ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ná déan a bheag díot féin ag iarraidh airgid air, don’t demean yourself by asking him for money.
Níor lig an náire dom a bheith ag brath orthu, á mbrath, I was ashamed to be dependent on them, asking favours of them.
Is túisce ~ ná scéal, one should offer a drink before asking for news.
An bhfuil ~ (dom) a fhiafraí (díot)? Is there any harm in (my) asking (you)?
Ag ~ i ndiaidh na gealaí, asking for the moon.
Abair leis go raibh mé á fhiafraí, tell him I was asking for him.
Is ~ an duine é, he is always asking about people.
Tá tú ag ~aidh barraíochta air, you are asking too much for it.
Níl a ~ mór, he is not asking for much.
Bheith san ~, ag ~, to be asking for something, to be supplicating.
Beir a n-~ uaim, tell them I was asking for them.
Bhí siad ag cur do thuairisce, they were asking for you.