ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ teanga, cutting remark(s); dressing-down.
Rud a ghearradh (amach, aníos) ón ~, ó bhun na ~e, to cut sth. right down to the stump.
Costas a ghearradh (anuas), to cut down costs.
Arbhar a ~an le speal, to cut down corn with a scythe.
~ arbhair, cutting down of corn (by reaper, etc.); flattening of corn (by storm).
2. ~ a dhéanamh ar dhuine, to cut s.o. down to size; to criticize, to backbite, s.o.