ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá sé ar nós na beiche inniu, he can’t content himself today; he is a bit waspish today.
Bheith ar nós cuma liom faoi rud, to be indifferent to sth.
Imeacht ar nós na gaoithe, mar a bheadh an ghaoth (Mhárta) ann, to go like the wind.
Ná bí thusa ar aon nós leo, don’t you take after their fashion.
2. Ar ~, in the manner (of), like.
Ar ~ na n-ainmhithe, after the manner of animals, like the animals.
Ar mo ~ féin, as in my own case, like myself.
Bí ar an ~ linn féin, be like ourselves.
Ar an ~ céanna, in like manner.
Ar ~ dá mbeadh, mar a bheadh, sé ag seinm, as though he were playing music.
Ar ~ go mbeidh sé déanta in am againn, so that we will have it done in time.
Bheith ar nós na ~ i rud, to be indifferent to sth.
Amhránaíocht ar an ~, traditional singing.
An rud is measa de ~ a bheith ar nós cuma liom, the worst feature of it is your indifference.
Nós atá ag dul ar ceal, a custom that is disappearing.