ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Rud a dhéanamh as cré, snáth, brící, píosaí adhmaid, to make sth. from clay, yarn, bricks, pieces of wood.
~ chréafóige, light covering of clay.
~ cloch, créafóige, bruscair, heap of stones, of clay, of rubbish.
Cré a chlúdach ar rud, to cover sth. with clay.
An ~ a bhaint den chréafóg, to remove the surface sod from the clay.
~ bhuí, ghorm, yellow, blue, clay.
~ bholláin, boulder-clay.
~ phoircealláin, porcelain clay.
~ shlinneach, slate-clay.
~ criadóra, potaire, potter’s clay.
Ag déanamh ~, turning to clay, to dust.
Sa chréafóg, in the clay, buried.
An chré dá ndearnadh iad, the clay of which they were made.
~eanna cré, lumps of clay.
~ bhuí, (viscous) yellow clay.
~ chréafóige, uisce, depth of clay, of water.
~ chré, beneath the clay, buried.
Balla ~, (i) wall made of clay and small stones, (ii) wall with a bottom course of small stones.
1. Cré, éadach, do cheann, a fhliuchadh, to wet clay, a cloth, one’s head.
~ na cré, an tseaca, na cruach, the coldness of clay, of ice, of steel.
Ag caitheamh láin, moulding, filling ridges (with clay).
Cré ag imeacht ina ~, clay turning to dust.
2. ~ gabhann, smith’s (clay) furnace.
~ ~cailce, ~ cré, clay pipe.
~ gainimh, gairbhéil, créafóige, sand-, gravel-, clay-, pit.
~ chréafóige, shovelful of clay.
Cré shlinneach, slate-clay.
~ an chré thart ar na plandaí, settle the clay around the plants.
~ créafóige, dríodair, settlement of clay, of sediment.
Ag ~adh créafóige, shovelling clay.