ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Má tá faobhar ar do scian, if your knife has a sharp edge.
~ géar, faobhair, sharp, edged, weapon.
~ scine, rásúir, claímh, edge of knife, of razor, of sword.
Cuir ~ sa tua dom, put an edge on the axe for me.
Ag teacht chun béil, getting a proper edge on, getting into proper working order.
I m~ toinne, on the edge of the waves.
Duine a choinneáil ar ~, to keep s.o. on edge.
~ de chathaoir, de ghort, corner, edge, of chair, of field.
Ar bhruach an locha, on the brink, edge, of the lake.
Tá sé ~te ar bharr na haille, it is set on the very edge of the cliff.
Caolú isteach in áit, to edge one’s way into a place.
Chaolaigh sé leis uainn, he edged, slipped, away from us.
~ éadaigh, edging, selvage, of cloth.
Ar chiumhais na trá, na mara, on the edge of the strand, of the sea.
Ar cholbha na leapa, on the edge of the bed.
2. ~ bóthair, cuain, edge of road, of harbour.
Ar cholbha na huaighe, on the edge of the grave.
~ tábla, cathaoireach, corner, edge, of table, of chair.
Bhuail sé a cheann ar chorr na carraige, he struck his head against the projecting edge of the rock.
Cloch a chur ar a ~, to lay a stone on its edge, on its narrow end.
Béal ~, steel edge (of tool).
Tá ~ fhuar ar an lá, the day has a raw edge.
Faobhar a chur, to set an edge.
Rud a chur ar a fhad, ar a chorr, to put sth. lengthways, on its edge.
~ siar ó imeall an bhoird é, set it back from the edge of the table.
Chuir sé ~ i m’fhiacla, it set my teeth on edge.
Rud a chur ar a ~, to place sth. on its edge.
~ scine, speile, rásúir, sharpened edge of knife, of scythe, of razor.
An ~ a bhaint de rud, to take the edge off sth.
(Is é an) ~ a bhaineas (an) féar, a scythe is no better than its edge.
Rud a chur ar a fhaobhar, to set sth. on its edge.
Bhuail sé a cheann ar fhaobhar an bhoird, he struck his head against the edge of the table.
I bh~ an uisce, at the water’s edge.
~ aille, boird, edge of cliff, of table.
~ ar chuileann, prickly edges on holly(-leaves).
Chuir sé ~ i m’fhiacla, it set my teeth on edge.
~ an iomaire, the edge of the ridge.
In imeall na trá, at the edge of the strand.
Bhí siad ina seasamh in ~ an uisce, they were standing at the water’s edge.
Gearr na himill aige, cut it round the edges.
Mar ~ an drúchta ar chiumhais an róis, like dew-drops set on the edge of the rose.
Ag obair ar na leathimill, working on the outer edges (of farm).
Tua a ~adh, to give a smooth edge to, sharpen, an axe.
Bonn, corr, ~, beaded tyre, edge.