PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Greim a bhaint amach, to take out a stitch.
~ snáthaide, frayed ends of stitches in ripped seam.
~ an tobac, cable-stitch.
Ní hé lá an chatha lá an chnuasaithe, a stitch in time saves nine.
~ na péiste, cable-stitch.
Níl aon snáithe ar a chorp, he hasn’t a stitch of clothes on.
Rinne sí cúpla ~ (chniotála) ar an stoca, she knitted a few rounds of stitches on the stocking.
Greim a chur, to put a stitch in.
Greamanna cumaisc, composite stitches.
Níl snáithe éadaigh air, he hasn’t a stitch on him.
Níl ~ éadaigh air, he hasn’t a stitch of clothing on him.
Ní raibh ~ air, he hadn’t a stitch of clothes on.
Rudaí a fhuáil le chéile, to stitch things together.
~ fhrancach, herringbone stitch.
~ thar droim, back-stitching.
~ (fuála) a chur i rud, to stitch, to put a few stitches in, sth.
Ag cur greama, putting in a stitch.
Cuir ~ de shnáthaid ann, stitch it with a needle.
~ dearnála, fáithime, lúbóige, darning-, hem-, buttonhole-, stitch.
~ caoch, fagóideachta, laisce, slabhra, snaidhme, trasna, slip-, faggoting-, whip-, chain-, knot-, cross-, stitch.
~ tarfhuaite, overcast stitch.
An té nach gcuirfidh ~ cuirfidh sé dhá ghreim, a stitch in time saves nine.
~ a chur (i gcneá), to insert a stitch (in a wound).
Bhí siad ~ leis na gáirí aige, he had them in stitches laughing.
~ circe, double cable-stitch.
Lúb ar ~, dropped stitch.
Greim laisce, whip-stitch.
Lúb a ~an, to cast off a stitch.
Ag ~an, casting off (stitches).
~ (lúb), casting of (stitches).
~ shleamhain, ~ ar deiseal, plain stitch.
~ na cruithneachta, double moss-stitch.
~ ar a faobhar, plain, standing stitch of rib.
~ a thógáil, a leagan, to take up, drop, a stitch.
Thit ~ orm, I dropped a stitch.
~ ar lár, dropped stitch;
Níl ~ (éadaigh) air, he hasn’t a stitch of clothes on.
Greim reatha, stitch in side from running.
Ní raibh ~ éadaigh air, he hadn’t a stitch of clothing on him.
~ reatha, stitch in side from running.
Má ~eann na greamanna, if the stitches come undone.
Cuir ~ nó caillfidh tú dhá ghreim, a stitch in time saves nine.
Tá ~eanna ar a taobh ag gáire, she is in stitches from laughing.
~ silte, dropped stitch (in weaving).
~ fada an táilliúra fhalsa, ‘the lazy tailor’s long stitch’, slipshod work.
Níl ~ éadaigh air, he hasn’t a stitch of clothes on him.
Níl ~ aige le cur thairis, he hasn’t a stitch to wear.
Ní raibh ~ tirim ar mo chraiceann, I hadn’t a dry stitch on me.