PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
3. ~ (tine), raked embers, banked-up fire.
An choigilt a rúscadh, to rake out the ashes.
D’~ sé ina réice, he became a rake.
~ a chur ar rud, to rake sth.
~ ar bhád, ar chrann seoil, rake in (sternpost of) boat, in mast.
Féar, ithir, cosán, a ~, to rake hay, soil, a path.
Dul ar ~, to go on a night-spree; to revel, roister, play the rake.
2. ~ siúil, raking stride.
~eacha a tharraingt ort, a thochailt, to rake up the past, to re-open old sores.
Ag ~ airgid, raking in money.
~ choigilte, raked ember.
Ná bí ag iarraidh na seanfhaltanais sin a tharraingt anuas, don’t be trying to rake up those old enmities.