PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ na neadacha, nesting-time.
Ag bailiú neide, gathering material for a nest.
~ airgid, money put by, nest-egg.
Nead a choilleadh, to rob a nest.
Nead ~ aille, mare’s nest.
Is leor don ~ a nead, for a little bird a little nest.
Ní bhfaighidh tú an t-éan ar an nead, you will not find the bird on the nest.
Thug an t-éan ~ dá nead, the bird forsook its nest.
Séasúr an ghoir, nesting season.
~ na n-éan, the nesting season.
~ éin, spideoige, bird’s, robin’s, nest.
~ iolair, eagle’s nest, eyrie.
Éan neide, bird on nest, nesting-bird.
~ a dhéanamh, to make a nest, to nest.
Dhéanfadh sé ~ i do chluas, he would nest in your ear, fool you completely.
Is olc an t-éan a shalaíonn a ~ féin, it’s an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
~ codlamáin airde, ~ gogaille gó, mare’s nest.
Lámh i ~ nathrach drannadh leis, to interfere with him is like putting one’s hand in a serpent’s nest.
Is cluthar an ~ a rinne tú duit féin, you have made a cosy nest for yourself.
Éin ag neadú sna toim, birds nesting in the bushes.
Nead sheascair, cosy nest.
~í neide, straws of nest.
Teacht ar nead, to find a nest.
Thréig an t-éan a nead, the bird forsook its nest.