PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá a gclann ag éirí ~, their children are growing up.
~ cladaigh, seaweed growing on upper part of beach.
Ag dul i m~, growing fat, corpulent.
Ag ~adh le teas na gréine, growing rapidly with the heat of the sun.
Níl ~ ná fás ag teacht air, he is not growing, progressing, one bit.
Is gairid go mbuaile sé a cheann ar an spéir, he is growing remarkably tall.
Tá an oíche ag éirí, the night is growing wild.
Tá a gclann ag éirí aníos, their children are growing up.
Tá fás, borradh, fúthu, they are growing, developing.
Tá ~ fúthu, they are growing.
Aimsir an fháis, time of growth; good growing weather.
Tá ~ maith ann le tamall, things have been growing well lately.
Duine ar a fhás, growing, half-grown, person.
Greamanna, íona, fáis, growing pains.
1. Féar, barra, duilliúr, ag ~, grass, crops, foliage, growing.
Ag ~ as an talamh, ar na ballaí, growing out of the ground, on the walls.
Tá a gclann ag ~ aníos, their children are growing up.
~ féir, grass growing wild, luxuriant grass.
~ Mhuire, light seaweed growing on foreshore.
~ ghainimh, trá, seaweed growing on strand.
~ claise, díge, grass growing on sides of ditch.
Tá na páistí sin (ag dul) i bh~, those children are growing up wild.
Barra ~e, wildly-growing crops.
Tá sé ag ~áil ó sholas, the (day)light is failing, it is growing dusk.
Tá mo cheann ag ~adh, my head is growing grey.
Greamanna fáis, growing pains.
Tá tú ag imeacht as do chuid éadaigh, you are growing out of your clothes.
Tá sé ag éirí ~, he is growing strong.
Ag dul i ~, growing grey; getting old and grey.
2. Gasúr atá ag méadú, a growing boy.
Ag éirí ~, getting big, growing, increasing.
De ~ mar a bhí sé ag dul in aois, according as he was growing old.
Ag fás de ~ a chéile, growing gradually.
Tá siad ag fás ina ~eanna, they are growing in layers.
Nach é an gasúr sin atá ag ~eadh? Isn’t that boy growing fast?
~ cruithneachta, land (suitable) for growing wheat.
Ag teacht i méid, getting big, growing up.
Féachaint an fás nó meath a bhí ag dul ar na barra, to see whether the crops were growing or failing.
Ag ~im chun feola, chun meáchain, growing fat, putting on weight.
Tá na barra prátaí ag dul in ~, the potato-tops are growing rank.