PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Beidh sé ina ~ má bhaintear an t-aicearra de, he will be in a sorry plight if he loses the short-cut.
~ gearrtha, cutting-face (in cornfield, stack etc.).
Tá ~ maith féir ar an ngort sin, there is a good cut, crop, of hay in that field.
Gearr ~ é, cut it exactly in the middle.
~ i mbléin, cut, incision, in groin.
~ in ard, cutting in high ground.
Géirí a dhéanamh de rud, to cut sth. in strips.
Móin ghiolcaí, turf cut in reedy or sedgy ground.
~ a dhéanamh de rud, to cut sth. in pieces.
Bhí siad ag ~eadh a chéile, they were cutting the shins off one another; they were in a mad scramble.
Gearr ina ~eacha é, cut it in slices.
~eanna a gearradh san aill, steps that were cut in the cliff.