ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
9. ~ beag, ~ sa bheag, almost.
Bhí sé ionann ~ (a bheith) caite aici, she had almost spent it.
Ach ~; ach sa bheag, almost.
Iad go léir ~, almost all of them.
Is ionann iad ~, they are almost identical.
An bhfuil sé críochnaithe agat? ~. Have you finished it? Almost.
Tá sé i m~ a bheith críochnaithe, it is almost finished.
gach aon lá, almost everyday.
An bhfuil tú réidh? Chóir a bheith. Are you ready? Almost.
Níl iontu ach ~í, they are only tokens, almost worthless.
Tá sé ag an ~ mhullaigh leis, he has it (the thatching, job of work) almost completed.
Níor thit sé ach, más ea, ba dhícheall dó, he didn’t fall but, even so, he almost did.
I b~ do bheith réidh, almost ready.
I d~ do, next to, almost.