PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Is beag an cháin a rinneadh air, he got off lightly.
Ag ~ (le), fingering lightly, fiddling (with).
Bhí ~ éadrom aige, leis, he walked lightly.
D’imigh sé i g~, he got off lightly.
2. ~ mná, tiny lightly-built woman.
Ní cúram mar mhagadh é, it is not a responsibility to be undertaken lightly.
Labhairt go ~ faoi rud, to speak lightly of sth.
Is beag an phúir a rinne siad de, they took his loss lightly.