PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá ~ aige a ordóg a dhiúl, he has a habit of sucking his thumb.
5. ~ (píopa, méire), dry sucking (of pipe, of finger).
Ag ~ a mhéar, a phíopa, sucking his fingers, his pipe.
Gamhain ag ~ na bó, calf sucking the cow.
An lao ag ~eadh na bó, the calf sucking the cow.
Ag ~eadh uirthi, sucking at her.
Rud a dhiúl, to suck sth.
~ ar rud, to suck at sth.
Leanbh ag ~, a child sucking.
Ag ~ cíche, buidéil, oráiste, na méar, sucking a breast, a bottle, an orange, one’s fingers.
Bhí an lao ag ~ a mháthar, ar a mháthair, the calf was sucking its mother.
Tá na ballaí ag ~ an uisce, the walls are sucking in, absorbing, the water.
Bhí sé ag ~ a phíopa, he was sucking his pipe.
Dhiúlfadh sé an fhuil asat, it would suck away your blood.
deoil, diúil, sucking-calf.
Diúl an ~ as, suck the juice out of it.
Súnn an chuilithe isteach síos ina lár iad, the vortex sucks them down into its centre.
Ag súrac méar, milseán, sucking fingers, sweets.
Shúraiceodh an gaineamh sin thú, that sand would suck you down.