ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ag iarraidh abhrais ar phocán, trying to get wool off a he-goat.
~ bó, caorach, gabhair, cow’s, sheep’s, goat’s, milk.
caorach, gabhar, géanna, number of sheep, goats, geese, equated to a heifer for grazing purposes.
~ chaorach, ghabhar, pair of sheep, of goats, tied together.
~ na caoirigh ó na gabhair, segregate the sheep from the goats.
D’fheannfadh an aimsir seo gabhar, a goat would perish in weather like this.
Bhí sé ag ~ dó féin, he was playing the giddy goat.
~ fiáin, sléibhe, wild, mountain, goat.
Is mó an torann ná an ~ (mar a dúirt an chaora leis an ngabhar a bhí á lomadh), much cry and little wool (as the sheep said of the goat being shorn).
1. ~ (gabhair), he-goat, billy-goat.
Thug an gabhar ~ dó, the goat butted him.
Tá gabhar amháin ~ na caoirigh, there is one goat through the sheep.