PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá sé i m~ a bháite, he is in danger of drowning.
Bheith i g~ (do) bháis, (do) bháite, to be in danger of death, of drowning.
~ go mbáfaí é, he narrowly escaped drowning.
~ an duine bháite, drowning man’s grip, despairing hold.
I n~ bháis, (do) bháite, do chinn, in danger of death, of drowning, of losing one’s head.
~ agus bá ort! May you smother and drown!
Duine a shábháil ar thitim, ar a bhá, to save s.o. from falling, from being drowned.
~ mímheanma do mhúchadh, enough to drown despondency.
Bádh eisean is tháinig mise, he drowned and I survived.
Duine a tharrtháil (óna bhá, ón mbás), to rescue s.o. (from drowning, from death).