ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ an mhíl mhóir, (whale) blubber.
Bain an ~ díot féin, stop blubbering.
~ plab, (i) plashing sound, (ii) blubbering, incoherent, speech.
~ linbh, blubbering child.
Stad den phlobaireacht, stop blubbering; speak distinctly.
~ chaointe, blubbering, soft crying.
Bhí ~ caointe ar an leanbh, the child was blubbering, whimpering.
2. ~ (ghoil), (act of) blubbering, whimpering.
Chuir sé ~ chaointe air féin, he began to blubber.