PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Carraig bháite, sunken rock.
Faoi bhéillic, in a rock cavern.
~ cloiche, ledge, shelf, of rock.
Rud a bhogadh anonn is anall, to move, rock, sth. to and fro.
Cliabhán a bhogadh, to rock a cradle.
Balla, carraig, ag ~adh (amach), wall, rock, bulging (outwards).
Thógamar an charraig den chéad bhord, we cleared the rock on the first tack.
~ a chur faoi charraig, to insert a levering stone under a rock.
~eadh an bád ar na carraigeacha, the boat was smashed against the rocks.
Bhris an charraig an ghaoth dúinn, the rock shielded us from the wind.
~eadh, bhuail, an bád ar charraig, the boat struck on a rock.
Chomh ~ le carraig, as solid as a rock.
Istigh faoi chab leice, in under a flat protruding rock.
~ luascáin, rocking-horse.
~ chloiche, protruding rock.
~ bhunaidh, bhunata, basic rock.
~ dhríodair, sedimentary rock.
~ luascáin, othair, rothaí, rocking-, invalid, wheel-, chair.
Tá an fear sin ina cheap céille, that man is a rock of sense.
Iascaireacht chladaigh, rock-fishing.
~ (bairnigh), knife for prizing limpets from rocks.
~ cloiche, ridge of rock; sharp-backed stone.
Ar cholbha crua carraige, on a hard ledge of rock.
Bhuail sé a cheann ar chorr na carraige, he struck his head against the projecting edge of the rock.
Cois cnoic, balla, carraige, at the foot of a hill, of a wall, of a rock.
Chothaigh sé é féin ann amhail carraig, he stood firmly there like a rock.
Bhí an charraig ~ os ár gcionn, the rock was jutting out above our heads.
Chrom siad i gcúl na carraige, they crouched behind the rock.
Tá an charraig i n~ sa talamh, the rock is firmly embedded in the ground.
Chomh ~ le carraig, le bun crainn, le bianna ar mhaide bacaigh, as firm as a rock, as a tree-stump, as the ferrule on a beggar’s staff.
Léim sé (anuas) den charraig, he jumped (down) from the rock.
An áit ar dhíscaoil na carraigeacha, where the rocks disintegrated.
Ag ~eadh thar, leis, na carraigeacha, pouring over, down, the rocks.
~ i gcarraig, bad seam in rock.
1. Carraig, fiacail, a dhruileáil, to drill a rock, a tooth.
~ (cloch), rock moss; dyer’s moss.
~ cnoic, carraige, front, face, of hill, of rock.
~ i gcarraig, fault in rock.
~ carraigeacha, wall of rocks.
Suí ~ charraig, to sit under a rock.
Tá an charraig ~, the rock is submerged.