PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
An lá a baisteadh é, the day he was baptized.
Is beag an t-~ a bhí leis de bharr a lae ag iascach, he had little reward for his day's fishing.
Níl aon ~ sa lá, the day is very short.
~ an Dá Lá Dhéag, (i) the Twelve Days of Christmas, (ii) Epiphany.
Go dté ~ orm, to my dying day.
Níl lá san ~ nach dtagann sé, he comes every single day.
Níor shéid aon lá as an ~ ba mheasa ná é, there never was a stormier day.
Bhí an lá an-dorcha, ~ é chomh fuar, the day was very dark, and it was also very cold.
Ba cheart dúinn a bheith amuigh ~ an lá chomh breá sin, we should be out of doors, seeing that the day is so fine.
Tá sé ar m’~ ó mhaidin, it has been on my mind all day.
Nósanna na haimsire seo, present-day customs.
Lá, ionad, coinníollacha, a ainmniú, to specify a day, a place, conditions.
Agus an dá lá (a chur) san ~, both days (to be) included.
Trí mhí agus lá le háireamh, three months and a day over, extra.
Lá ~, (on) a certain day.
Is iomaí lá de mo chuid allais aige, I worked many a hard day for him.
An t-~ de lá, the time of day.
Ón lá seo ~, from this day forward.
Óna lá féin ~, after his own day.
~ sa lá, sa bhliain, late in the day, in the year.
Lá na nA~, All Fools’ Day.
2. Má bhíonn an lá ~ fliuch, if tomorrow is a wet day.
Aon) lá ~ tháinig sé isteach anseo, one day, on a certain day, he came in here.
An lá sin ~, (on) that day only.
Tá an lá, an obair, ~ orm, my day, my work, is wasted.
An lá cheana, the other day.
An lá agus an oíche, day and night.
Is againn a bhí an lá! What a day we had!
An-drochlá, a very bad day.
Tá an lá ag dul chun anaitis, the day is getting bad, becoming disagreeable.
Tá lá maith ~, it is a good day.
Chaith siad an lá ~, they spent the day there.
Is ~ lá nach bhfeicim é, there is scarcely a day on which I don’t see him.
Tá sé ag dul ~ sa lá, sa saol, it is getting late in the day, in life.
Tá troscadh ar an A~, (each) Friday is a fast day.
I ndeireadh, in earr, a ~e, at the end of his days.
~ de laethibh, on a day, one day.
An t-~ lá (amháin) a bhí mé saor, the only day on which I was free.
Ar an ~ lá is fiche, on the twenty-first day.
Ar an lá deireanach, on the last day.
Má bhíonn an lá in ~ don iascaireacht, if the day is suitable for fishing.
Tá an lá, an bhliain, ag ársú, it is getting on in the day, the year.
1. ~ inné, the day before yesterday.
2. ~ amárach, the day after tomorrow.
Rud a chur ar ~, go h~, to put off sth. to another day.
Rug sé an ~, he won the match, the day.