TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
buair1, v.t. & i. (vn. ~eamh, pp. -artha). Grieve; vex, perturb. 1. Duine a bhuaireamh sa cheann, san intinn, to cause worry, mental anguish, to s.o. Iad a bhuaireamh le drochscéala, to grieve them with bad news. Ná ~ mé, don’t bother me. Ná ~ thú féin, do cheann, leis, don’t trouble yourself, bother your head, about it. 2. ~eamh faoi rud, to grieve over sth.
buair2 : buar1,2.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Níl ~ buartha air, he is not sorry in the least.
Tá sé ag déanamh buartha dom, it is worrying me.
Níor chuir sé lá buartha air, it didn’t worry him in the least.
Tá an domhan mór ag cur buartha uirthi, she concerns herself with everything, talks about everybody’s business.
Bheith ~ faoi rud, to be sorry about sth; to be perturbed about sth.
Bhí siad ~ ina dhiaidh, they were sorrowing after him.
Bhí gach uile dhuine ~ faoina bhás, everybody mourned his death.
Tá cuma bhuartha air, he looks worried.
Gan ~ buartha, without a trace of sorrow.
An ~ buair, an ~ buan, scour.