ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Cíos, cáin, luach mór, a bhaint amach, to exact a rent, a tax, a high price.
Fiacha a bhaint amach, to exact payment of debts.
Abairt, caint, bheacht, exact expression, speech.
Nach sibh atá ~ orm? Aren’t you rather exact with me, rather critical of me?
~ an scéal dúinn, give us the exact story.
Níl a fhios agam le ~, I don’t know rightly, to be exact.
Eolas ~, exact knowledge.
Tá sé ansin go ~ agat, you have the exact amount there.
Do chuid cainte a chruinniú, to be more exact in one’s speech.
~ a bhaint amach, to exact vengeance.
~ a ghabháil i rud, to exact retribution for sth.
Gan scilling ~ nó thairis, to the exact shilling.
Éiric a ghabháil i rud, to exact retribution for sth.
Shílfeá gur anuas dá athair a ~adh é, he is the exact image of his father.
~ sé go daor mé faoi, he was very exacting with me over it.
Tá ~ agam leis an lá a rugadh é, I can tell the exact date of his birth.
~ beacht, gann, exact, short, measure.