TORTHAÍ
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
inch, s. Orlach m. A man of your inches, d'airde féin d'fhear. He couldn't see an inch before him, níor léir dó a lámh. Not to give way an inch, gan géilleadh orlach. I will not go an inch further, dheamhan ionga ná orlach níos sia rachaidh mé. By inches, inch by inch, de réir a chéile; ina chodanna beaga. I know every inch of the neighbourhood, tá gach poll is prochóg sa cheantar ar eolas agam. Give him an inch and he’ll take an ell, nuair a théann an gabhar don teampall ní stadann sé go haltóir.
ABAIRTÍ
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
I won't budge an inch, ní ghéillfidh mé orlach.
To clear a wall (by three inches), an balla a ghlanadh, a scoitheadh (de thrí horlaí).
Wheel 60 inches in diameter, roth atá seasca orlach trasna.
To die by inches, bás a fháil go mall righin.
(Intensive) He was every inch a king, rí ó thalamh, ó bhonn go baithis, ab ea é.
Four inches, ceithre orlach, horlaí.
Graduated in inches, céimroinnte ina orlaí.
I am higher than him by an inch, tá orlach agam air.
You are killing me by inches, tá tú do mo mharú de réir a chéile.
This book measures 6 inches by four, tá an leabhar seo sé horlaí le ceithre horlaí.
Pressure of ten pounds to the square inch, brú deich bpunt don orlach cearnach.
He is thirty-eight inches round the chest, tá sé ocht n-orlaí tríochad sa chliabhrach.
Every single inch of it, gach uile mhíle orlach de.
Six inches, sé orlach, horlaí.
He is taller by an inch than I, tá orlach aige orm.
Three inches thick, trí horlaí ar tiús.
Within an inch of death, faoi dhubh na hiongan don bhás.