PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bhí sí ina máthair mhaith acu, she was a good mother to them.
Rinne sí ~ máthar dó, she was like a mother to him.
Ag ~ chun a mháthar a bhí sé riamh, he was always running to his mother for sympathy;
Tá sí gaolmhar dúinn ó thaobh a máthar, she is related to us on her mother’s side.