ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá an tsláinte ag ceiliúradh orm, my health is failing.
Tá sé ag ceiliúradh le fada, he has been failing for a long time.
Sin ~ a d’fhliuch an saol, it is a universal failing.
Tá sé ag dul i n~ a láimhe, he is falling behind with his work; he is failing in his strength.
Tá sé ag dorchú (san amharc), his sight is failing.
Tá sé ag ~áil ó sholas, the (day)light is failing, it is growing dusk.
Ag dul chun ~a, declining, failing, deteriorating; passing away (without issue).
Tá mo chuimhne ag imeacht, my memory is failing.
Bheith ag imeacht as, to be fading away, failing, dying.
Is mór atá sé ag leá le tamall, he is failing greatly of late.
Má ~ann tú de ~faidh sé díot, if you keep at it, it will become a habit, a failing, with you.
Barra ag ~eadh, crops failing.
~ sláinte, failing health.
Tá ~ amhairc, cuimhne, misnigh, air, his sight, memory, courage, is failing.
Síolta, barra, ag ~, seeds, crops, failing.
Sláinte ag meathlú, health failing.
Ar ~, declining, failing.
Ar ~ sláinte, in failing health.
Tá an seanfhear ag ~t go mór, the old man is failing greatly.
Tá sé ag ~t uaidh, he is failing.
Féachaint an fás nó meath a bhí ag dul ar na barra, to see whether the crops were growing or failing.
Tá ag dul dá radharc, his sight is failing.
Tá an seanfhear ag ~, the old man is failing.
Tá sé ag ~ sa siúl, his step is failing.