PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Chonaic mé an ~ sa dorchadas, I saw a figure in the dark.
Scrios an t-~, delete the (figure) one.
Scrios an ~, delete the (figure) four.
Chuaigh sí amach ina ~, she went out in her figure.
~ ainmneacha, figiúirí, column of names, of figures.
figiúirí, the counting of figures.
Chonaic mé ~, I saw a figure, an apparition.
Fear maith cuntais, a good man at figures.
Figiúirí, cuntas, a dhéanamh suas, to make up, compile, figures, an account.
Is breá an fear ar a dheilbh é; is breá an ~ fir atá air, he is a fine figure of a man.
3. Cuir isteach an dó, enter the (figure) two.
Cruth agus deilbh agus ~, form and figure and appearance.
Bhí ~ ann, he was carrying himself upright, cutting a figure.
~ gheoiméadrach, geometric figure.
~ chainte, figure of speech.
~ ina pearsa, shapely of figure.
Tá ~ agat (leis na figiúirí sin), you have quite a problem (sorting out those figures).
Figiúr a líniú, to draw, trace, a figure.
Aigne duine a mhúnlú, to form a person’s mind. (Of figure)
Cuir isteach an t-~ ina dhiaidh, insert the (figure) eight after it.
2. Is breá an phearsa fir é, he is a fine figure of a man.
Chonaic mé an t~ sa bhinn, I saw a ghostly figure in the rock.
Má tá ~ i bhfigiúirí agat, if you are good at figures.
Scrios an ~, delete the (figure) six.
Figiúirí a shuimiú, to add figures.
~ figiúirí, figure-drawing.
~ cainte, figure of speech.
Scór ceoil a uimhriú, to figure a musical score.
De réir m’~a, as I figure it.