EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
clé1, f. (gs. ~). Left hand; left-hand side. Ar do chlé, on your left. Ar ~, faoi chlé, on, to, the left. Deas agus ~, right and left.
clé2, a3. & adv. 1. Left. Lámh, cos, chlé, left hand, foot. Ar an taobh clé, ar thaobh na láimhe ~, on the left-hand side. An ceann ~, the one on the left. Iompú ~, to turn left. 2. Sinister; wrong, evil.
clé3 = cleith1 8.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ar aghaidh, ar gcúl, ar deis, ar clé, forwards, backwards, to the right, to the left.
~adh ar clé, to turn left.
Rud a chlaonadh (do leataobh, ar clé), to incline sth. (to one side, to the left).
~adh ar clé, to turn off to the left.
~ agus clé, right and left.
Ó dheis go clé, from right to left.
Dá dheis is dá chlé, to his right and left.
D’~ sé ar a chos chlé, he rose on his left foot; he got out of bed on the wrong side.
Ar an ~ (dheas, chlé), on the (right, left) flank.
An ~ dheas, chlé, the Right, Left, wing.
Ar an n~ chlé, on the port bow.
1. Iompú thart, ar clé, ó dheas, ar ais, isteach sa pháirc, to turn round, left, south, back, into the field.
~ dheas, ~ chlé, right, left, hand.
Ar do ~ chlé, ar thaobh do láimhe clé, on your left-hand side.
~ clé, deas, láir, left-, right-, centre-, half(-back).
~ clé, deas, láir, left, right, centre, half-forward.
Ní thig liom mo chos chlé a ~ean fúm, I can’t stand on my left foot.
~ na láimhe deise, na láimhe clé, the heavenly, the demoniacal, host.
An ~ deas, clé, the right, left, side.
~ na láimhe deise, na láimhe clé, the right-hand, left-hand, side.
Cas an scriú ar clé agus tiocfaidh sé, turn the screw to the left and it will come out.
Tiontú ar clé, ó thuaidh, isteach i gclós, to turn left, north, into a close.