ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ag cruinniú roimhe is ag bailiú ina dhiaidh, gathering up everything he can lay hands on.
3. ~te suas le, laid up, lying, against.
Bhí mé ~tha ag slaghdán, I was laid up with a cold.
Tá sé ar chúl a chinn le ráithe, he has been laid up for three months.
~ a bheith ort, to be laid up for a long time with illness.
Bheith ar do ~, to be abed; to be laid up.
~ an fliú iad, they were laid up with the flu.
Bheith ~tha suas, to be laid up.
Bheith i do ~, to be lying down; to be laid up.
Bhí ~ bliana air, he was laid up for a year.
Bheith i do luí le fliú, to be laid up with the flu.
Tá ~ fada air, he is laid up a long time.