PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ é! ~ sin! Dúirt tú é! D’fhéadfá a rá! You’ve said it! You’re perfectly right!
~, abraimis, go bhfuil an ceart agat, assuming that you are right.
Tá sé maith go leor ~ gan fearg a chur air, he is all right if he is not angered.
D’~ sé go raibh an ceart agam, he admitted that I was right.
Is tú an t-~, you are a right devil.
An t-~ a chur ina cheart, to right a wrong.
Airím chugam féin, I feel all right.
~t idir an dubh agus an bán, idir an mhaith agus an t-olc, to know black from white, right from wrong.
Os mo chomhair ~, out, right, in front of me.
Tá mé in ~, san ~, an bhfuil an ceart agat, I am doubtful whether you are right.
~ láithreach, ar an bpointe, right now, immediately.
Ar aghaidh, ar gcúl, ar deis, ar clé, forwards, backwards, to the right, to the left.
Tá ceart dúchais agam air, I have a hereditary right to it.
~ na gceart sibhialta, the restoration of civil rights.
~ chearta an phósta, restitution of conjugal rights.
Níor tháinig sé chun ~ chugat, duit (a leithéid sin a rá, a dhéanamh), you had no right (to say, do, a thing like that).
Clú, ceart, a bhaint amach, to gain a reputation, a right.
Tá gach aon rud ina bháinté anois, all is peace, everything is all right, now.
Ina lár go ~, right in the middle of it.
Thug sé eolas an bhealaigh dom, he put me on the right road, showed me where to go.
~ féaraigh, share in grazing rights.
~ (féaraigh) a shocrú ar shliabh, to allocate grazing rights on a mountain.
Ní raibh ~ air riamh ó shin, nothing has gone right with him ever since.
Is é an ~ é, he is a right rascal.
Duine a chur ar an m~ ceart, to put s.o. on the right road.
Tá an scéal go ~ aige, he is in a nice fix, has made a right mess of things.
~ ar aghaidh, go right ahead.
Bhuail mé romham go bhfuair mé dídean na hoíche, I kept right on till I got shelter for the night.
Más ~ mo chuimhne, if my memory serves me right.
Bhí ~ aige ar an bhfeirm, he claimed the farm by right of usage.
Ba leo an áit de bhunadh, they had a hereditary right to the place.
Níl aon chall agat dó, chuige, you have no call on it, no right to it.
Bhí mé chomh ceart is a bhí mé ~, I was as much in the right as in the wrong.
Is maith an áit ar ~adh mé, I have come to the right place.
Lig sé a cheart ar ~, he forfeited his right.
An ~ ceart, contráilte, de rud, the right, wrong, end of sth.
~aim go bhfuil an ceart agat, I think you are right.
~ agus éigeart, right and wrong.
An ~ a dhéanamh, to do what is right.
Rinne tú an ~ leis, you did right by him.
~(a) an duine, the rights of man.
~ dlí, dúchais, legal, hereditary, right.
~a sibhialta, civil rights.
~ iascaigh, seilge, fishing, sporting, rights.
~a an phósta, conjugal rights.
Do cheart a éileamh, a chosaint, to claim, defend, one’s rights.
Tá ~ agam air, I have a right to it.
Is maith a cheart air, he has a good right to it.
Tá an ~ agat, you are right.