PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Pósadh, íobairt, a chríochnú, to consummate a marriage, a sacrifice.
An mhuc a ghearradh do Mhártan, to make an incision in a pig as symbolic sacrifice to St. Martin.
Rud a ~t (ar altóir), to sacrifice sth. (on an altar).
Ag ~t do dhéithe bréige, sacrificing to false gods.
~ a ofráil; rud a ofráil mar ~, to offer a sacrifice, to offer (up) sth. as a sacrifice.
~ an Aifrinn, the sacrifice of the Mass.
Íobairt, paidir, a ~, to offer a sacrifice, a prayer.
Dhíol mé ar shladmhargadh iad, I sold them at a sacrifice.
Íobairt shollúnta, solemn sacrifice.
Is trua liom an mháthair atá ag ~im libh, I pity the mother who is sacrificing herself for you.