ABAIRTÍ
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
Manure fork, graeipe f (cheithre bheann).
On all fours, ar do cheithre boinn.
To repay s.o. fourfold, a cheithre oiread a aisíoc le duine, duine a chúiteamh faoi cheathair.
Walking on his hands and knees, ag siúl ar a cheithre boinn.
To divide sth. into four parts, rud a roinnt ina cheithre chuid.
In quadruplicate, ina cheithre chóip.
At eighty he was still a scholar, bhí sé fós ag foghlaim agus é i gcionn a cheithre scór.
He scrambled up, streachail sé aníos, rinne sé crúbadach aníos (ar a cheithre boinn).
He was thrown back on manual labour, b'éigean dó taca a bhaint as, dul i muinín, a cheithre cnámha.