PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ fíorach, contour, skyline; topmost mountain ridge.
~ cruaiche, iomaire, open end of stack, of ridge.
~ iomaire, side of cultivation ridge.
~ sliasta, ridge of thigh-bone.
~ mhullaigh tí, ridge of roof.
~ cloiche, ridge of rock; sharp-backed stone.
~ bhuin, mhullaigh, eaves, ridge, thatch.
~ sléibhe, ridge of mountain.
Táimid in ~ an iomaire deiridh, we have made a start on the last ridge.
~ agus iomaire, furrow and ridge (in ploughing).
~ in iomaire, bend in ridge.
~ a chur ar phrátaí, to cover potatoes (in ridge) with soil.
Iomaire a fhódú, to earth a ridge.
~ an iomaire, the edge of the ridge.
~ treafa, ridge in ploughing.
~ prátaí, glasraí, ridge of potatoes, of vegetables.
Rudaí a chur in iomairí; iomairí a dhéanamh de rudaí, to sow things in ridges.
Ag treabhadh an ~ fhada, ‘ploughing the long ridge’, dying.
2. ~ i ngaineamh, ridge in sand.
Iomairí a dhéanamh i rud, to raise ridges on, to furrow, sth.
~ ardbhrú, ridge, wedge, of high pressure.
~ iomaire, trace of ridge.
Ag caitheamh láin, moulding, filling ridges (with clay).
~ na dúlach, first-dug ridge of early potatoes.
Ag leabhrú i ngort, opening ridges in a field.
Ag ~an talún, bord, iomairí, levelling ridges (in potato field).
Ar an ~ eile den droim, on the other side of the ridge.
Iomaire loirg, fallow ridge.
Ag rómhar loirg, levelling out ridges.
~ mullaigh (buaice, droma), ridge-pole;
Ag ~adh bord, levelling (potato) ridges.
Is deas uaidh iomaire a dhéanamh, he can make a nice ridge.
Iomairí a rianú, to mark out ridges.
Talamh a ~, to mark land for tillage; to score land for ridge-making, for lazybed tillage.
Cuir ~ beag ar an iomaire, put a little soil on top of the ridge.
Iomaire a shioscadh, to trim the sides of a ridge.
Ba cheart duit siúl ar na hiomairí sin arís, you should go over those ridges again.
Bóthar, droim, sruthán, sléibhe, mountain road, ridge, stream.
~ d’iomaire, long straggling ridge.
Iomaire a ~, to score a ridge (for sowing).
~ abhus den droim, on this side of the ridge.
~ plandaí in iomaire, closeness of plants in ridge.