PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Nigh sé ~ thriomaigh sé é, he washed and dried it.
Nigh as uisce é, wash it in water.
Dá mbeadh mo lámha nite, if my hands were washed.
Chuir, bhuail, sé ~ ar a éadan, he gave his face a quick wash, a lick and a promise.
Ba chomaoin ar d’aghaidh boiseog uisce a chur uirthi, your face could do with a little washing.
Chrap sé sa níochán, it shrank in the washing.
Nigh do chrúcaí, wash your paws.
~ a chur faoi rud, to immerse sth.; to cover sth. with colouring or washing liquid.
~ óir a chur faoi mhiotal, to wash a metal with gold.
Dhoirt an dath, an gorm, sa níochán, the colour, the blue, ran in the washing.
~ trá, ~ airde, dulse washed up by tide.
Dá bhfaighinn mo lámha a ní, if I could wash my hands.
Bhí sé á ní ~, he was washing himself.
D’fholc sí a ceann, a gruaig, she washed her head, her hair.
Níodh an ~ as an talamh, the fertility was washed out of the ground.
Rudaí a ní go ~, to wash things white.
~ níocháin, brightness of wash.
Fiú go ní a chos dó, even to washing his feet for him.
Uisce ionnalta, water for washing.
~ oibre, seilge, níocháin, day’s work, hunting, washing.
Líníocht ~a, wash-drawing.
~ measctha, ~ in umar, (i) (washing) dolly, (ii) interfering person, trouble-maker.
~ cardála, níocháin, carding-, washing-, machine.
~ níocháin, washing glove.
Do ~ a ligean leis na comharsana, to wash one’s dirty linen in public.
~ lámh, éadaigh, washing of hands, of clothes.
~ smál, washing away, cleansing, of stains.
~ óir, sheen of gold, gold wash.
Rud a ní (as uisce), to wash sth. (in water).
Éadach, soithí, a ní, to wash clothes, dishes.
D’aghaidh a ní, to wash one’s face.
Mianach a ní, to wash, pan, ore.
~ an salachar de, wash the dirt off it.
Nite le hór, washed with gold, gilt.
Nífidh uisce é, it is nothing that water will not wash away, nothing to be ashamed of.
1. An ~ a dhéanamh, to do the washing.
Lá níocháin, washing-day.
Meaisín níocháin, washing-machine.
Tobán níocháin, wash-tub.
Glanfaidh an ~ é, it will wash off.
Nach mór an ~ atá agat ort féin? Haven’t you washed yourself enough?
An ~ a chur amach, to hang out the washing.
Bain díot é ~ go nífear é, take it off you so that it may be washed.
~ nach nífidh uisce, shame that water will not wash away.
Ór a ~adh, to wash out gold.