ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Buail (an) ~! Beat, hook, it!
Go ~ nó go treas, by hook or by crook.
Bhuail sé bradán, he struck, hooked, a salmon.
Chuaigh an duán i g~ an éisc, the hook caught in the mouth of the fish.
~ amach an duán, cast out the fishing-hook.
Chomh cam le ~ lúbáin, as crooked as a hook.
Chomh ~ le hadharc reithe, le cam lúbáin, le cos (deiridh) an mhadra, as crooked as a ram’s horn, as a pot-hook, as a dog’s (hind) leg;
~ bearrtha, pruning-hook.
B’éigean a ordóg a choscairt leis an duán a bhaint aisti, his thumb had to be cut open to remove the hook from it.
~ thógála, grappling-hook, sling.
~ a chur i rud, to hook sth.
Crochta ar chrúca, hanging on a hook.
~ éadaigh, báid, clothes-, boat-, hook.
~ a chur in iasc, to hook a fish.
Do dhuán a chur (i bhfostú) i nduine, to hook s.o.
Tá a cuid ~ ar bharr an duáin aici, she is all out to hook a man.
~ corráin, speile, grass suitable for cutting with reaping-hook, with scythe.
Is deacair fiacla a chur i gcúl corráin, [’it is hard to put teeth in the back of a reaping-hook’, to reason with a numskull.
Chuaigh an duán i bh~ ann, the hook caught in it.
~ éisc, hooked jaw of fish.
Duine a gheafáil, to hook, catch, buttonhole, s.o.
Tá sé i mbradán, he has hooked a salmon.
Bád, bráite, líon, duán, iascaigh, fishing-boat, -ground, -net, -hook.
Is fada ó d’~ an bhuain chorráin, reaping with a hook ceased a long time ago.
5. ~ pota, corcáin, pot-hook.
~ scine, corráin, tang of knife, of reaping-hook.
~ duáin, shank of fishing-hook.
Slat agus ~, hook and perforated bar (for hanging pot, etc., over fire).
4. Snáithe ~, thread used to tie bait on hook.
Snáithe ~, thread used to secure bait to hook.
~ corráin, speile, scine, heel of reaping-hook, of scythe, of knife.
~ chorráin, slashing-knife converted from (old) reaping-hook.