PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ná ~ dóibh, don’t touch them.
Ní bhainim dó, I don’t touch it (drink, etc.).
Tír, cladach, a bhualadh, to touch land, shore.
5. ~te ar, touching upon, adjoining.
Gan do dhá chab a bhualadh ar a chéile, without letting your two lips touch each other.
D’imigh siad ó chaidreamh orm, I lost touch with them.
Is fada ón gcneá an ~, ‘the poultice is far from the wound’, the remedy does not touch the root of the disease.
Char bhain mé dó, I didn’t touch it.
~ amhrais, éada, touch of suspicion, of jealousy.
Tháinig ~ slaghdáin air, he got a touch of a cold.
Chuir sé ~ trí mo chroí, it stung, touched, me to the heart.
Chuaigh sé go dtí an ~, it was touch and go.
~adh le rud, to go near, touch, interfere with, sth.
Ní dhrannfaidh mé leis, I won’t touch it, have anything to do with it.
Níl sé ag ~adh leis an ól anois, he doesn’t touch drink now.
Ní féidir ~adh leis ar an luach sin, one couldn’t touch it at that price.
Ná bíodh ~ agat leo, don’t go near, touch, meddle with, them.
Bheith ~ sa cheann, to be light-headed, giddy, dizzy; to be a bit ‘touched’, crazy.
~ thruaillí, immodest touching.
~ den ghreann, a touch of humour.
Duine ~ uasal é, he is a gentleman with the common touch.
Chuir sé a ~ ina hata dúinn, he touched his hat to us.
Ná leag ~ air, don’t touch it.
Tá ~ beag air, he is slightly touched.
Ná ~ ar an urlár é, don’t let it touch the floor, fall to the floor.
Do thóin do mharc, your jump is measured to where you touch the ground with your behind.
Le ~ na méar, by sense of finger-touch.
An ~ a chailleadh, to lose the sense of touch; to lose perception; to lose consciousness.
~ feirge, éada, touch of anger, of jealousy.
~ mearaidh, touch of insanity.
4. ~ a thabhairt do rud, to try one’s hand at sth.; to touch sth. up.
Tabhair ~ (beag) eile dó, touch it up another little bit.
Bhí ~ beag fiabhrais air, he had a slight touch of fever.
~ mearaidh, touch of insanity.
Ní raibh ann ach ~ nó imigh aige, it was touch and go with him.
Theagmhaigh an bád le grinneall, the boat touched bottom.
Theagmhaigh an sioc leo, they were touched by the frost.