ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bhí laige chabhlach orm leis an ocras, I was faint from hunger.
Dheamhan a fhios agam, I haven’t the faintest idea.
Bhí ~ bheag ar an tine, there was a faint glow from the fire.
~ gáire, faint smile; wry smile.
Glór ~, faint, feeble, voice.
Bheith i bh~, to be in a faint.
Titim i bh~, to fall down in a faint.
Bhí sí ag dul i bhfanntaisí, she was taking fainting-fits.
2. ~ an gháire, faint smile.
~ a theacht ort, to become faint.
~ a theacht ort, to become faint, to take a fainting fit.
Dul, titim, i ~, to faint, to go off in a swoon.
Tagann laigí uirthi, she is subject to fainting fits.
Bhí ~ chabhlach orm leis an ocras, I was faint from hunger.
Bhí sé ~ marbh, he was stone dead; he was in a dead faint.
Fuaim mharbh, faint sound.
Croí ~, faint, craven, heart.
Dul, titim, i ~, to faint.
Bhí sí i ~ dul i laige, she looked as if she was about to faint.
~ lagachair, fainting fit.
Croí ~, faint heart; tender heart.
Níl a fhios agam ach oiread le h~ na bhfiann, I haven’t the faintest idea.