TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
tarlaigh1, v.i. (p. tharla). Happen, occur. Tharla tionóisc, an accident occurred. Má tharlaíonn go mbeidh tú ag caint leis, if you should happen to speak to him. Tharla dom a bheith i láthair, I happened to be present. Ó tharla anseo iad, seeing that they are here. Ó tharla go bhfuil deifir ort, since you are in a hurry. Cad a tharla duit? What happened you? Tharla sé sa tslí orm (dom, liom), I chanced to meet him on the way. Tharla lá mé ag dul ar cóisir, one day I happened to be going to a party. Is minic a tharla a leithéid, such things often happen. (Is) maith mar a tharla, it is all to the good. Eadraibh féin a tharla sé, settle it among yourselves. Tharla ann agus níor tharla as é, it just happens to be so (and there is no use in wishing it were otherwise). (Var: p. tarla)
tarlaigh2, v.t. & i. 1. Haul. Ualach a tharlú, to haul a load. Bád a tharlú, to haul, warp, a boat. 2. (Of harvest) Bring in, garner. An fómhar a tharlú, to gather in the harvest.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ is mar sin a tharla, but that is how it happened.
Cá h~ nó cá huair a tharla sin? When ever did that happen?
D’~ sé ar tharla dó, he related all that happened to him.
Níl a fhios agam (go) ~ cad a tharla, I don’t know exactly what happened.
Tá sé ag brú ar dhaichead bliain ó tharla sé, it is close on forty years since it happened.
~ a tharla sé? When did it happen?
Ba den chinniúint gur tharla sé, chance ordained that it should happen.
Tharla an ~ céanna dom féin, the same thing happened to myself.
~ a tharla sé? How did it happen?
Ní mar sin a tharla, ~ leis na heolaithe, ach mar seo, it did not happen like that, according to the experts, but like this.
Tharla dúinn a bheith ann, we happened to be there.
Cad a tharla dó? É a thitim san abhainn. What happened to him? He fell in the river.
~ Bríde a tharla sé, it happened round about the feast of St. Brigid.
Ó tharla in áit na ~a thú, since you are in a position to oblige.
Ó d’imigh tú is ea a tharla sé, (it is) since you went away (that) it happened.
Mo ~ gur tharla sé, alas that it should happen.
Bain an chluas ón ~ díom má tharlaíonn a leithéid, I’ll bet you anything that it won’t come to pass.
Nach tubaisteach ~ a tharla sé? Isn’t it tragic how it happened?
Bheith ~ i rudaí a tharla, to be mindful of things that happened.
Níor tharla aon ~, nothing happened.
Ní chreidim ~ tharla sé, I am convinced it happened.
Ó tharla go bhfuil tú anseo, since you happen to be here.
Tharla dom sa ~ í, I met her on the road, on my way.
Tharla sé ~ sin, it happened before that, previously.
An ~ a tharla, the thing that happened.
Cad é a tharla? ~ a bheith rótheann asainn féin. What happened? (That) we were too cocksure of ourselves.
Fear tarlaithe, haulage man.
Capall tarlaithe, draught-horse.
Féasta an tarlaithe, harvest home.
Is orthu a bhí an ~, they were in great demand.
Nach ~ a tharla sé! What a coincidence that it should happen just then!
~ earráid a tharla sé, it happened by mistake.
Na huafáis a tharla, the terrible things that happened.