ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Lig sí a gruaig in ~, she let her hair get tousled.
~ gruaige, hair restorer.
Chuir sí ~ ar a cuid gruaige, a cuid éadaigh, she did her hair, tidied her clothes.
An ghruaig, an fhéasóg, a bhaint de dhuine, to give s.o. a hair-cut, a shave.
Gruaig a bhearradh, to cut hair.
Duine a bhearradh, (i) to cut s.o.’s hair; to shave s.o., (ii) to fleece s.o.
Gruaig a bhláthnú, to smooth, stroke, hair.
1. ~ scoilte, parting (in hair).
~ scoilte a chur i do chuid gruaige, to part one’s hair.
~ leicinn, hair parted to one side.
Féasóg, gruaig, bhricliath, grizzled beard, hair.
5. ~ a chur i ngruaig, to coil, crimp, hair.
15. ~ ribe, carbuncle at root of hair.
Chuir sí ~ ina cuid gruaige, she twisted, coiled, her hair.
~ bán, dubh, rua, liath, cas, (gruaige), fair, dark, red, grey, curly, head (of hair).
Do cheann a chíoradh, a bhearradh, to comb, cut, one’s hair. (Of measurement)
Rug sí ar chéas a cinn uirthi, she caught her by the hair of the head.
A ciabhfhoilt dhonna, her locks of brown hair.
Cíor do cheann is ná bí i do chiafart mar sin, comb your hair and take that unkempt appearance off you.
Thug na mná ~ dá chéile, the women pulled each other’s hair.
~ chinn, chúil, hair-comb.
1. Do cheann, do ghruaig, a chíoradh, to comb one’s hair.
3. Bhí na mná ag ~adh a chéile, the women were pulling each other’s hair, fighting, quarrelling.
Ní raibh barr ~ isteach ná bun ~ amach, everything was perfectly arranged; there wasn’t a hair out of place.
1. ~ gruaige, matted hair.
Do ghruaig a chóiriú, to dress one’s hair.
~ gruaige, hair-dressing, hair-style.
~ (gruaige), curl (of hair).
~í a chur i ngruaig, to curl hair.
Bhí an ghruaig ina ~ ar a cheann, his hair was standing on end.
5. ~ (ghruaige), tress, flowing lock (of hair).
Ceann, cúl, ~, flowing head of hair.
Chuach sí in airde a cuid gruaige, she rolled up her hair.
7. ~ gruaige, head of hair; hair done up at back.
~ a chur suas, to do up hair (at back).
~ a bhearradh, to cut hair (at back).
~ éadaigh, gruaige, the dyeing of cloth, of hair.
Rinne sí cúl dá cuid gruaige, she did up her hair at the back.
Gruaig dhíreach, straight hair.
~ ghruaige, lock of hair.
~ ghruaige, lock of hair.
Bain cuid den ~ díot féin, remove some of your thatch, get yourself a hair-cut.