ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá sé as baile, he is away from home.
Duine thar ~ amach, as ~ amach, a stranger to the place.
Duine a choinneáil sa bhaile, ag feitheamh, as a theach, óna chuid oibre, to keep s.o. at home, waiting, out of his house, from his work.
~ duine as an mbaile, s.o.’s departure from home.
Ní h~ dul chun an bhaile mhóir agus teacht as, ‘it is easier to go to the town than to come back from it’, delays are inevitable.
~ dó a bheith as baile, he happened to be away from home.
agus) Dá dtiocfadh sé agus ~ as baile, if he were to come whilst we were away from home.
Dul as baile, to leave home.