PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bhí an-oíche againn, we had an excellent night.
Ar (a) fheabhas, excellent.
Tá sé ina shláinte go ~, he is in excellent health.
Obair bhreá, excellent work.
Chomh folláin le ~, as lively as a trout, in excellent health.
Tá sé ar fheabhas ina cháilíocht féin, he excels in his own way; it is excellent of its kind.
Dá fheabhas é, excellent as it is.
Ar ~, real, proper, excellent.
Ar fheabhas na hÉireann, as good as any in the land, excellent.
~ ruda, the excellent quality, excellence, of sth.
Bheith ar fheabhas, to be excellent; to be in excellent health, circumstances.
Rud ar (a) fheabhas, an excellent thing.
3. Ar ~, fit, well; excellent.
Duine, rud, ar ~, excellent person, thing.
Dinnéar ~, excellent dinner.
In ord agus in ~, in proper working order, in excellent condition.
Bheadh ~ ar fheabhas, that thing (we were considering) would be excellent.
Tá ~ an bhradáin aige, he has excellent health.
4. (Bheith) thar cionn, (to be) excellent.
~ duine, ruda, excellent person, thing.
Tá sé go ~ ina shláinte, he is in excellent health.