PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá ~ ina chraiceann, his skin is inflamed.
~ dobhráin, mole (on skin).
Craiceann buí bealaithe, yellow oily skin.
Tá ~ ina chraiceann, his skin is at fever heat.
Craiceann ~ mín, soft smooth skin.
~ cnis, abrasion of skin.
~ faoi thoinn, inflammation under the skin.
~ bhaithise, mhaoth, strip of dead person’s skin used in witchcraft.
~ sa chraiceann, sallow-skinned, of sallow complexion.
Más peaca a bheith ~ tá na mílte damanta, ‘if it’s a sin to be sallow thousands are damned’, beauty is only skin deep.
Buífidh an ghrian do chraiceann, the sun will tan your skin.
Craiceann, fionnadh, a chaitheamh, to cast skin, coat.
Tlacht ~, smooth skin, surface.
An craiceann, an salachar, a chartadh de rud, to scrape the skin, the dirt, off sth.
Níl ann ach na ~a agus an craiceann, he is only skin and bone.
Tá na ~a ag teacht tríd an gcraiceann aige, his bones are protruding through his skin.
Le ~, next to the skin; close to.
Craiceann coirtithe, tanned, swarthy, skin.
Léim sé as a chorp, he jumped out of his skin.
~ duine, ainmhí, human, animal, skin.
~ úill, oráiste, apple, orange, skin.
~ ar chneá, skin, cicatrice, on wound.
Geal, dubh, sa chraiceann, clear-, dark-, skinned.
Fliuch go ~, wet to the skin.
An ~ a bhaint de rud, to skin sth.
An ~ a chur, to shed skin.
Léim, chuaigh, sé as a chraiceann, he jumped out of his skin, went wild with rage.
Craiceann ~, swarthy skin.
An craiceann a chur, to slough skin.
~ sa chraiceann, dark-skinned, swarthy.
Níl ann ach an scrogall is an t-~, he is only skin and bone.
~ fionn gléigeal, tall white-skinned person.
~na chraiceann, under his skin.
D’fheannfadh sé dreancaid ar a craiceann, ‘he would flay a flea for its skin’, he is extremely mean.
Níl ann ach na ~í, he is only skin and bone.
Idir ~ is leathar, under the skin.
Níl spide ~ air, he is nothing but skin and bone.
~ go craiceann, wet to the skin.
~ craicinn, croí, súl, inchinne, skin, heart, eye, brain, disease.
Craiceann, muineál, ~, white skin, neck.
1. ~ ar chraiceann, ar chneá, ar phráta, scab on skin, on wound, on potato.
Craiceann, dreach, ~, clear skin, complexion.
Ghlan a chraiceann, his skin cleared.
Le ~ a chnis, next to his skin.
Bhí sé ag imeacht as a chraiceann, he was jumping out of his skin.
D’imigh sé orthu ar ~ ar ea, he escaped from them by the skin of his teeth.
Bhí éadach olla lena chneas, there was woollen clothing next his skin.
Tá an choirt, an craiceann, an clúdach, ag imeacht ina ~anna, the bark, the skin, the cover, is peeling off.