PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Gáir ~, loud, doleful, cry.
Is é an ~ shaolta é, it is a crying shame.
Níl maith sa seanchas nuair a bhíos an ~ déanta, it is no use crying over spilt milk.
~ chaointe, hysterical crying.
Ag caoineadh go h~, crying aloud.
Ag gáire, ag gol, le h~, laughing, crying, for joy.
Níor ~eadh fúithi ach ag gol, she could not be stopped from crying.
~ gháire, chaointe, hysterical laughter, crying.
~ chaointe, bitter crying.
~ a bhaint as duine, to make s.o. cry out.
Ag gol go ~, crying softly.
~ reaca, person crying wares for sale.
3. ~ (chaointe), loud crying.
Thug sé a ghlao churaidh as a bhráid, he gave his deep-throated war-cry.
Ag gol go ~, crying softly, tearfully.
~ chun gáire, goil, quick to laugh, cry.
~ chaointe, roar of crying.
Ag gol is ag ~, crying and complaining.
Leanbh ag ~eadh, a child crying.
Racht caointe, fit of crying.
~ conairte, cry of hounds.
Ag ~, (i) bell-ringing, (ii) crying out, scolding.
Choisc sí de ghol, she stopped crying.
Choscair sé é féin ag caoineadh, he convulsed himself crying.
Caoineadh ~, distressful crying.
Chráigh sé é féin ag caoineadh, he distressed himself crying.
Chrom sí ar chaoineadh, she started to cry.
Na ~ a chaoineadh, to cry copiously.
~ díot do ghol, give over crying.
~ gháire, ghoil, laughing, crying, matter.
Bhuail ~ caointe í, she took a sudden notion to cry.
~ a dhéanamh, to lament (as for the dead); to cry excessively.
Dhírigh sé ar chaoineadh, he began to cry.
~ chaointe, importunate crying; whimpering cry.
Níl maith a bheith ag caint faoi bhainne ~e, there is no use crying over spilt milk.
Níor chaoineadh go ~ é, you never heard such crying.
Screadaim as na duibheagáin ort, out of the depths I cry to thee.
Gáir, osna, éagomhlainn, cry, sigh, of distress.
~ faoileán, seagulls’ cry.
Lig sé ~ ghoil as, he burst out crying.
Ag ~, crying, calling; whinging, lamenting.
Guth san fhásach, a voice (crying) in the wilderness.
Liú ar fhásach, a cry in the wilderness; a wild shout.
Iasc a fhógairt, to cry fish (for sale).
Bhí ~ caointe uirthi, she wanted to cry.
Ag ~, crying out, wailing.
~ chatha, sheilge, battle-, hunting-, cry.