ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
5. Bheith bailithe de rud, to be fed up with sth.
~ cearc, ainmhithe, chicken-feed, animal food.
Duine, ainmhí, planda, a bheathú, to feed, nourish, a person, an animal, a plant.
Ag beathú eallaigh, feeding, fattening, cattle, rearing cattle.
Tá cuma bheathaithe air, he looks well-fed.
~ a dhéanamh ar rud, to have a feed of, to enjoy, sth.
Duine a bhiathú, to feed s.o.
Tine a bhiathú, to feed a fire.
Duine a chur i m~ le bréaga, to feed s.o.’s vanity with falsehoods.
Bhí an leanbh ar a ~ aici, she was breast-feeding the baby.
Tá mé bruite leo, I am fed up with them.
Is crua a cheannaíonn an droim an bolg, the back must slave to feed the belly, one must work to eat.
~ a thabhairt d’ainmhí, to give special feeding to an animal.
Tá ~ mhaith aige, he is well kept, fed.
Éirí cortha de rud, to become tired of, fed up with, sth.
Ní mór an ~ é, he is not very big, not hard to feed.
Duine, ainmí, planda, a chothú, to feed a person, an animal, a plant.
Na páistí a chothú go maith, to feed the children well.
Ag cothú eallaigh, feeding, fattening, cattle.
Cuma chothaithe, well-fed, plump, appearance.
Tine, inneall, a chothú, to feed a fire, an engine.
Caidéal cothaithe, feed-pump.
Dabhach chothaithe, feed-tank.
Níl a chothrom den bhia aige, he hasn’t got his fair share of the food; he is not being properly fed.
Tá ~ maith acu, they are well-fed.
Thug sé coirce craoibhe do na ba, he fed eared, unthreshed, oats to the cows.
Is furasta iad a chur i g~, they are not particular about what is placed before them; they are easily fed.
A chuid a thabhairt do dhuine, to give s.o. his meal(s), to feed s.o.
Tá lorg, rian, a choda air, he has a well-fed look about him.
~eadh air le spúnóg é, it was fed to him with a spoon.
Do chuid a dhéanamh, to take one’s meal; to feed oneself.
dá chuid féin (a thabhairt) don amadán, (to) feed a dog with his own tail.
5. Bheith ~ de rud, to be tired of, fed up with, sth.
Bheith, éirí, ~ de rud, to be, become, fed up with sth.
Tá siad ag ~ lena gcuid, they are waiting to be fed.
~ aille, ‘cliff-grass’, tough grass unsuitable for feeding purposes.
~ ceapairí, feed of sandwiches.
Tá cuma fhorlíonta air, he has a well-fed, plump, appearance.
An ~ a thabhairt don éanlaith, to feed the scraps to the fowl.
~ prátaí, ‘feed’ of potatoes.
5. ~ bairneach, (feed of) broiled limpets.
Tá siad ag ~ ar a gcuid, they are calling to be fed.
~ le rud, fed up with sth.
Bó a ghlacadh ar a ~, to arrange for the feeding of a cow in return for its milk.
chothaithe deibhleán Dé, he who fed God’s poor.
Súgán a ~ean, to feed a straw rope.
An mhéar a thabhairt do lao, to finger-feed a calf.
Muc mheasa, mast-fed pig.
Ní dada ar mo phláta é, it doesn’t help to feed me, is of no material advantage to me.
Práta pocáin, roast potato (especially as spoon-fed to child).