ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ bán, donn, white, brown, sauce.
Tá dath donn air, it is of a brown colour.
~ donn, rua, brown bread.
A ciabhfhoilt dhonna, her locks of brown hair.
~ dearg, donn, red, brown, colour.
~ a chaitheamh, to wear brown.
An D~ Cuailgne, the Brown Bull of Cuailgne.
An ~ a bhleán, to milk the brown cow.
Dath, páipéar, ~, brown colour, paper.
Gruaig dhonn, brown hair.
Arán, siúcra, ~, brown bread, sugar.
Buachaill, cailín, ~, brown-haired boy, girl.
Feoil a dhonnú, to brown meat.
~ donn, ~ gorm, dark brown, dark blue.
Níl sé ~ leis an donn, it doesn’t show up well against the brown.
Fill i bpáipéar donn é, fold it in brown paper.
~ a bheith donn agus dearg, part brown and part red.
Tá sé ar a mharana, he is in a brown study.
Ná bí i do shuí ansin ag meabhrú, don’t sit there in a brown study.
~ bhán, dhubh, brown, black, turf.
~ feamainne, brown pollock.
~ donn, rua, brown sugar.
Tá ~ sa mhóin bhán, the brown turf is stringy.
~ rua, reddish-brown hempen rope.
Tá ~e donna aici, she has brown eyes.