ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tabhair a h~ don bhád, let the boat off the wind.
Tá sí ag cur thairsti ó mhaidin, she has been letting off steam all day.
~ fút í, let her off the wind.
Rud a ~ean ar cairde, ar dearmad, to let sth. be put off, forgotten.
~ den tairne, den téad, é, let it off the nail, the rope.
~ sí na páistí abhaile, she let the children go off home.
Tá siad ag ~eadh leo féin, they are letting themselves go; they are throwing off all restraint.