PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Péire ~í, pair of (teasing) cards.
~ do ghreann orainn, keep your jokes to yourself, stop teasing us.
~ is slámadh, combing and teasing,
~ mhagaidh, sly joking, teasing.
Ag ~ (mhagaidh) faoi dhuine, ‘ribbing’, teasing, s.o.
Ní h~ a roistear an olann ach is ~ a spíontar í, it is not that the wool is ripped but that it is teased.
Tá siad do mo ghriogadh ó mhaidin, they have been teasing, annoying, me all day.
Cuir uait do phléid, stop arguing; stop your teasing.
Ná bígí ag saighdeadh leis mar sin, don’t keep teasing him like that.
Níl sibh ach ag ~eadh fúm, you are only teasing me, only playing on my credulity.
Ag ~adh olla, teasing wool.
Olann, líon, a ~adh, to tease wool, flax.
Tobac a ~adh, to tease tobacco.