PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ imeartha, stakes (in gambling).
~ a chur sa talamh, to put a peg, a short stake, in the ground.
Níl ~ ar bith sa tír acu, they have no stake in the country.
~ ar stáca é, fasten it on a stake.
Tá a chlú i ngeall air, his honour is at stake in it.
Fál cuaillí, stake fence.
Stáca a chur síos, to put down a stake.
Imirt ar gheallta, to play for stakes.
Geall, airgead, a ~t, to play for a stake, for money.
Geall imeartha, stake in game, gambling stake.
Bior ~e, poisoned stake, point.
~ite ciseáin, stakes of basket.
Cuaille a shá sa talamh, to plant a stake in the ground.
~ a chur sa talamh, to plant a stake in the ground.
Sáiteáin cléibh, ciseáin, stakes of creel, of basket.
Níl ~ ná snaidhm le cur i ngeall agam, ‘I have neither a thread nor a stitch at stake’, I have nothing to lose.
Talamh a ~adh (amach), to stake out land.
Loisceadh ag an ~ iad, they were burned at the stake.
Ní hé atá ar na ~í aige, he has no stake in it; it is not what interests him.
An ~ a tharraingt, to pull up the stake; to cast aside restraint.
~ a chur i mbéal bóthair, to stake, block entry to, a road.
Tá a cháil i d~, his reputation is at stake.