ABAIRTÍ
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
Allotment of time, clár ama (le haghaidh oibre, etc.).
I knew that all along, bhí a fhios sin agam i rith an ama.
You have ample time, tá tréan, neart, ama agat.
Standard-time belt, crios an ama.
v.tr.He was dawdling away his time, bhí sé ag meilt a chuid ama, ag diomailt a chuid ama.
Astr: Equation of time, cothromú m ama.
He got an extension of time, tugadh tuilleadh ama dhó.
He wasted his time to such an extent that he lost his job, chuir sé oiread sin ama amú gur chaill sé a phost.
The flight of time, imeacht m ama.
His money, time, was being frittered away, bhí a chuid airgid, ama, dá mheilt (air).
He frivols away his time, meileann sé a chuid ama le baois.
F: More than half (of) the time, dhá thrian an ama.
To work half-time, bheith ar leath ama.
Heaps of time, neart ama, greadadh ama.
After hours, tar éis an ama.
To keep a pupil in, scoláire a choinneáil i ndiaidh an ama.
To look out a train in the time-table, traein a chuardach sa chlár ama.
I look up a time-table, cuardaím clár ama.
The next morning, the morning after, maidin lá ama mhárach; an mhaidin dar gcionn.
He occupies his time in reading, ag léamh a chaitheann sé a chuid ama.
Train ten minutes overdue, traein atá deich nóiméad i ndiaidh ama, mall.
To put by for the future, rud a shábháil le haghaidh an ama atá le teacht.
If it takes so many men so long to do so much work, má bhaineann sé an oiread seo ama as an oiread seo fear an oiread seo oibre a dhéanamh.
Strict time-limit, teorainn dhocht ama.
It won't take long, ní thógfaidh sé mórán ama.
It took up a lot of my time, chaith sé mórán de mo chuid ama orm.
To set, put, a term on sth., teorainn ama a chur le rud.
You knew all the while then? mar sin de bhí a fhios agat i rith an ama?
All the time, i rith an ama, ar feadh na faide.
F: You have heaps of time, tá greadadh, fuílleach, ama agat.
You are behind your time, tá tú mall, tar éis ama.
He is paid by time, de réir an ama a íoctar é.
In strict time, de réir ama.
Book in tune with the present time, leabhar atá de réir an ama i láthair.
To be uncertain of, as regards, the future, bheith neamhchinnte i dtaobh an ama (atá, etc.) le teacht.
She wearied of passing all her time by herself, d'éirigh sí tinn tuirseach de bheith ina haonar i rith an ama.
He stayed here two weeks, during which time he never left the house, d'fhan sé anseo ar feadh coicíse, agus níor fhág sé an teach i rith an ama.
Adv.phr.The while, feadh an ama.
All the while, ar feadh na faide, i rith an ama.