PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
D’~ mé air go raibh sé tuirseach, I saw by him that he was tired.
Tá codladh, tuirse, eagla, cumha, air, he is sleepy, tired, afraid, homesick.
Bhain sé faoi san áit seo nuair a bhí sé tuirseach den siúl, he settled down in this place when he was tired of travelling.
Tá an duine ~ tuirseach, the poor fellow is tired.
Tá mé ~ ag éisteacht libh, leis an scéal sin, I am tired listening to you, hearing that story.
Bheith ~ de rud, to be disgusted with, tired of, sth.
Tá ~ agat a bheith tuirseach, you must be tired.
~ fuar, tuirseach, somewhat cold, tired.
Tá mo chluasa bodhar aige, it is being dinned into my ears; I am tired listening to him, to it.
Duine a chor, to tire out s.o.
Éirí cortha de rud, to become tired of, fed up with, sth.
Nach tapa a choir sé? Didn’t he tire very quickly?
Ocras, tuirse, codladh, a chur ar dhuine, to make s.o. hungry, tired, sleepy.
Tá ~ bheag, bhreoite, thuirseach, air, he has a poor, sickly, tired, appearance.
Bheith tuirseach, cortha, sách, de rud, to be tired of, weary of, satiated with, sth.
Duine a dhéanamh tinn, tuirseach, to make s.o. sick, tired.
Tuirseach i n~ an lae, tired after (the exertions of) the day.
Tá sé tuirseach dá dhóigh, he is tired of his way of life, of his situation.
5. Bheith ~ de rud, to be tired of, fed up with, sth.
Ní thuirsítear fear na héadála, one does not tire of a profitable occupation.
Éirí tuirseach, míshásta, to become tired, dissatisfied.
Tá mé do mo thuirsiú ~, I am tiring myself.
Tuirseach ón ~, tired after the day’s exertions.
~ gach scíth, a tired person is always irritable.
Tuirseach ó bheith ag siúl na sráideanna, tired from walking the streets.
Tá mé sáraithe, I am tired out.
Ní bheadh mo ~ leis, I wouldn’t tire of it.
D’éistfinn trí sheol mara leis, I would never tire of listening to him.
agus) Agus ~ tuirseach go leor mar atá, although you are tired enough as you are.
Tháinig tuirse air, he got tired.
Tá mo theanga caite leo, I am tired talking to them.
Tá mé ~ tuirseach de, I am sick and tired of it.
~ a bheith ort, to be tired.
~ ag siúl, ó bheith ag siúl, tired from walking.
Ag éirí ~ den obair, getting tired of the work.
Ní bheifeá ~ ag éisteacht leis, you wouldn’t tire of listening to him.
Capall a thuirsiú le hualach, to tire a horse with too heavy a load.
Ná tuirsígí sibh féin ag rith, don’t tire yourselves running.
Tá sé ag tuirsiú den léann, he is getting tired of learning.