PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ bhoise, a stroke of the palm, palm-stroking; coaxing.
Le cúinsí móra a ghlac sé é, he accepted it after a lot of fuss, of coaxing.
D’ólfainn gan mhéar é, I wouldn’t need coaxing to drink it.
Ag ~ le leanbh, pampering a child; coaxing a child to eat.
Ag ~ leis an leanbh, coaxing, trying to please, the child.
Ag ~ le duine, speaking softly to s.o.; coaxing, wheedling, s.o.