PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Rinneamar ~ maith ar an iasc, we caught a fair amount of fish.
Is beag an t-~ a bhí leis de bharr a lae ag iascach, he had little reward for his day's fishing.
~ iascaireachta, fishing tackle.
~ éisc ort! Good luck with the fishing!
Tá ~ ar an iasc, the fish are rising, taking the bait.
Iasc úr ~ as an uisce, fish fresh out of the water.
Is fairsinge an fheoil ná an t-iasc, meat is more plentiful than fish.
Ar na scadáin, fishing for herring.
Má bhíonn an lá in ~ don iascaireacht, if the day is suitable for fishing.
4. Ní raibh d’~ ná (de) mháthair ann ach iasc, the place was alive with fish.
~ iascaigh, iascaireachta, fishing-boat.
~ den dorú, draw in the fishing-line.
~ éisc, quantity, catch, of fish.
~ éisc, fishing-bank, shoal.
Tá an t-iasc ar ~, the fish are shoaling.
~ duine, ainmhí, éisc, éin, mouth of person, of animal, of fish, of bird.
~ trá, cladaigh, shell-fish, edible seaweed.
~ sliogán, shell-fish food.
~ na bprátaí, an éisc, potato, fishing, season.
Le ~ an éisc, with the seasonable abundance of fish.
Thar ~, overboard. (Of fishing-boat)
2. ~ mhóna, éisc, handful of turf, of fish.
Níl aon bhreac (éisc) san fharraige is blasta ná é, there is not a tastier fish in the sea.
Níl ~ an tlú leo, they have caught nothing (not even a fish for grilling).
Tá ~ san abhainn chomh maith is a gabhadh fós, there are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
Ní raibh ~ éisc, óil, ann, there was not much fish, drink, there.
Iasc a bhfuil béal ~ air, a fish with a brittle, tender, mouth.
~ éisc, dense shoal of fish.
Ní raibh ~ ar bith ar an iasc inniu, the fish were not taking today.
Iasc a bhuíochan, to cure fish (by drying).
dorú, cast of fishing-line.
Chuaigh an duán i g~ an éisc, the hook caught in the mouth of the fish.
~ bhreac, larger spotted dog-fish.
Feoil, iasc, a chaitheamh, to eat meat, fish.
Dorú a chaitheamh, to cast a fishing-line.
~ amach an duán, cast out the fishing-hook.
~ cabhlaigh, fartha, iascaireachta, naval, ferry, fishing, port.
3. ~ mara, (i) angel-fish, (ii) calamity.
Cé acu is daoire, feoil nó iasc? Which is dearer, meat or fish?
~ éisc, cabáiste, plandaí, one hundred and twenty fish, cabbages, plants.
~ as an dorú é, attach it to the fishing-line.
~ iascaigh, seilge, fishing, sporting, rights.
~ troisc, mouth of cod-fish;
Iascaireacht chladaigh, rock-fishing.
~ éisc, adhmaid, pile of fish, of timber.