ABAIRTÍ
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
Acoustic tile, leacán m bodhar.
Deaf and dumb, bodhar balbh.
Deaf as a door-post, chomh bodhar le slis.
To turn a deaf ear to s.o., cluas bhodhar a thabhairt do dhuine.
Deaf and dumb, bodhar balbh.
To close one's ears to the truth, cluas bhodhar a thabhairt don fhírinne.
He remained irresponsive to my entreaties, thug sé cluas bhodhar dom.
F: To stop one's ears against entreaties, cluas bhodhar a thabhairt d'achainíocha.
A shout that would wake the dead, scread a thabharfadh ba bodhra as coillte.