ABAIRTÍ
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
He ate it with an appetite, d'ith sé go blasta é.
He ate his words, (i) shéan sé a fhocal; tharraing sé siar a ndúirt sé cheana; (ii) labhair sé trína fhiacla; bhí sé ag cogaint na bhfocal.
(Of horse, etc.) She ate her head off, ba mhó a sac ná a soláthar.
We ate and drank to our heart's content, bhí muid ag ithe agus ag ól go raibh muid subhach sách.
He ate thereof, d'ith sé cuid de.