PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Níl ach a rá go bhfuil ciall aige! It can hardly be said that he has any sense.
Níl tarraingt m’anála ionam, I can hardly breathe; I am very weak.
Níl ann ach gur caitheadh an t-~ ann, one would hardly notice that he is alive.
Is ar éigean a thug siad as an ~ í, they were hardly able to free her from her entanglement (in bog, cleft).
Is beag an ~ air é a dhéanamh arís, he is hardly likely to do it again.
Ní ~ a bheith ina dhiaidh air, one can hardly blame him.
Níl ~ ann, he can’t, can hardly, walk.
Is olc an ~ iad, they are hardly worth rearing.
Tá sé ~ air a bheith chomh láidir leat, he is hardly as strong as you.
Ní mó ná go raibh sé cruinnithe i mbroinn, he had hardly taken shape in the womb.
Ar ~, hardly, barely, with difficulty.
(Is) ar ~ a chreid sé mé, he hardly believed me.
Is) ar ~ atá a fhios agam, I hardly know.
Níl sí bliain d’aois ach ar ~, she is hardly a year old.
Ní raibh dhá fhocal cainte ann, there was hardly a word spoken.
Ní raibh oiread na ~e air, he was hardly marked; there was scarcely anything the matter with him.
Ní raibh sé fuaraithe nuair a bhí siad ag troid faoina chuid, he was hardly dead when they began to squabble over his property.
Níl ~ ná fáscadh air, he can hardly hold himself together.
Is ar éigean is ~ é, it is hardly necessary.
Is ~ má, scarcely, hardly.
Is ~ más eol dóibh, they hardly know.
Ba ~ uaim éirí, I could hardly rise.
Más fearr mar sin é, that hardly improves matters.
2. Ní ~ go, probably not, hardly.
Ní ~ go bhfeicfimid arís é, we will hardly see him again.
Ní ~ dó teacht inniu, he will hardly come today.
Ní ~ ar bith é, it is hardly likely.
Tá sé ~ agam mo shaol a chaitheamh leis, I can hardly be expected to spend all my life at it.
Ní mó ná go bhfuil a fhios agam, I hardly know.
Ní raibh ~ agam leis, I hardly expected it.
Ní mó ~ gur fiú duit é, it is hardly worth your while.
Ba mhór an ~ dó gan mé a bhualadh, he could hardly restrain himself from hitting me.
Tá ~ aige a bheith an fad sin amuigh, he can hardly be so long gone.
Is ~ a chreidim é, I hardly believe it.
Is cuid péine má d’éalaigh neach, hardly anyone escaped.
Ba mhór an ~ dó gan mé a bhualadh, he could hardly keep himself from striking me.
Is ar éigean a bhí an ~ ann, there was hardly a quiver left in him, he was barely alive.
Is ar éigean atá ~ na sráide ionam, I can hardly walk the street.
(Is) ~ má, hardly, scarcely.
Is olc a thagann an strainc sin duit, that grimace hardly improves your appearance.
Níl ~ na gcos ann, he can hardly drag his feet along.
Bhí mé ag ~im as mo sheasamh, I was hardly able to stay on my feet.
Níl ~ na gcos ann, he can hardly lift his feet.
Is ar éigean a bhí mé in ann ~ a dhéanamh sa dorchacht, I was hardly able to make my way in the dark.
Níl mórán uabhair san eorna sin, that barley is hardly flourishing.