PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá siúcra ar an tae, the tea is sugared.
Siúcra a bhaint as biatas, to extract sugar from beet.
Ní chaithim siúcra, I don’t take sugar.
~ (cloiche) siúcra, quarter (stone) of sugar.
~ siúcra, cnámhóg, sugar-, cinder-, sifter.
Arán, siúcra, ~, brown bread, sugar.
Siúcra a ghlanadh, to clean sugar.
~ tae, siúcra, a grain of tea, of sugar.
Milis le siúcra, sweet with sugar.
~ shiúcra, half-stone of sugar.
~ an tsiúcra, sugar maple.
~ chadáis, siúcra, cotton, sugar, plantation.
Siúcra a ~adh, to refine sugar.
~ siúcra, sugar refinery.
Ná ~ an siúcra, don’t spill the sugar.
~ an siúcra chugam, pass me the sugar.
1. ~ biatais, cána, mailpe, beet, cane, maple, sugar.
~ donn, rua, brown sugar.
~ garbh, granulated sugar.
~ na gcnapán, lump sugar.
~ a chur ar rud, to sugar sth.
2. ~ bainne, sugar of milk, lactose.
~ fíonchaor, grape-sugar, glucose.
~ toraidh, fruit-sugar, laevulose.
3. ~ luaidhe, sugar of lead.
Cuir ~ shiúcra air, add a spoonful of sugar to it.
Tá ~ ar shiúcra inniu, there is a demand for sugar today.