ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Lá sna naoi n-airde, once in a blue moon.
Bhí culaith ghorm orm, I was wearing a blue suit.
~ mín, blue-rayed limpit.
An ~ fola, blue blood; manly spirit.
Ar dhath ubh an chlochráin, blue-grey.
~ ar arán, ar cháis, blue mould on bread, on cheese.
~ gorm, blue corded cloth.
~ bhuí, ghorm, yellow, blue, clay.
Tá dath na n~ air (le fuacht), he is blue in the face (from the cold).
Tá ~ gorm air, it is a blue colour.
Dhoirt an dath, an gorm, sa níochán, the colour, the blue, ran in the washing.
~ donn, ~ gorm, dark brown, dark blue.
~ dearg, gorm, red, blue, ink.
~ glas, ~ gorm, light green, light blue.
~ boirne, blue moor-grass.
~eann an gorm go breá di, the blue becomes her well.
Tá braon den fhuil mhór ann, he has blue blood in his veins.
~ cheannghorm, blue-headed wagtail.
spéire, the blue of the sky.
Pota an ghoirm, pot for boiling homespun in blue dye.
Lasair ghorm, blue flame.
Chomh ~ le plúirín, le mála an ghoirm, as blue as indigo, as a blue-bag.
Féar ~, blue(-green) grass.
~ san aghaidh, blue in the face.
Balla a ghormú, to colour a wall blue.
Tá an spéir ag gormú, the blue sky is appearing.
Féar ag gormú, grass becoming tinged with blue, becoming lush.
Ní gorm atá sé ach glas, it is not blue but green.
~ bholcánach, choiréil, ghorm, volcanic, coral, blue, mud.
Tá an gorm ag gabháil go deas leis, the blue goes nicely with it.
~ croiméalach, dubh, earrfhada, gorm, léana, mór, bearded, coal, long-tailed, blue, willow, great, tit.
Chuir sé míle ~ as, he cried blue murder.
Tá ~ ghorm ann, it has a blue sheen.
Is fearr a ~eann an gorm duit, the blue becomes you better.
Mar a thitfeadh ~ orainn, like a bolt from the blue.