PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ leis fanacht liom, tell him to wait for me.
Fan le d’~, wait your turn.
Níl ~ ach fanacht leis, there is nothing for it but to wait for him.
Fan go mbeire sé ar a ghreamanna, wait until he gets his grips, until he gets going properly.
Duine a chur ó bhos go ~, to wait hand and foot on s.o.
Bhí mé ag brath leis, I was waiting for him.
Tagann gach maith le ~, everything comes to him who waits.
Fan go ~, wait till Wednesday.
Bean choimhdeachta, lady-in-waiting, chaperon.
Tá na diabhail sin faoi do choinne, those devils are waiting, on the look-out, for you.
Duine a choinneáil sa bhaile, ag feitheamh, as a theach, óna chuid oibre, to keep s.o. at home, waiting, out of his house, from his work.
Fan ar do chois nóiméad, stand, wait, a minute.
Tá ~ tite agam (leis an ocras, ag fanacht leat), I am wearied out (with hunger, waiting for you).
Le linn dúinn a bheith ag fanacht leo, while we are, while we were, waiting for them.
Cén ~ atá ort? What are you hesitating about, waiting for? Why don’t you make up your mind?
Ag ~, hesitating, putting off decision, waiting on off-chance.
Tá siad ag ~ lena gcuid, they are waiting to be fed.
In ~ ar, lying in wait for.
~ a dhéanamh ar rud, to wait longingly for sth.
Ag ~e an lae, waiting for day.
Ag ~e na faille, waiting for an opportunity.
Ag ~e ar bhus, waiting for a bus.
Ag ~e ar imeacht, waiting to go.
Ag ~ ar an lá, waiting impatiently for the day.
Ag ~ ar dhul ann, waiting for an opportunity to go there.
Síneadh faltanais a dhéanamh roimh dhuine, to lie in wait for s.o.
~ go raibh mé réidh, wait till I am ready.
Ní thig liom ~acht níos faide, I can’t wait any longer.
~ nóiméad, wait a minute.
~ go bhfeice mé, wait till I see.
~acht le rud, to wait for sth.
Ag ~acht leis an earrach, waiting for spring.
Tá siad ag ~acht le cabhair, they are waiting for help.
Bhíomar ag ~acht le faill orthu, we were waiting to get a chance at them.
Lig dó a fhearg a chloí, let him give vent to his anger; wait till his anger subsides.
le) Ag ~eamh le, waiting for, expecting.
Is fada mé ag ~eamh leat, I have been waiting for you this long time.
~ a bheith ort le duine, to be waiting for s.o., expecting s.o. to come.
Beidh ~ fada ort, you will have a long wait.
Seomra feithimh, waiting-room.
Is fada le fear ~ feitheamh, time passes slowly for one who has to wait.
Níor chaill fear na ~ riamh é, everything comes to those who wait.
Bheith ag fionraí ruda, le rud, to be waiting for sth.
Ag fionraí leis an té nár tháinig, waiting for one who never came.
B’fhada dom ag fionraí air, I had a long wait for it.
Is ~ fanacht leo, they are worth waiting for.
Fan go ~, wait a while; just you wait.
~ a dhéanamh ar dhuine, to attend upon, wait on, help, s.o.