PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bradán a bhleán, to strip a salmon.
~ bhaithise, mhaoth, strip of dead person’s skin used in witchcraft.
~ díot (do chuid éadaigh, do chóta), strip off (your clothes, coat).
Leadhb a chartadh, to tan a (strip of) hide.
~ talaimh, strip of land.
~ bhlaincéid, phluide, strip of blanket; single blanket.
Níor fágadh ~ ná sop ar an teach, the roof was stripped completely off the house.
An choirt a bhaint de chrann, to strip the bark from a tree.
~ de chraiceann sailí, strip of willow-bark.
Bain anuas ina dhlaoithe é, remove it in strips.
~ idir dhá abhainn, a (narrowing) strip between two rivers.
~ baic, ~ ar bac, first strip turned in ploughing lea.
~ bealaigh mhóir, strip of grass along side of road.
~a a bhaint, to cut ‘scraws’, strips of turf, sods; to broach a subject.
Géirí a dhéanamh de rud, to cut sth. in strips.
~ talún, Cut, strip. of land.
~ bandaí, fonsaí, tairní, strip-, hoop-, stub-, iron.
~ bán, untilled strip, balk.
~ cinn, críche, headland, boundary, strip.
Ag tógáil leidhbe den bhán, stripping surface of lea.
~ éadaigh, pháipéir, strip of cloth, of paper.
~anna a dhéanamh de rud, to make strips of sth.
Léasáin i ngort, in arbhar, bald strips in field, in corn.
~ éadaigh, strip of cloth.
Teach a ~adh, to strip a house.
~ sé é féin go craiceann, he stripped himself to the skin.
Cábla a ~adh, to strip a cable.
2. ~ (talún), strip (of land).
~ stiall de, tear a strip off it.
Bruach a ~adh, to strip a bank.
~ talún, (marginal) strip of land.
Níor fágadh ~ tuí ar an teach, the house was stripped bare of thatch.
~adh a seolta, she was stripped of sails.
~ giúise, strip of bog-deal.
Bó a shniogadh, to strip a cow.
Ag ~adh cabáiste, stripping leaves of cabbage.
~ adhmaid, talún, strip of wood, of land.
~ den pháirc, a strip of the field.
~ leathair, strip of leather.
Craiceann na talún a bhaint ina ~eacha, to remove the surface of the land in strips.
~ éadaigh, leathair, pháipéir, strip of cloth, of leather, of paper.
~ a ghearradh, a stróiceadh, de rud, to cut, to tear, a strip off sth.
~ éadaigh, strip of cloth; swathing, bandage.
~ talún, coirce, strip of land, of oats.
~ tuí, strip of thatching.
~ flainnín, long strip of flannel.
~ coirce a bhaint, to reap a strip of corn.