PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Fiche a cúig, twenty-five.
Cúig ~ Uisnigh, the five fields of Uisneach, the five fifths of Ireland.
As cúig hairde na hÉireann, from the five corners, from all parts, of Ireland.
Na cúig ~, the five loaves.
Cúig a bhailiú isteach, to pick up a five, a trick.
Cúig phunt agus a bheatha, five pounds and his meals.
Cúig faoin gcéad de bhiseach, five per cent interest.
Bhí cúigear de bhuíon leis, he had a retinue of five.
An chéad dá, chúig, leathanach, the first two, five, pages.
Na cúig ~í (corpartha), the five (bodily) senses.
cúig de bhlianta ó shin, four or five years ago.
Bonn, píosa, corónach, crown, five-shilling, piece.
~ briosc, faoileáin, ladhrach, brittle, bird’s-foot, five-finger, starfish.
Fiche a ~, ~ is fiche, twenty-five.
Céad is a ~, one hundred and five.
A ~ is a ~, five and five.
(A) ~ nó (a) sé de (bhlianta), five or six (years).
A ~ a chlog, five o’clock.
Uimhir, cuid, a ~, number, part, five.
Faoi chúig, five times, fivefold.
Tá an ~ agam, I have the five.
Fág an ~ ar lár, omit the five.
~ a fháil, to gain a trick, score a five (in game of twenty-five, etc.).
~ troithe, ~ mhíle, five feet, five miles.
~ scadán ghoirte, five salt herrings.
~ huaire fichead, (i) twenty-five times, (ii) twenty-five hours.
~ fichid, five score, one hundred,
~ chéad, ~ mhíle, five hundred, five thousand.
~ fichead, (card-game of twenty-five.
Cúig cúigí na hÉireann, the five fifths, the whole, of Ireland.
~ fear, ban, páistí, five men, women, children.
~ acu, de na comharsana, five of them, of the neighbours.
Tá ~ de na caoirigh caillte, five of the sheep are lost.
Cá mhéad ceann ann? ~. How many (things) are there? Five.
Is sine de chúig bliana é ná mise, he is five years older than me.
Ceart go dtí an cúigiú ~, correct to five places of decimals.
Cúig ~ is fiche, thirty- five.
Cúig chapall ~ is daichead, fifty-five horses.
A cúig, an cluiche, a dhéanamh, to make a (trick of) five, the game.
Tá sé ag éirí chun a cúig, he is rising five.
Cúig a ghabháil, to take a trick (of five).
~ an liathróid, an cíoná, play the ball, the five of trumps.
Tá deich ~ ar chúig, ten divides by five.
Bhuailfeadh sé ~ an chúigir agaibh, he could beat all five of you.
Tá an clog cúig nóiméad ~, the clock is five minutes slow.
Na (cúig) ~a, the five of trumps.
Buidéal ~, cúig ~, noggin, five-noggin, bottle.
Cúigear ~ s(h)eisear agaibh, five or six of you.