TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
beirigh, v.t. & i. 1. Boil; cook by boiling. Uisce, feoil, a bheiriú, to boil water, meat. Uisce beirithe, boiling water. Bheith beirithe ag, le, rud, to be scalded by sth. Lá beirithe, sweltering day. Duine beirithe, (i) touchy person, (ii) precocious, old-fashioned, person. 2. Bake. Císte a bheiriú, to bake a cake.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Imeacht faoi bheiriú, to over-boil; to evaporate.
Tá ~ sa lá inniu, it is a swelteringly hot day.
Bhí ~ san fharraige, the sea was seething, agitated.
Tá a bhia beirithe, his number is up.
An lao a choscairt agus a bheiriú, to cut up and cook the calf.
An bhfuil na prátaí beirithe? Is fada a ghabhann uathu, are the potatoes boiled? They are far from it.