PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Chuir sé an cheist sin orm do mo bhrath, he put that question to me in order to try me out.
Tá mé ~te ag do cheist, your question has me stumped.
~ cheiste, smaointe, nicety of question, of thought.
Ceist cháiréiseach, nice, ticklish, question.
Ceist chasta, knotty question.
5. Cé acu, whether. (In indirect questions)
Do mo chéasadh le ceisteanna, plaguing me with questions.
~ a chur, to set, ask, a question.
Cuireadh ~eanna staire orainn, we were asked questions in history.
An cheist a fhreagairt, to answer the question.
~ dlí, a question, a point, of law.
An rud atá i g~, what is in question, at issue.
Tháinig sé i g~, the question arose.
Duine a cheistiú, to question, interrogate, s.o.
Cheistigh sé san áireamh mé, he put questions in arithmetic to me.
Chiap sé le ceisteanna mé, he plagued me with questions.
Ceist chigilteach, ticklish, delicate, question.
Ceist a chíoradh, to discuss a question minutely.
Ceist chnapánach, knotty question.
Ag comhrac na ceiste, leis an gceist, struggling with the question.
Ceist a chriathrú, to examine a question minutely.
~ na ceiste, the crux of the question.
Ceist chrosta, complicated question.
Ceist chrua, difficult question.
Ceist a chur, to put a question.
Ceist a chur ar dhuine, to put a question to s.o.
Ceist a chuaigh i n~ ar mhic léinn, a question which proved crucial with students.
B’achrannach an cheist í, ~ leis, it was an intricate question, he thought.
Ceist dhíreach, direct question.
D’fhreagair tú mo cheist, you answered my question.
Dhorchaigh tú an cheist orm, you made the question more obscure for me.
Ceist dhuibheagánach, abstruse question.
Ceist a chur ar dhuine ~, to question s.o. who knows.
Is ~ an cheist í, it is a broad question.
Cé na fiafraithe sin ort? Why all these questions?
Ceist, litir, a fhreagairt, to answer a question, a letter.
Ceist agus ~, question and answer.
Ceist a fhuascailt, to solve a problem; to answer a question.
~ ceiste, solution of problem; answer to question.
Ceist ~, askable question.
Ceist ~, ticklish question.
Bhain an cheist sin ~ asam, that question shook me.
Ceist, tuairim, a mheá, to weigh a question, an opinion.
An cheist atá á mhearú, the question that perplexes him.
Ábhar, cás, ceist, a phlé, to debate a subject, a case, a question.
Bhí sé ag ~adh ceisteanna chugam, he was plying me with questions.
~ ceiste, answer to question.
Ceist a réiteach, to answer a question.