ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Níl ~ cait ann, he hasn’t the strength of a kitten.
An cat is a chóisir, the cat and its (train of) kittens.
Is ~ don chat a phiscín, a cat feels the loss of its kitten.
~ an chait ag an bpuisín, ‘the kitten walking like the cat’, the boy aping the man.