ABAIRTÍ
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
He has brains, tá eagna chinn aige.
F: He is a fount of knowledge, is é tobar m an eolais é, is é údar m na heagna é.
He was the incarnation of wisdom, ba é an eagna i gcolainn dhaonna é.
I should say she has intelligence, measaim, déarfainn, go bhfuil eagna chinn aici.
To grow wise(r), (i) dul in eagna; (ii) ciall cheannaithe a fháil.
Worldly wisdom, eagna shaolta.