ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá bun ar an ~, the weather is settled.
Níl ~ ná barr air, it is pointless, meaningless.
~ a dhéanamh ar rud, in aghaidh ruda, to make provision for, against, sth.
Chuir sé ~ air féin, he set himself up.
Níl ~ ar bith sa tír acu, they have no stake in the country.
Tá a ~ is a cíoradh uirthi, she has to fend for herself.
Tá ~ ar an aimsir, the weather is settled.
Tá an lá, an stoirm, ag dul ar ~, the day, the storm, is setting in properly.
Tháinig ~ ar an scéim, the scheme materialized.
Gnó, scoil, a chur ar ~, to establish a business, a school.
Troid a chur ar ~, to get up a fight.
Cad é atá ar ~? What’s going on?
An bhfuil dada ar ~ anocht agaibh? Have you anything on tonight?
Chaith an obair bliain ar bun, the work lasted a year.
Chomh ~ le carraig, le bun crainn, le bianna ar mhaide bacaigh, as firm as a rock, as a tree-stump, as the ferrule on a beggar’s staff.
~ a chur ar bun, to start a business.
Ghlaoigh sé orm ó bhun an staighre, he called me from the bottom of the stairs.
Tá ~ ar bun aige, he is up to mischief.