ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ tairbh, leoin, roar of bull, lion.
Chugat an tarbh! Look out! The bull is coming at you.
Bó a chur chuig an tarbh, to put a cow to bull.
Bó ar ~, faoi dháir, a cow in heat, ‘bulling’.
An D~ Cuailgne, the Brown Bull of Cuailgne.
Chuir an tarbh an adharc go bun na ~e, go filleadh ~e, ann, the bull stuck his horn right into him.
~ fireann, baineann, bull-calf, heifer (calf).
~ súile, bull’s-eye lantern.
An ~ a chóiriú, a dhaoirsiú, to rig, bull, the market.
Pholl an tarbh lena adharca é, the bull gored him with its horns.
~ i mbarr bata, cock-and-bull story.
~ sprice, bull’s-eye (of target).