PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tabhair m’~ dom, let me breathe; give me breathing-space.
Istigh sa chompal, in the enclosed space.
Spás a chothromú, to even (out) a space.
Bheith sa chúngach, to be pressed for space; to be in a tight place, in a difficult situation.
Níl ~ ná teacht agam, I can neither come nor go, I am cramped for space.
~ dúin, open space, lawn, in front of (ancient) fort.
Tá an blár fada ~ agaibh, you have plenty of space out in the open.
Teach, spás, a fhairsingiú, to enlarge a house, a space.
An ~ idir dhá rud, the space between two things.
Ar ~ bliana, for the space of a year.
~ éadain, (space under) end-rafters of hip-roofed house.
aimsire, short space of time.
I n~ aimsire, in a short space of time.
~ spás air, ask him to give you (a space of) time.
Fág spás ~ ón imeall, leave a space in from the margin.
Ina ~ aimsire, in such a short space of time, of years.
soithigh, poill, spáis, the filling of a vessel, of a hole, of a space.
~ sé na plandaí go maith ó chéile, he spaced the plants well apart.
~ plandaí, cuaillí, spacing of plants, of poles.
~ a fhágáil idir dhá rud, to leave a space between two things.
~ orlaigh, one-inch space.
~ líne, ribe, line-, hair-, space.
~ do chathaoireacha, space for chairs.
Fág ~ ag na damhsóirí, leave a space for the dancers.
~ a thógáil, to take up space.
An ~ amuigh, outer space.
~ aimsire, space of time.
~ shingil, dhúbailte, single, double, spacing.
Na línte a ~, to space out the lines.
~ aimsire, space of time.
barraíocht spáis, it would take up too much space.