ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
2. ~ feamainne, heap of seaweed (at high-water mark).
Rud a chur in, san, ~, to blow sth. sky-high.
Áit ard ~, high airy place.
Tá sí lán d’~, she is full of life, high-spirited.
Ó bhí an ~ sin ionam, since I was that high.
An ~, people in high places; the nobility.
Tá sé thar ~ agat, it is high time for you.
Lán d’~, in high spirits.
ar mhuir na beatha, ar chíos mór, on the sea of life, at a high rent. Eclipses in a few instances, e.g.
Ar ~ a dhroma, high on his back.
In ~ an tsléibhe, high up on the mountain.
In ~ na spéire, in the high heavens.
In ~ an lae, at high noon.
Cnoc, talamh, ~, high hill, ground.
Go h~ sa spéir, high in the sky.
An luach is airde, the highest price.
An Té is Airde, the Most High.
~ fola, high blood-pressure.
Tá an ghrian ag ársú, the sun is high in the sky; it is getting on for midday.
Cíos, cáin, luach mór, a bhaint amach, to exact a rent, a tax, a high price.
Tá sé i m~ píce, it is as high as it can go.
Tá ~ a chroí aige, he is in high spirits.
~ láin (mhara), ~ taoide, high tide; high-water mark.
Tá ~ aige de féin, he has a high opinion of himself.
Tá sé ~ de féin, he has a high opinion of himself.
Bheith bliain d’aois, troigh ar airde, slat ar fad, tonna meáchain, punt an chloch, to be a year old, a foot high, a yard long, a ton weight, a pound a stone.
I m~ an tsamhraidh, in high summer.
Is breá an ~ Béarla é, it is very high-sounding English.
Tar éis a bhfuil de bhuaic os a chionn, though he is held in such high regard.
Cá hard é? How high is it?
Cárbh ard é? How high was it?
Tá an teach in airde cabhlach, the house is wall-plate high.
~ an chúil aird, high-caul cap.
Glór ~, loud, high-pitched, voice.
Carúil mhóra, high-faluting statements.
Tá a cheann san aer, sa spéir, aige, he holds his head (high) in the air.
Ard, íseal, i g~, of high, low, degree.
Tá sé i mbarr na gceirtlíní geala, he is on top of the world, in high spirits.
Tháinig siad ina gcipí agus ina gcóistí, they came with pomp and ceremony; they came both high and low, in great numbers.
~ beag ró-ard, a little too high.
An té is mó ~ , the person of highest reputation.
Ar ~, i g~, at college; at a higher, secondary, school.
Duine a mholadh go ~a neimhe, na gréine, na spéire, to praise s.o. to the high heavens.
3. ~ bharr taoide, line of wrack at high-water mark.
~ suas, in airde, é, hang it up, on high.