PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá snámh aige, he can swim.
~ a chaitheamh, to swim a stroke.
Níl ~ aige, he can’t swim a stroke.
Is maith an ~ é, it is a good distance to swim.
iomartha, snámha, rowing, swimming, stroke.
Ag ~adh iomána, snámha, practising hurling, swimming.
Snámh i g~ an tsrutha, to swim against the current.
Ceannach, díol, snámh, ól, feadaíl, a dhéanamh, to buy, sell, swim, drink, whistle.
~ oibre, imeartha, snámha, working, playing, swimming, facilities.
Ag snámh ar an ~, swimming in deep water.
Snámh ar an ~, to swim in deep water.
~ a dhéanamh, to swim under water.
Ag ~, swimming under water.
Ag ~ léitheoireachta, snámha, learning to read, to swim.
~ snámha, swim bladder (of fish).
A shnámhfadh go ~ an sruth, who would nimbly swim the current.
Tháinig ~ ionam, i mo cheann, my head began to swim.
Peil, snámh, cleasa lúith, a mhúineadh, to teach football, swimming, athletics.
Ba mhaith a shnámh agus a ~, he could swim and dive well.
Snámh iar ~, to swim on a full stomach.
~ a bheith agat, to be able to swim.
Dul sa ~, ar (an) ~, to start swimming, to take to the water.
~ na cloiche bró atá agam, I swim like a (mill)stone.
~ géillín, ~ smigín, swimming exercise with head supported above water.
Áit, buille, ~a, swimming-place, -stroke.
Bheith ar ~ le hallas, le deora, to be swimming with perspiration, with tears.
~ abhann, swimming-place, fish-pool, in river.
An abhainn a shnámh, to swim the river.
~ amach san fharraige, to swim out to sea.
~ ar do dhroim, ar do thaobh, to swim on one’s back, on one’s side.
~ idir dhá uisce, to swim beneath the surface of the water.
~ in aghaidh easa, srutha, to swim against the current, to strive against heavy odds.
Bhí na tithe ag ~ le huisce, the houses were swimming with water.