PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá uair againn lena dhéanamh, we have an hour in which to do it.
In ~ na hoíche, at a late, unreasonable, hour of the night.
Nára Dé do bheatha an uair seo d’oíche, bad welcome to you at this hour of the night.
Tá sé céad slat as seo, míle ón trá, siúl uaire chun na páirce, it is a hundred yards from here, a mile from the strand, an hour’s walk to the park.
Go ~ dearg na hoíche, far into the small hours.
Cá huair? At what hour? When?
Chaith sé uair ag caint, he talked for a whole hour.
Ar an uair chéanna sin, at that very hour.
Ar an uair a bhí ~tha, at the appointed hour.
~ uaire, uair is ~, quarter of an hour, an hour and a quarter.
~ huaire fichead, ~ acra is fiche, twenty-four hours, twenty-four acres.
Uair an chloig, an hour by the clock.
An choinneal airneáin a chaitheamh, to keep late hours, to talk far into the night; to burn the midnight oil.
An t-am, na huaireanta, a choinneáil, to keep good time, regular hours.
~ uaire, bliana, most of an hour, of a year.
Uair, seachtain, ~, an hour, a week, exactly.
~ huaire fichead, (i) twenty-five times, (ii) twenty-five hours.
Dá mba ar uair an mheán oíche é, even at the hour of midnight.
Uair den oíche, an hour of the night.
Daichead míle (san uair), tríocha míle an galún, a dhéanamh, to do, travel, forty miles (an hour), thirty miles to the gallon.
Thug sé an ~ leis, he came at a late hour.
I n~ an ama, na n-uaireanta, after the (due) time, after hours.
Ar an drochuair dó, in an evil hour for him.
Teacht in am an doichill, to come when one is not wanted, at an unsuitable hour.
Ar an ~ (do dhuine), in an evil hour, unfortunately (for s.o.).
Tá an uair ~ linn, the hour is at hand.
Táimid ag feitheamh leat le dhá uair ~, we have been expecting you for two whole hours.
Le h~ uaire, for a whole hour.
Na tráthanna a fhaire, (i) to keep the night watches, (ii) to keep regular hours.
Ceithre huaire ~ad, twenty-four hours.
~ na dtráthanna, observance of the (canonical) hours; regularity, punctuality.
Bhí sé ag ~áil leathchéad míle san uair, he was doing fifty miles an hour.
~ liom in uair mo bháis, receive me at the hour of my death.
~ leathuair, every half hour.
Ar an uair ghéibheannach seo, at this critical hour.
I n~ na huaire, just on the hour.
Tráthnóna iarnóna, postmeridian hours.
D’~ leathuair eile, another half-hour passed.
~ de réir na huaire, na hoibre, payment by the hour, in proportion to the work.
Tá an uair ~, the hour is up.
An ~ mhór, bheag, the minute-, hour-, hand.
L~ na dTráthanna, the Book of Hours.
~ an mheán oíche, night-wanderer, one who keeps late hours.
Ar an uair ~ sin, in that dreadful hour.
Trí huaire go leith, three and a half hours, times.
(Go) ~ sa lá, at a latish hour of the day.
Uair mhaith shiúil, a good hour’s walk.
Ar na ~aibh, at a late hour, belatedly.
Gus an uair ~ éirigh Críost, to the hour when Christ arose.
Am ~, uair mharbh, na hoíche, the dead (hour) of night.