ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá an ~ buailte (agus an gaiste tabhartha), the die is cast.
Tá na gais ~te ina chéile, the stalks are intertwined, entangled.
Níl na prátaí ach ag cruinniú faoi na gais, the potatoes are just forming under the stalks.
Gaiste a chur, to set a trap.
Níl folach an deirg sna gais, the stalks are too thin to hide the soil underneath.
Teacht as ~, to escape from a trap; to get out of a difficulty.
Líon, gaiste, a inleadh, to fix a net, a trap.
Bhí na prátaí ina bpaidríní ar na gais, the potatoes were like beads on the stalks.
~ na gais ina mbun, the stalks wilted at the bottom.
Gaistí a chur ar ~, to set snares.