PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bus a seacht, the (number) seven bus; the seven (o’clock) bus.
Claíomh seacht mbrutha, seven times tempered sword.
Seacht mba fionna ina gcarcracha, seven white cows in their pens.
~ tar éis, i ndiaidh, a seacht, a quarter past seven.
Seacht n~ (na Maighdine Muire), the seven dolours (of the Virgin Mary).
Ag éirí a seacht, coming up to seven.
A sé ~ a seacht, six by seven.
Farraigí an domhain, the seas of the world, the seven seas.
Tá ~ mórsheisir ann de neart, he has the strength of seven men.
Seacht gcatha na Féinne, the seven warrior battalions commanded by Fionn.
Seacht n~ eaglaise, seven ecclesiastical orders.
Tá seacht dtroithe ann, it measures seven feet.
Seacht n-iontais an domhain, the seven wonders of the world.
Seacht ~ na seachtaine, the seven days of the week.
Ghearr sé seacht dtroithe de ~ ard, he cleared seven feet in the high jump.
~ fear, ban, seven men, women.
Seacht ~ de rud, seven ninetieths of sth.
Seacht n-~ de rud, seven-eighths of sth.
Seacht seachtaine ramhra, seven full, long, weeks.
~ a seacht (a chlog), before seven (o’clock).
Na seacht ~the, the seven wise men (of old).
(A) ~ nó (a) seacht de bhlianta ó shin, six or seven years ago.
Fiche a ~, a ~ is fiche, twenty-seven.
Céad is a ~, one hundred and seven.
A ~ is a ~, seven and seven.
(A) ~ nó (a) hocht de leathanaigh, seven or eight pages.
Uimhir a ~, number seven.
Faoi sheacht, seven times, sevenfold.
Tá an ~ agam, I have the seven.
An ~ máite, the seven of trumps.
Fág an ~ ar lár, omit the seven.
~ gcaora, ~ n-uan, seven sheep, seven lambs.
~ n-uaire fichead, twenty-seven times.
~ gcéad punt, seven hundred pounds.
~ n-oileán uaigneacha thréigthe, seven lonely and deserted islands.
Seacht lá na ~e, the seven days of the week, all week.
~ fear, ban, seven men, women.
(An) ~ againn, (the) seven of us.
An ~ óga, the seven young ones.
Cá mhéad ceann ann? ~. How many (things) are there? Seven.
Na seacht ~í, the seven wise men (of old).
Seacht ~ de rud, seven sixtieths of sth.
Thug na seacht bpunt anall mé, the seven pounds sufficed to bring me over.
Seacht dtíolacthaí an Spioraid Naoimh, the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit.
Seacht n-uaire níos fearr, seven times better.
Tá siad ina gcónaí in ~ a seacht, they live at number seven.