PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá an talamh ~ bán, the land is lying fallow.
Bheith ~, to be lying, untruthful.
Caint, teanga, bhréagach, lying speech, tongue.
3. ~te suas le, laid up, lying, against.
~te suas leis an gcé, lying alongside the quay.
Tá an féar ar a bhuille, the hay is lying in swaths.
~ talún, (patch, stretch, of) low-lying land.
~ an ghiodail, na mbréag, pert, lying, hussy.
Chas tú bréag liom, you accused me of lying.
Tá an bád ~ chuige, the boat is lying to.
Tá sé ina luí go ~, he is lying very ill.
Bhí siad (ina luí) i g~ chró, they were lying in their blood.
Ba é sin ~ na bréige air, that showed that he was lying.
Ina luí ar chúl a chinn, lying on his back.
Tá a chuid talaimh ~, his land is lying waste.
Cúiseanna ~a, deep-lying causes.
In ~ ar, lying in wait for.
Scéal éithigh, lying story.
Duine a fháil bréagach, to find s.o. lying.
Ina luí go ~, lying helplessly on his back.
Tá an talamh ina fhásach, the land is lying waste.
Tá an teach ina fhásach, the house is lying empty, deserted.
Tá ~ ar na híochtair, there is luxuriant growth on the low-lying parts.
~aim an bhréag air, I can see that he is lying.
(Corp) ina luí faoi ghradam, (a body) lying in state.
Bheith i do luí, i do shuí, i do sheasamh, to be lying, sitting, standing.
Tarr in ~, lying on back.
2. Tír ~, low-lying country.
Tá siad ina luí le gréin, they are lying in the sun.
Bheith i do ~, to be lying down; to be laid up.
Bhí sé ina ~ ar an tolg, he was lying on the sofa.
Tá na málaí ina ~ sa scioból, the bags are lying (unused) in the barn.
Ná fág na rudaí sin ina ~ thart, don’t leave those things lying about.
Tá airgead ina ~ sa bhanc aige, he has money lying in the bank.
Bhí siad ina ~ romhainn sa bhearnas, they were lying in wait for us in the gap.
Bád ar a ~ chuige, a boat lying to.
Caipiteal ~, capital lying idle.
Bhí sé ina luí ~te, he was lying awake.
~te le mo thaobh, lying beside me.
An sneachta ina shlaodanna ar an talamh, the snow lying thickly on the ground.
Bheith i do shuí, i do luí, go ~, to be sitting, lying, in comfort.
Ag ~adh bréag, lying profusely.
Arbhar ar ~, corn lying in swaths.
~ ar lár, mown swath, mown corn lying on ground.
~ (bhréige), lying story, lie.
Bhí sé caite ansin ina ~, he was lying there in a heap.
An ~ siar den tír, the part of the country lying towards the west.
Ar a tharr in airde, lying on his back.
Bhí sé sínte ar a thraosta, he was lying at full length on the ground.