PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ cainte, ceoil, gift of speech, music.
Tá ~ na scéalaíochta aige, he is a gifted story-teller.
Is iomaí ~ a rugadh leis, he is naturally gifted in many ways.
Mura bhfuil geab aige ~tar leis é, he certainly has the gift of the gab.
Do mo mháthair an féirín, the gift is for my mother.
Is suarach an ~ é, it is a poor gift.
Dá mbeadh an ~ sin ionam, if I were gifted in that way.
Tá ~ aige! What a gift he has got!
Bronntanas ~, handsome gift.
Fógraím m’~ ort! What about my new-year’s gift?
Bua ~a, gift of intelligence.
Mhaígh sé an tabhartas orm, he begrudged me the gift.
Is beag de mhaith an mhaith a mhaítear, to give grudgingly is to spoil the gift.
Tíolacadh ó ~, heaven-sent gift.
Tíolacadh an nirt, the gift of fortitude.
~ fáistine, gift of prophecy.
Bua, ceird, na ~a, the gift, art, of story-telling.
Bronntanas ~, particular gift.
~ an cheoil, gift for music.
An ~ a thíolaic Dia air, the gift that God bestowed on him.