ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ freislighe, syllabic metre with alternate lines ending in trisyllable and disyllable.
Bhí deireadh tubaisteach ar an scéal, the story had a tragic ending.
~ a chur ar scéal, to end, provide an ending for, a story.
Níl ~ go deo leis, it is never-ending.
Níl deireadh go ~ leis, it is never-ending.
is, used after noun preceded by cardinal or ordinal number; when preceded by cardinal number, the gs. form is lenited after plural noun ending in slender consonant)
Tuile ~ trá, unebbing, never-ending, flood.
ár with nouns or adjectives ending in broad consonant or broad vowel; hyphenated after
ár with nouns or adjectives ending in slender consonant or slender vowel; hyphenated after
bhur, with nouns or adjectives ending in broad consonant or broad vowel)
bhur, with nouns or adjectives ending in slender consonant or slender vowel)
Obair a bhfuil ~ inti, never-ending, protracted, work.