tá sé ~te ann, it is bred in his bone.
An rud atá sa chnámh, what is bred in the bone.
~ na dea-lárach, true-bred offspring.
De thógáil na cathrach é, he is city-bred.