PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
A haon, a dó, a trí, one, two, three.
Uimhir trí chéad fiche a haon, number three hundred and twenty-one.
Chuaigh siad a dtriúr ann, they went there, all three of them.
A trí ~ a ceathair, three plus four.
Trí mhí agus lá le háireamh, three months and a day over, extra.
~ do thriúr, room for three persons.
Tá an talamh sin ~ le trí bliana, that land has been in lea for three years.
Ar an triúr a tháinig aréir, among the three who came last night.
Trí bliana ar chéad, one hundred and three years.
Trí lá i m~ a chéile, three consecutive days.
Trí bheith an fhir mhaith, an tseanmhadra, three signs of a good man, of an old dog.
Hata trí bheann, three-cornered hat.
Trí lá ~ ar bhonn, three days in succession.
~ na dtrí n-uisce, the confluence of three streams.
~ trí huaire sa lá é, take it three times a day.
Trí bliana is ~; trí bliana ~d, fifty-three years.
Triúr ar chaogaid, fifty-three persons.
Trí chaogadú de rud, three fiftieths of sth.
~ is triúr; triúr is ~, one hundred and three (persons).
2. Dhá, trí, cheathair, two, three, fours.
Trí cheathrachadú de rud, three fortieths of sth.
Punt is trí cheathrú de, one and three-quarter pounds of it.
Bhí triúr fear os a choinne, there were three men opposite him, opposed to him.
Bun na dtrí g~, where three boundary lines meet.
Tá triúr iníonacha aige le cur i gcrích, he has three daughters to marry off.
A trí nó a ceathair de chuarta, three or four times.
Rinne siad trí cuibhrinn d’Éirinn, they apportioned Ireland in three parts.
Dhá, trí, chuid, two, three, parts.
Bheith trí chúig, to have scored three tricks, be fifteen up.
Trí chúigiú de rud, three fifths of sth.
Tá sé ar chúl a chinn le ráithe, he has been laid up for three months.
Ní bheinn ag ~adh leis an méid sin, le beirt nó triúr, I would not confine myself to that amount, to two or three.
A trí i g~ a seacht, i g~ n, three to the seventh, to the nth, power.
Trí dhaicheadú de rud, three fortieths of sth.
Trí dheichiú de rud, three-tenths of sth.
Nuair a fuair na fréamhacha trí dheoch den Aibreán, when three April showers had infused the roots.
Trí lá, go gearr, i n~ na tubaiste, three days, shortly, after the tragedy.
Trí huaire i n~ a chéile, three times in succession.
A dó nó a trí (de), two or three.
Ag ~im leis an oíche, leis na trí scór, leis an aois, approaching nightfall, the three score, old age.
Glaonn an coileach trí ~, the cock crows three times at intervals.
D’~ triúr acu, three of them got away.
Táimid triúr ~, we are three short.
D’~ sé trí huaire san uisce, he rose three times in the water.
'Conas taoi?' 'Ag éirí a trí,' 'How are you?' 'Like a three-year old'.
Tar ~ a trí, after three.
Tá a thrí fhad ann, it is three times as long.