PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ maidine, meán lae, oíche, breakfast, luncheon, supper.
Tá sé an meán lae go ~, it is exactly mid-day.
~ mheán lae, meridian line. ~ thógála, construction line.
Do mheán lae a chaitheamh, to take one’s midday meal.
Chomh ~ le grian an mheán lae, as clear as the noonday sun.
Ag taitneamh mar a bheadh grian an mheán lae ann, shining like the midday sun.
Faoi ghrian thíoránta an mheán lae, under the oppressively hot mid-day sun.
Ar ~ an mheán lae, at the hour of midday.