ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ an diabhail (de ghasúr), a limb of Satan, a scamp (of a boy).
Buachaill a chur ar ~ le bheith ina shagart, to promote a boy for the priesthood.
Níl mórán ~a sa ghasúr sin, that boy doesn’t look very strong.
Rug sí mac óg; rugadh mac óg di, she had a baby boy.
~ de bhuachaillí na háite, two of the local boys.
2. ~ (de ghasúr), big lump of a lad; pudgy boy.
Is é an buachaill ~ é, the boy is good for nothing.
~í agus cailíní, boys and girls.
Mo bhuachaill, my young man; my boy friend.
~ bán, fair-haired boy; favourite son.
~ (fir, mná), tall slender boy, girl.
Giolla cinn eich, boy who leads a horse.
~ de na buachaillí, four of the boys.
~ de bhuachaill, big lump of a boy.
An ~ de ghasúr sin, that miscreant boy.
Gasúr caol ~, thin hardy boy.
Is mór a chruaigh an gasúr sin le bliain, that boy has become a lot hardier during the past year.
Tá an gasúr sin ag cur leis féin, that boy is thriving.
~ againn, den teaghlach, de na buachaillí, ten of us, of the family, of the boys.
An ~ gasúir, capaill, sin, that devil of a boy, of a horse.
Buachaill, cailín, ~, brown-haired boy, girl.
Thug siad ~ don ghasúr, they ill-treated, severely injured, the boy.
Cad é an ~ atá ann? What is the baby (a boy or a girl)?
Tá an gasúr sin ag ~t, that boy is shooting up tall.
Níorbh ~ duit an gasúr sin a bhualadh, it was no great achievement for you to beat that boy.
Buachaill ~ta anois é, he is a fully-grown boy now.
An ceann feadhna ar na gasúir, the ringleader of the boys.
~ de na fir, de na buachaillí, de na saighdiúirí, one of the men, of the boys, of the soldiers.
~ capaill, eich, horse-boy.
Giolla a ghlacas graí, a boy who handles horses.
Buachaill ~, clean(-living) boy.
Is beag an ~ atá sa ghasúr sin go fóill, that boy is not fit to do much yet.
Tá éirim an cheoil sa ghasúr sin, that boy has a natural bent for music.
Níl ~ ar bith sa ghasúr sin go fóill, that boy has no strength in him yet.
Ghlac sé an gasúr as láimh, he took the boy in hand.
~ ban agus macraí, the voices of women and boys.
~ mo ghasúr é! That’s my boy!
2. Gasúr atá ag méadú, a growing boy.
Ag muinniú agus ag saighdeadh an ghasúir, urging and inciting the boy (to mischief).
2. ~ (gasúir), stout strongly-built boy.
~ gasúir, big lump of a boy.
Buachaill ~, deft, efficient, boy.
~ bhuachaillí, chailíní, boys’, girls’, school.
Buachaill ~e, servant-boy.
Nach é an gasúr sin atá ag ~eadh? Isn’t that boy growing fast?