PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Rinne mé an C~ ar an ól, I abstained from drink during Lent.
Tá beatha cearrbhaigh fós san Inid, there is still time for a last fling (before Lent).
Domhnach na cogarnaí, the Sunday before Lent.
Cuirfidh siad ~a, ceithre ~a, na hocht gcosa, faoin scéal, they will lend wings to the story.
~ na cogarnaí, an smuit, Sunday before, after, beginning of Lent.
Tabhair ~ den rámhainn dom, lend me the spade for a short while.
Airgead a chur ar ~, to lend money at interest.
~ (ruda) a thabhairt do dhuine, to lend (sth.) to s.o.
~ na hiasachta, the lending of a borrowed article.
~eadh sé amach airgead ar biseach, he used to lend money at interest.
Troscadh sa Charghas, to fast in Lent.