TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
dearna1, f. (gs. ~n, pl. ~na). 1. Palm (of hand). Ar chroí mo dhearnan, in the hollow of my hand. 2. Slap; thump. ~ a thabhairt sa droim do dhuine, to thump s.o. on the back. ~ leat! Let me clap you (on the back)! Good for you! 3. (In phrase) (Ag siúl) ar a dhearnana, (walking) on his hands and knees. 4. Bot: ~ Mhuire, lady’s mantle. (Var: gs. ~ch, pl. ~cha)
dearna2 : déan2.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ní dhearna sé ~ a cheann a chromadh, all he did was to bow his head.
Tá sé ~ go ndearna sé é, he admits that he did it.
Ba mhaith an bhail ort go ndearna tú é, it was well for you that you did it.
Ní dhearna sé ~ maitheasa ó loiteadh é, he never recovered fully from his injury.
Sin é an chiall nach ndearna sé é, that is why he did not do it.
I g~ a ndearna sé dom, in return for what he did for me.
Ní dhearna sé stad (mara) ná ~, fos ná ~, sos ná ~, (go), he neither stopped nor stayed (until).
Ní raibh ní nach ndearna sé, there was nothing he didn’t do.
Is beag nach ndearna siad mo mharú, mé a mharú, they nearly killed, nearly went so far as to kill, me.
Ní dhearna mé ach labhairt leis, all I did was to speak to him.
Ní dhearna mé leis ach sin, that is all I did with it.
Ní dhearna sé dhá leath dá dhícheall leis, he spared no pains to do it.
I n~ a ndearna sé, in return for what he did.
Bhí sé ina sheasamh ansin go ndearna Dia duine ~ de, he stood there until he looked like a lost soul.
De dhroim a ndearna sé, because of what he did.
An uile ~ dá ndearna siad, every violent deed done by them.
Ní dhearna sé é, ainneoin go ndúirt mé leis é, he did not do it, in spite of the fact that I told him to do it.
Loisc tú do ghual is ní dhearna tú do ghoradh, ‘you burned out your charcoal and failed to fire your metal’, you bungled matters.
Ní dhearna sé aon ~ maith ina dhiaidh, he never recovered fully from the effects of it.
Ní dhearna sé maith leis, he did no good at it.
Ní dhearna sé ~ ar bith de, it didn’t cause him the least concern; he made no bones about it.
Ní dhearna sé lá ~a ina dhiaidh, he never did any good afterwards.
Chomh ~ le tuairgnín, le croí mo dhearnan, as bald as a coot.
Ní dhearna sé maith ~ olc dom, it did me neither good nor harm.
Ar ~ a ndearna tú dom, in return for what you did for me.
I d~ a ndearna sé dom, along with all he did for me.
Maith a ndearna an ~ leat, fortune has favoured you.
Ní thuigim cad chuige a ndearna tú é, I don’t understand why you did it.
Tá sé tuillte aige as ~ a ndearna sé dúinn, he deserves it for all he has done for us.
An fáth ~ a ndearna é, the reason why he did it.