TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
gaire. 1. f. (gs. ~). Nearness, proximity. I n~ duine, áite, near a person, a place. Ná tar i mo, ar mo, ghaire, don’t come near me. Ní rachainn ina ghaire ná ina ghaobhar, I wouldn’t go next or near him. ~ gaoil, closeness of relationship. I n~ do mhí, close on a month. Ar ghaire trá, convenient to a strand. 2. gsf. & comp. of gar2.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Is gaire ~ Dé ná an doras, God’s help is always at hand.
Is deise, gaire, do dhuine a léine ná a chóta, charity begins at home.
An té is gaire céim dó, the person nearest in rank to him.