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.
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.
deoil, diúil, sucking-calf.
Ag súrac méar, milseán, sucking fingers, sweets.