PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ a gúna, the lap of her dress.
Rug sí ina ~ air, she caught it in her lap.
~ de rás, a lap of a race.
Ghabh sí an leanbh ina hucht, she took the child in her lap.
~ na dtonn ar na carraigeacha, the lapping of the waves on the rocks.
Bainne a ~adh siar, to lap up milk.
Siúnta rádail, lapped, overlap, joint.
~ cuimilte, rádail, wipe-, lap-, joint.
Thóg sí an leanbh ina hucht, she lifted the child in her lap.
Suí in ~ duine, to sit in s.o.’s lap.
Tóg an naíonán i d’~ tamall, take the baby up on your lap for a while.
Chuir sé a cheann in ~ a mháthar, he laid his head on his mother’s lap.
In ~ na cinniúna, in the lap of the gods.