PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ní dúirt sé fiú ‘go mbeannaí Dia duit’ liom, he did not even salute me.
Is ~ nár bheannaigh siad dó, apparently they did not salute him.
~ a dhéanamh, a fhreagairt, a scaoileadh, to give, acknowledge, fire, a salute.
Seasamh ar ~, to stand at the salute.
Beannaigh don ~ agus lig an drochdhuine thart, ‘salute the good person and let the bad person pass’, cherish your friends and avoid your enemies.
Ba dheas uaidh beannú dúinn, it was nice of him to salute us.
Beannacht, cúirtéis, a fhreagairt, to return, acknowledge, a greeting, a salute.