EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
im1, m. (gs. ~e, pl. ~eanna). Butter. 1. ~ úr, fresh, unsalted, butter. ~ baile, tí, tíre, home-made butter. Shílfeá nach leáfadh ~ ina bhéal, he looks as if butter would not melt in his mouth. ~eanna a thaisceadh, to store quantities, casks, of butter. S.a. brachán 1, cam1 3. 2. ~ sochair, yellowish oily exudation from soil.
im4 = um.
im5 = i mo : i2.
im-2, pref. (Lenites except with m; becomes iom- before broad m) About, around, peri-
im-3, pref. (Intensive particle; lenites except with m; becomes iom- before broad consonant or vowel) Great, very.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Arán, im, baile, home-made bread, butter.
Cuir ~ ime ar an arán, put a taste of butter on the bread.
Chomh ~ le him, soft as butter.
Tá sé ina bhrachán agat; tá an t-im tríd an m~ agat, you have made a hash of it.
~ im air nach mian leis teacht, I get the impression from him that he doesn’t want to come.
Dar mo bhriathar; dom ~, im ~, on my word (of honour).
~ ime, particle of butter.
Mar a leáfadh an t-im ar an g~, like butter melting on a hot stove.
~ bainne, ime, milk-, butter-, cooler.
Im ag cruinniú, butter forming (in churning).
~ ime, square, division, in pat of butter.
Éadach, im, plúr, a dhéanamh, to make cloth, butter, flour.
Im ~, soft, incoagulable, butter.
2. Bí ~ ar an im, go easy with the butter.
~ aráin, ime, feola, lump of bread, of butter, of meat.
~ ime, aráin, feola, morsel of butter, of bread, of meat.
~ ime, lump, clot, of butter.
Chuir sé ~ ime air, he spread the butter thickly on it.
~ ime, céarach, melting of butter, of wax.
1. Im a leá, to melt butter.
Im leasaithe, salted butter.
Im a ~adh, to spread butter.
Chuir sé ~ ghiorria d’im air, he piled it high with butter.
~a ime, maide, butter-fingers.
~ ime, moulded mass of butter.
Im ~, unsalted butter used in charm-cure.
2. ~ ime, butter print, pat of butter impressed with butter die.
Cuir ~ beag ime air, spread a little butter over it.
Cuir ~ ime air, put a taste of butter on it.
Cuir ~ ime ar an arán, put a scraping of butter on the bread.
Bí ~ leis an im, go easy with the butter.
Ná bí chomh ~ sin leis an im, don’t be so sparing with the butter.
~ ime, freshness, unsalted state, of butter.
Im ~, fresh, unsalted, butter.
Agus a n-~ féin ime leo, with their complement of butter.