ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Is tú is cóir a bheith ~! You are a lucky beggar!
Nuair a théann ~ go hursain is mian leis dul go gabhal éadain, put a beggar on horseback and he will ride to the devil.
Fear ~, poor man; beggar-man.
Tabhair rogha don bhodach agus tógfaidh sé an díogha, give a beggar a horse and he will ride to the devil.
~ fir, bacaigh, able-bodied man, beggar.
Ag imeacht i g~ bacaigh, going about looking, dressed, like a beggar.
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.
Ná ~ bacach díot féin, don’t reduce yourself to beggary; don’t act like a beggar.
~ na mbacach, the beggars’ litany.
Is é an ~ é, he is deserving of charity, to be pitied; he is such a beggar.
Altú na ~e, thanksgiving for alms, beggar’s thanks.
Fear, bean, ~e, beggar (-man, -woman).
Tugadh ~ an bhacaigh dom, I was chased like a beggar.
~ bacaigh, beggar’s staff.
~ bacach, swarm of beggars.