ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Cé is sine é féin nó a dheartháir? Which is the older, he or his brother?
~ beag, óg, younger brother.
A dheartháir, (my dear) brother; (my dear) friend; my dear man.
Ag gol i n~ a dearthár, weeping over the loss of her brother.
Bhí mé ag caint le deartháir duit, I was talking to a brother of yours.
Bráthair gaoil, blood brother.
~ dearthár, deirféar, brother’s, sister’s, daughter; niece.
Bhí a dheartháir leis, his brother was along with him.
~ dearthár, deirféar, twin brother, sister.
~ dearthár, deirféar, brother’s, sister’s, son; nephew.
Is ~ a bhíos gan deartháir, it is sad to be without a brother.
Mo dheartháir ~, my brother-in-law.
Pádraig mo mhuintire, my brother, Patrick.
~ bráthar faoi aon chuing, a few brethren under one rule.
Bráthair m’~a, my beloved brother.