ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ar aon chois, (i) on one leg; one-legged, (ii) lacking half one’s resources.
Bhí sé ar a chois go moch, he was early afoot.
Fan ar do chois nóiméad, stand, wait, a minute.
D’iompaigh sé ar a chois, he turned on his heel.
~ ar chois le, step by step with.
I gcois dá leith air, astride it.
Le cois go raibh fearg air, along with his being angry.
Tá rud éigin ar cois, there is something going on.
Rud a chur ar cois, ar siúl, to set sth. afoot, going.
~ ar an urlár, sa chófra, cois na tine, é, leave it on the floor, in the chest, beside the fire.
Tá sé ~ ar a chois, he is fast on his feet.
Bheith i gcois dá leith ar rud, to be astride sth.
Tá sé ~ ar a chois, he is slow of step.
Tá a theachsan cois na trá agus a dteachsan ar an ard, his house is by the strand and their house on the hill.
2. Bhí siad ag tathant orm ~chtaint lena gcois, they were urging me to come along with them.