ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá cuma bhúidíneach air, he has a hang-dog look about him.
Ag imeacht i g~ bacaigh, going about looking, dressed, like a beggar.
Tá lorg, rian, a choda air, he has a well-fed look about him.
Ba dhaor a dhreach, there was a hang-dog look about him.
Tá an ~ (ina sheasamh) idir a dhá shúil, there is a wicked, a roguish, look about him.
Tá ~ os a chionn, he has a glum look about him; he looks villainous.
Is aisteach an ~ atá air, he has such a peculiar look about him.
Tá ~ an ocrais, an bhróin, air, he has a look of hunger, of sorrow, about him.
Ná cuir ~ i do mhala, i d’éadan, leis, don’t frown at it; don’t look so sulky about it.
Tá ~ a gcoda orthu, they have a well-fed look about them.
Bhí mé ag iarraidh eolais ina d~, I was looking for information about them.