ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá ~ maith san éadach sin, there is good stuff in that cloth.
2. ~ (bheag), sail-cloth, canvas.
1. ~ (tíre), woven woollen cloth.
~ brocach, speckled homespun cloth.
~ bán, white homespun cloth.
(éadaigh), corner (of piece of cloth).
Éadach ~, soft cloth; loosely-woven cloth.
~ Bhríde, (piece of cloth representing) St. Brigid’s mantle.
Ná leath do bhrat ach mar is féidir leat a chonlú, ‘don’t spread your cloak farther than you can fold it’; cut your coat according to your cloth.
~ allais, (i) sweat-cloth, (ii) lather of sweat.
~ éadaigh, piece of cloth; rag.
Éadach ~, variegated cloth.
Éadach a bhreacadh, to variegate cloth.
~ in éadach, chequering in cloth.
Éadach ~, pepper-and-salt (coloured) cloth.
~ ar éadach, nap on cloth.
~ in éadach, durability in cloth.
Dath, éadach, ~, yellow colour, cloth.
Éadach a bhfuil ~ ann, durable cloth.
Gréasán ~, web of fine cloth.
I g~ don chuideachta, dá chóta, with all due respect to the company, to his cloth.
Éadach céarach, wax-cloth.
1. Cuimil le ~ é, wipe it with a cloth.
Cuir ~ air, wrap a piece of cloth, a bandage, round it.
~ éadaigh, edging, selvage, of cloth.
Éadach cláir, table-cloth.
~ a chur ar éadach, to calender cloth.
~í a chur in éadach, to pucker, wrinkle, cloth.
Éadach, sacán, snáth, rópa, ~e, hemp cloth, sack, thread, rope.
Éadach a chóiriú, to dress, nap, cloth.
~ (ar éadach), nap (on cloth).
~í ar éadach, beads on cloth.
Bréid a chorcrú, to dye a cloth purple.
~ gorm, blue corded cloth.
Éadach, páipéar, a chornadh, to roll cloth, paper.
~ éadaigh, roll of cloth.
~ agus scaraoid, (mystical) viands and cloth.
I gcead dá chóta, with due respect to his cloth, notwithstanding that he is a priest.
Éadach, páipéar, a chrapadh, to crinkle cloth, paper.
Ag ~ (éadaigh, aráin), colouring (cloth, bread) with saffron (dye, flavouring).
~ an t-éadach, shake the cloth.
Éadach a chruinniú, to gather, pucker, cloth.
Cruinnithe a chur in éadach, to pucker cloth.
~ an t-éadach de, wipe it with the cloth.
Tá an t-éadach ina chuimil an mháilín, the cloth is crumpled like a wet sack.
~ de cheirt, a wipe of a cloth.