PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ach) ~ na cnaipí a fhuáil, except to sew on the buttons.
~a cnaipí, buttoned shoes.
Cnaipe a bhrú, to press a button.
Cnaipe, casóg, iallacha bróg, a cheangal, to fasten a button, a jacket, boot-laces.
~ casóige, léine, coat-, shirt-, button.
Bróga cnaipí, button-boots.
Ag imirt cnaipí, playing (cards, etc.) for buttons.
a bhrú, to press a button.
Cnaipe a chur ar chóta, to put a button on a coat.
Do chasóg a dhúnadh, to button one’s jacket.
Tá sé caite go ~ na gcnaipí, it is worn even to the buttons.
Ball éadaigh, cnaipe, a fhuáil, to sew a garment, a button.
~ ar phionsa, button on foil.
Faoina mhurláin phráis, with his brass buttons.
Cnaipe néamhainn, pearl-button.
Tá na cnaipí scoite de mo bhríste, the buttons have come off my trousers.
Dún na cnaipí ~, fasten the back buttons.