PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Súgán a ~adh, to retwist a straw rope.
~ féir, cocháin, tuí, luachra, cipíní, bundle of hay, straw, thatch, rushes, sticks.
Ag imirt ~ sop, casting lots (with straws).
~ féir, tuí, blade of grass, of straw.
~ féir, cocháin, bits of hay, straw.
~ súgáin, the twisting of a straw rope.
Súgán gan chasadh, (i) untwisted (straw) rope, (ii) spineless person.
Píopa a ghlanadh le ~, to clear a pipe with a straw.
Diúl as ~, to sip through a straw.
~a a dhéanamh den chochán, to make up the straw into large sheaves.
Tráithníní a dheascadh, to glean straws.
Deascáin a bhailiú, to glean straws.
~ tuí, éisc, quantity of straw, of fish.
~ chocháin, féir, mhóna, straw, hay, peat(-moss), bedding.
~ an bhuailte, (layer of straw under) corn-sheaves laid out for threshing.
Ar fhinne an fhómhair, like ripening corn; straw-coloured.
Ní ~ biorán, tráithnín, an t-aon triuf, é, it is not worth a pin, a straw, the ace of clubs; it is of no account.
Súgán ~each, straw rope for securing grain-heap.
~ soip, smoke from a wisp of straw; transitory thing.
~ leabhar, tuí, scéalta, handful of books, of straw, of stories.
~ chocháin, shoip, thuí, straw bed, pallet.
Súgán a ~ean, to feed a straw rope.
a chur i bpoll, to plug a hole (with straw, cloth).
1. ~ luachra, tuí, rush-, straw-, mat.
Níl ~ cleite, soip, bunóice, ann, he weighs no more than a feather, a straw, an infant.
2. ~ chocháin, straw (laying-)coop.
~ chocháin, screen made of straw ropes.
Ní fiú ~ (cocháin) é, it is not worth a straw.
Taca a bhaint as ~, to lean on a straw, on a broken reed.
~ an anró, ‘weather-straw’, eaves of thatch.
~í neide, straws of nest.
~í a chur fút, to make a straw pallet for oneself.
Bhí an madra á shoipriú féin sa tuí, the dog was settling a bed for himself in the straw.
~ siúirdín, ~ siúirlín, twisted wisp of straw as light for pipe.
Sin an ~ a raibh an t-iasc ann, ‘that is the straw on which the fish was laid’, (as you can see) there is nothing left.
Tine a shopadh, to light a fire with straw.
~ droma, ~ saic, pad (stuffed with straw).
Ag tiomsú fód, sifíní, feamainne, gathering up sods, straws, seaweed.
~ aeir, clúimh, róin, spriongaí, tuí, air, feather, hair, spring, straw, mattress.
Ní fiú ~ é, it is not worth a straw.
~ chocháin, mhuiríní, straw, bent-grass, thatch.
~ choirce, chruithneachta, straw of oats, of wheat.