PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Níl sé ina bhun sin, it is not confined to that.
Théadh sé i g~ chúng chloiche do thabhairt péine dá chorp, he used to confine himself in a narrow stone cell in order to mortify his body.
Laistigh de chleitheanna an tí, within the confines of the house.
Má ólann tú corrdheoch agus cloí leis sin, if you take an odd drink and confine yourself to that.
~ a chaitheamh, a thabhairt, in áit, to be confined, remain, for a term in a place.
Chaith sé ~ ar a leaba, he was confined to bed for a time.
Crua sa chorp, confined in the bowels, constipated.
Ní bheinn ag ~adh leis an méid sin, le beirt nó triúr, I would not confine myself to that amount, to two or three.
Áit chúng, narrow, confined, place.
Fanacht i mbun na ~, to confine oneself to the truth.
Ar ~ an tí, within the (confines of the) house.
I n~, faoi ghéarghlas, closely confined.
Cuireadh greamanna air, he was confined, imprisoned.
Faoi ~ an tí, na háite, within the four walls of the house, the confines of the place.
Rún ~ mhná, a secret confined to women.
Bhí sé ~ i bpríosún, he was confined to prison.
Is doiligh a bheith ~ lá mar seo, it is hard to be confined to the house on a day like this.
Sáite sa chlais, sa díog, stuck in the trench, confined to drudgery.
~ le, i d~ le, relying, depending, on; confined to.
Níor fhan siad ~ leis sin, they didn’t confine themselves to that.