PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ardáin agus ísleáin, heights and hollows.
I gcroí do bhoise, in the hollow of one’s hand.
~ ara, (hollow of) temple.
Bhuail sé ~ mé, bhuaigh sé ~ orm, he beat me hollow.
Rinne sé ~ díom, he beat me into the ground, beat me hollow.
~ an mhuiníl, hollow at nape of neck.
Ar chroí mo bhoise, in the hollow of my hand.
~ crainn, hollow of tree.
Ar chroí mo dhearnan, in the hollow of my hand.
~ sa droim, hollow-backed.
Chomh cinnte is dá mbeadh sé i gcúl do dhoirn agat, as surely as if you had it in the hollow of your hand.
Tá ~ diallaite air, he is hollow-backed.
~ i bpráta, hollow core in potato.
Croí ~, hollow core; weak heart.
Fuaimniú go binn, go glan, go toll, to sound sweetly, clearly, hollow.
Tá sé i gcúl a ghlaice aige, he has it in the hollow of his hand.
I n~ an ghleanna, in the hollow of the glen.
~ i ndroim, i ndíon, hollow in back, in roof.
a dhá ghualann, the hollow between his shoulders.
Capall ~, hollow-backed horse.
~ bodhar, toll, dull, hollow, sound.
Ar na hísle, in the low places, hollows.
~ i sliabh, i mbóthar, i ndroim, hollow in mountain, in road, in back.
~ uisce, hollow place covered with water, pool of water.
Thíos sa ~, down in the hollow.
~ an sneachta sna polláin ar feadh seachtaine, the snow lay in the hollows for a week.
Na páistí ag neadú i log na gréine, the children nestling in the sunny hollow.