PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
An ~ a shéideadh, to blow the horn, sound the buzzer.
~ instiúrtha, sundála, dirigible, sounding, balloon.
Guth, glór, ~, soft, mellow, voice, sound.
Is breá an ~ Béarla é, it is very high-sounding English.
~ scine, metallic sound; discordant note (in music).
~im fuaim, caint, I hear a sound, talk.
~ fuaime, cainte, hearing of sound, of speech.
Ná bíodh ~ asat, don’t make a sound.
~ sámh, corrach, sound, broken, sleep.
Chuir sé ~ ar an scéal, he polished the story; he made the story sound plausible.
~ fuaime, gutha, depth of sound, of voice.
Ní raibh ~ as, there wasn’t a sound out of him.
~ a bhualadh ar dhuine, to give s.o. a sound beating.
Foghar, géim, ~a, the sound, roar, of a waterfall.
~eacht le fuaim, le glór, le torann, to listen to a sound, a voice, a noise.
~ a bhaint as rud, to get a whistling sound out of sth.
~ bhoilg, ghoile, shrill sound in breathing.
Buaileadh go ~ é, he got a sound thrashing.
Croí folláin agus gob ~! May you have a sound heart and a wet beak!
~ cainte, gutha, gaoithe, toinne, sound of speech, of voice, of wind, of wave.
~ guta, consain, focail, sound of vowel, of consonant, of word.
Croí, coimpléasc, ~, sound heart, constitution.
Slán ~, well and healthy; safe and sound.
Tréithe ~, sound qualities.
Fear ~, sound, dependable, man.
~ gutha, gaoithe, toinne, ceoil, the sound of a voice, of a wind, of a wave, of music.
~ a bhaint as rud, to make sth. produce a sound.
Fuaimniú go binn, go glan, go toll, to sound sweetly, clearly, hollow.
~ (gaoithe), continuous sound of wind.
Fuaim ag géarú, sound becoming sharper, more piercing.
~ dorais, boird, rickety sound of door, of table.
~ na habhann, na gaoithe, na báistí, the sound of the river, of the wind, of the rain.
~ caointe, sound of crying; whinging sound.
~ bodhar, toll, dull, hollow, sound.
Ag ~, making sounds, making a noise, vociferating.
Níl ~ as, there is not a sound out of him.
~ na gaoithe, the sound of the wind.
Ní raibh ~ ná hám as, there wasn’t a sound, a move, out of him.
Fuaim a iompar, to carry a sound.
~ fuaime, transmission of sound.
~ na dtonn, the sound of the waves.
Ar staid ~, in a sound (financial) position.
Níl ~ ná locht air, it is quite flawless; he is sound in mind and body.