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EXACT MATCHES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
sreangán, m. (gs. & npl. -áin, gpl. ~). 1. (a) String; cord, twine. ~ a chur ar bheart, to string a parcel. ~ cuachóige, bundle-string. ~ práiscín, apron-string. Ar ~, on a string. (b) ~ péarlaí, string of pearls. (c) Tá sé crochta as an ~, he is in a precarious position; he makes a precarious living. (d) ~ ceo, band of fog; drizzly mist. ~ (báistí), drizzle. 2. Anat: Bot: String, ligament. ~ teanga, tongue-string. Tá ~ ar a theanga, he is tongue-tied. ~ faighneoige, string of (bean-)pod. 3. Tall thin person.
PHRASES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ sreangán air, put a cord on it.
Snáithe, sreangán, ~, thin thread, string.
Chuir mé sreangán air, I put a string round it.
Sreangáin a shnaidhmeadh, to knot strings.
~ an sreangán air, pull the string tight around it.
Cuir sreangán ~ air, put a string round it.
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