ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
A athair agus a mháthair, his father and mother.
A hathair agus a máthair, her father and mother.
Déarfaidh mé thú le d’athair, I’ll report you to your father.
An t-athair ~ an mac, the father and the son.
Aireoidh siad (uathu) a n-athair, they will miss their father.
Dá ndéanfá ~ ar d’athair, if you were to follow your father’s example.
Is ~ an mac é, like father like son.
Athair, máthair, mac, ~a, foster-father, -mother, -son.
An tAthair Seán, Father Seán.
Nuair a bhí m’athair ~, when my father was alive.
Tá m’athair ~ orm, my father is down on me.
~ an Athar, the only-begotten of the Father.
Baisteadh as a athair é, he was named after his father.
~ altrama, foster-father.
~ clainne, muintire, teaghlaigh, the father of a family.
Dia an tA~, God the Father.
An tA~ Síoraí, the Eternal Father.
Ár nA~, the Our Father, paternoster.
An tA~ Naofa, the Holy Father, the Pope.
~ faoistine, father confessor.
An tA~ Seán Ó Néill, Father Seán O’Neill.
Ó ~ go mac; ón ~ go dtí an mac, from father to son; in direct line.
Is é a athair ar a, ina, ~ é, he is the very image of his father.
Is é a athair ar ~ é! He is the very image of his father!
~ a athair, athar, with his father.
~eadh as a athair é, he was christened after his father.
A athair ~, a mháthair bheag, a leanbh ~, dear father, mother, child.
Ó ~eadh a n-athair, since their father died.
Chásaigh sé bás m’athar liom, he sympathized with me on my father’s death.
Cad é a dhéanfadh mac an chait ach luch a mharú? Like father like son.
~ maith mná, páistí, good husband, father.
Ba cheart dó a bheith láidir má lean sé a athair, he should be strong if he took after his father.
Mar a bhíos an cú mór bíonn an ~, like father like son.
D’fhan sé ar chomhairle a athar, he let his father direct him.
Tá sé ~ lena athair, he is like his father.
Is tú ~ d’athar, you are the very image of your father.
Chronaigh siad a n-athair, they missed their father.
Is é a athair ina chruth daonna é, he is the very image of his father.
Mar a bhíos an ~ mór bíonn an coileán, like father like son.
Chuimhnigh mé ar a athair leis, he reminded me of his father.
Thug sí dá hathair, dá máthair, é, she gave it to her father, to her mother.
Is é mac a dhaid é, he takes after his father.
D~ na Nollag, Father Christmas.
~ le m’athair gur mhaith mar a rinneamar é, my father thought we acted properly in the matter.
Is ~ lena athair é, he looks like his father.
Dá gcuideofá liom mar a dhéanadh d’athair, if you would help me as your father used to do.
2. D~ an tAthair, an Mac, an Spiorad Naomh, God the Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost.
Mac i n~ an athar, a son in succession to the father.
An t-athair i n~ a mhic, the father mourning his son.