PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Chaith sé achasán, mionnaí móra, liom, he cast a reproach, hurled curses, at me.
Dhallfadh sé thú le caint, le bréaga, le mionnaí móra, he would confound you with talk, with lies, with curses.
Ag ~adh mionnaí móra, swearing (and crossing oneself).
4. ~ mór, swear-word, curse.
~aí móra a thabhairt, to use swear-words, to curse.
Ag ~adh eascainí, mionnaí móra, cursing, swearing, hard.
Ag ~adh mionnaí móra, volleying oaths.
~ sé mionn mór, he let out a swear-word.
Ná tabhair ~ leis na mionnaí móra, don’t resort to swear-words.