PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ buachailleachta, herdsman’s stick, staff.
~ foirne, chief-of-staff.
Chomh ~ le carraig, le bun crainn, le bianna ar mhaide bacaigh, as firm as a rock, as a tree-stump, as the ferrule on a beggar’s staff.
Foireann ~a, editorial staff.
~ oifige, monarchan, office, factory, staff.
~ a ghabháil, to take a staff, to go on pilgrimage.
~ bachaille, trostáin, tip of crozier, of staff.
~ bacaigh, beggar’s staff.
Obair, foireann, ~e, office work, staff.
2. ~ cléireachais, foirne, feidhmiúcháin, riaracháin, clerical, staff, executive, administrative, officer.
Os cionn oifige, foirne, in charge of an office, of staff.
Cúrsaí, foireann, riaracháin, administrative matters, staff.
~ bachaille, tip of staff.
Foireann sheasta, regular staff.
~ leibhéalaíochta, levelling staff, levelling rod.
Chuir sé ~ dá bhachall ina thimpeall, he marked it round with his staff.
Bhí ~ foirne againn, we had one-third of the staff we needed.