PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Níl mé ag brath ar aon duine, I am not dependent on anyone.
Níor lig an náire dom a bheith ag brath orthu, á mbrath, I was ashamed to be dependent on them, asking favours of them.
Táimid i muinín a chéile, we are dependent on each other.
Bheith i g~ le duine, to be dependent on s.o.
Níl mo chuid ort,I am not dependent on you.
Do chuid a bheith ar Dhia, to be dependent on God for subsistence, rely on God’s gifts.
Níl dada aige ach ag ~eamh ar a athair, he is totally dependent on his father.
Bheith i n~ le rud, to be dependent on sth.
I muinín a athar, dependent on his father.
Bheith ar an ~, ar na hiasachtaí, to be dependent on borrowing.
3. Ar ~, in care of, dependent on, at the mercy of.
2. Bheith i do ~ ar dhuine, to be a burden on s.o., to be s.o.’s dependent.
Bheith i ~ duine, to be dependent, to have to rely, on s.o.
~ bocht, ‘poor scholar,’ (itinerant) student-teacher dependent on hospitality.
An fhoirm ~, the dependent form.
Níl mé ina ~, I am not dependent on them.
Bheith i d~ duine, to be dependent on s.o.