ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá ~ orm ag éisteacht libh, I am deaf listening to you.
Tá mé ~ ag éisteacht libh, leis an scéal sin, I am tired listening to you, hearing that story.
~ do chluas, incline your ear, listen.
Chuirfeadh sé ~ ar do chluasa ag éisteacht leis, it would stun your ears, gravely offend your susceptibilities, to listen to him.
(An) gcloistí? Do you hear? Just listen to that!
~ a chur ort féin, to prick one’s ears, to listen.
~ a thabhairt do rud, to give ear, listen, to sth.
Tá mo chluasa bodhar aige, it is being dinned into my ears; I am tired listening to him, to it.
Nár chóir go n-éistfeá liom? Why won’t you listen to me?
An té nach gcomhairlíonn Dia, he who will not listen to God’s word.
Tugaigí ~ dó, listen to him; let him speak.
Éist go ~ leis, listen attentively to him.
Éistim leis de ghnáth, I listen to him as a rule.
B’fhearr duit gan éisteacht leis, tá ~ aige, you shouldn’t listen to him, he is foul-mouthed.
~eacht le fuaim, le glór, le torann, to listen to a sound, a voice, a noise.
~eacht le duine, to listen, pay attention, to s.o.; to heed s.o.
~ leis an amhrán, listen to the song.
~ le comhairle uaim, listen to advice from me; let me give you advice.
Más fiú ~eacht leis, if it is worth listening to.
Ba bhreá leat a bheith ag ~eacht leis, one would love to hear him; it was wonderful to listen to him.
~ leis sin! Just listen to that!
~ an toirneach, listen to that thunder.
~ a thabhairt do dhuine, to grant a hearing, to listen, to s.o.
Tabhair ~ don cheol, listen to the music.
Cluas ghéar a thabhairt do dhuine, to listen intently to s.o.
Do chluas a ghéarú, to listen more intently.
Éisteacht le ~tha ban, to listen to women’s talk.
Chuirfeadh sé ~ ort a bheith ag éisteacht leo, it was, would be, painful to listen to them.
~ an scéal chugat, listen to the story; don’t interrupt.
Is ~ duit ag éisteacht leo, it is well for you that you can listen to them.
Ainneoin ~ n-éistfeadh sé liom, in spite of the fact that he wouldn’t listen to me.
~ ceannais, comhraic, éisteachta, faire, rialaithe, command, combat, listening, look-out, control, post.
Éist le ~, listen to reason.
Ní féidir ~ a chur ann, he won’t listen to reason.
Éisteacht le ~, to listen to learned wisdom.
Éist liom ~, listen to me a while.
Ba mhór an ~ a bheith ag amharc orthu, ag éisteacht leo, it was great fun to look at, to listen to, them.
D’éistfinn trí sheol mara leis, I would never tire of listening to him.
Bhí ~ air ag éisteacht linn, he had his head cocked listening to us.
Chuir sé ~ air féin ag éisteacht, he inclined his head to listen.
Ba mhór an t~ a bheith ag éisteacht léi, it was a great pleasure to listen to her.
~ éisteacht dom, listen to me.
Ag éisteacht le ~ na gcos, listening to the tramp of feet.
agus) Ní éistfeá liom agus ~ sa láthair? You wouldn’t listen to me although you were present?
Ní bheifeá ~ ag éisteacht leis, you wouldn’t tire of listening to him.