PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ a dhéanamh le (páiste, etc.), to stroke affectionately, to pet (a child, etc.).
~ a chaitheamh, to swim a stroke.
Níl ~ aige, he can’t swim a stroke.
~ den ádh, stroke of luck.
~ thua, de thua, stroke of an axe.
~ thinnis, stroke of sickness.
Gruaig a bhláthnú, to smooth, stroke, hair.
~ a bhualadh le duine, to strike a blow with s.o., do a stroke of work along with s.o.
~ faoi thuairim, random stroke, guess.
~ sa bhéim, felling blow; competent stroke.
~ scoir, finishing stroke.
~ a bhaint as obair, to do a stroke of work.
Duine a chur as a bhuille, dá bhuille, to put s.o. off his stroke, to upset s.o.
iomartha, snámha, rowing, swimming, stroke.
An ~ tosaigh, láir, deiridh, the bow-oar, the mid-oar, the stroke.
~ rámha, de rámh, oar-stroke.
Ar bhuille a haon, on the stroke of one.
~ a dhéanamh le duine, le hainmhí, to speak gently to, coax, stroke, a person, an animal.
~ rámha, matching oar-stroke.
Bheith ar ~ le, to match strokes, beat time, with.
~ bhoise, a stroke of the palm, palm-stroking; coaxing.
Le ~ dá sciathán, with a stroke of its wing.
An Claíomh Solais nár fhág riamh ~ buille, the Sword of Light whose stroke never failed.
~ buille, sharpening of blow, of stroke.
D’~ sé cúpla buille, he rowed a few strokes.
~ den fhuip, a stroke of the whip.
~ lainne, sword-stroke, sword-wound.
Déan ~ ~ leis an gcat, stroke, fondle, the cat.
Buille ~ a ligean san iomramh, san obair, to slacken the stroke, the work, a bit.
~ ceathairbhuilleach, four-stroke motor.
~ báire, (i) hurling-stroke, stroke of play, (ii) puck at goal.
An ~ fada, long-stroke competition.
Bhuail ~ den ghrian é, he got sun-stroke.
An buille scoir, the final blow; the finishing stroke.
~ speile, scythe-cut; amount cut with one stroke of scythe.
Bhí ~ den ádh ort, you had a stroke of luck.
Ag ~adh a chinn, stroking his head.
Áit, buille, ~a, swimming-place, -stroke.
~ brollaigh, ~ uchta, breast-stroke.
~ féileacáin, butterfly-stroke.
~ truidin, trudgen-stroke.
Buille na ~, the final stroke, the last word in argument.