ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bain a leath as, take away one half of it.
Níl ansin ach ~ an ceann agus seachain an muineál, it is a mere quibble; it is six of one and half a dozen of the other.
Ar aon chois, (i) on one leg; one-legged, (ii) lacking half one’s resources.
Leath i n~ a haon, half past one.
Is ionann an cás an t-~ is an bás, it is six of one and half a dozen of the other.
Cloch, tonna, go leith, one and a half stone, tons.
~ an lóin, one-half of the provisions.
Ceann go leith, one and a half.
Ní ar leathchois a tháinig Pádraig go hÉirinn, St. Patrick did not come to Ireland unprepared; one should not rely on half-measures.
~ go leith punt, one and a half thousand pounds.
~ go leith, one and a half times as much.