ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bhí poll ar mo mhuinchille, there was a hole in my sleeve.
~ uaimhe, poill, the mouth of a cave, hole.
Poll an bhaic, hole in chimney corner (as receptacle).
Poll, slodán, báite, marsh-hole.
Bhí mo chasóg ina ~ poll, my coat was all in holes.
Briste ~, holed and broken.
Bearna, poll, a bhriseadh ar rud, to make a gap, a hole, in sth.
I m~ an phoill, at the bottom, end, of the hole.
Poll a chalcadh, to plug a hole.
~ chriathraigh, swamp-hole.
Poll, súil, coinicéir, rabbit-hole.
Uisce coirre, bog-hole water.
Tá sé ina chriathar (poll), it is riddled, full of holes.
Poll criathraigh, bog-hole.
An ~ (tí) seo, this hole, shanty.
Poll, bearna, a chur i rud, to make a hole, a gap, in sth.
síos i bpoll, i do phóca, to put sth. down into a hole, into one’s pocket.
Bearna, poll, a chúngú, to narrow a gap, a hole.
~ uisce, poill, depth of water, of a hole.
Poll, díog, tobar, a dhoimhniú, to deepen a hole, a dyke, a well.
Poll, gearradh, ~, deep hole, cut.
Poll duibheagáin, deep dark hole; bottomless pit.
Poll a dhúnadh, to stop a hole.
~ a dhéanamh i dtalamh, to make a probe-hole in the ground.
Fuarthas caite i bpoll iad, they were found cast into a hole.
Poll, doras, a fhairsingiú, to widen a hole, a door.
~ amach as na poill sin, stay out of those holes.
Ag ~áil i bpoll, in uisce, i gcontúirt, san uaigh, going into a hole, into water, into danger, into the grave.
Greagnaithe le poill, full of holes.
Poll a iamh, to stop a hole.
Poll an ~, hole in back of fireplace, at side of fireplace.
Poll iomlaisc, wallow-hole.
~ poll é, drop it a hole.
Ná ~ sa pholl é, don’t let it into the hole.
Poll a ~adh (isteach), to fill in a hole.
soithigh, poill, spáis, the filling of a vessel, of a hole, of a space.
a chur i bpoll, to plug a hole (with straw, cloth).
Poll an phaidrín, hole in chimney corner (as receptacle).
Poll ~e, worm-hole (in potato).
~ a dhéanamh sa talamh, to make a hole in the ground.
Rud a chur i b~, to bury sth. in a hole; to secrete sth.
Dul i b~, to hide in a hole.
Ag dul i bpoill is i bprochóga, hiding in holes and corners; trying to escape attention.
~ slogaide, swallow-hole; sump.
~ maide, (i) hole left by perished tree-stump, (ii) trench left after excavation of bog-wood.