ABAIRTÍ
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
To advance by leaps and bounds, dul ar aghaidh go han-sciobtha.
These planes are good climbers, is sciobtha ó na heitleáin seo ardú.
F: My watch has flown, tá m'uaireadóir sciobtha, ardaithe chun siúil, ag duine éigin.
Run as he might he could not overtake me, dá sciobtha dá rithfeadh sé ní bhéarfadh sé orm.
After that things proceeded quickly, chuaigh na cúrsaí chun cinn go sciobtha ina dhiaidh sin.
To make a snatch at sth., iarraidh f sciobtha, áladh m, a thabhairt ar rud.