ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
An t-~ a chur ar dhuine, to bring s.o. luck.
Tá an t-~ ag siúl leis, he is always in luck.
~ éisc ort! Good luck with the fishing!
Mar bharr ar an ádh, ar an mí-ádh, as luck, ill-luck, would have it.
~ den ádh, stroke of luck.
~ ar fheabhas chugat, more luck to you.
~ thine ort! Bad luck to you!
Nár choiglí Dia thú! Go ahead, and good luck to you!
A chonách sin ort! More luck to you!
Scéal ~ orthu! Bad luck to them!
An t-ádh a chur ar dhuine, to wish, to bring, s.o. luck.
Bhí an t-ádh ~ air, he was in real luck.
Mar ba dheonach, providentially, as luck would have it.
(An) ~ air! Bad luck to it!
Is tú is dóiche, ba dhóiche, it is, would be, just like you; it would be just your luck.
Is ~ (mar) a d’éirigh dó, it was an unfortunate occurrence for him, it was hard luck on him.
Cailleadh an ~ (agus an duáin) ort! Worse luck to you!
Dul faoi dhris, to be in luck (at cards).
Go n-éirí an t-ádh leat, good luck attend you.
~ den ádh, a bit of luck.
Guím an t-ádh leat, may good luck go with you.
~ as ort! Bad luck to your fretting!
~ gach labhartha leat, good luck to you in all you say.
~ an donais, rank bad luck.
Mhair sé an carr nua dom, he wished me luck with the new car.
Má tá ~ maith i gcártaí agat, if your luck is in.
~ nach raibh an t-ádh linn, because we were not in luck.
Dá mbeadh sé de mhí-ádh ort é a chailleadh, if you should have the bad luck to lose it.
Mar bharr ar an ~, as ill luck would have it.
Tá tú ar mhuin na muice, you are on the pig’s back, in luck.
Mar ~ raibh an t-ádh orainn, because we were not in luck.
Faoi mar a bheadh an ~ ar an aithne, as ill luck would have it.
~ a bheith anuas ort, to be ill-starred, dogged by ill luck.
Níl rí ná ~, ~ ná ríocht, orthu, nothing is right with them; neither luck nor grace attends them.
~ an t-ádh liom, I had a run of luck, was very lucky.
Tá an ~ linn, we are in luck.
D’iompaigh an ~ air, luck turned against him.
Bhí ~ den ádh ort, you had a slice of luck.
An ~ a bheith leat, to be in luck.
Ní raibh lá den ~ orainn ó shin, we haven’t had a day’s luck since.
Bhí ~ den ádh ort, you had a stroke of luck.
Tá an mí-ádh ag siúl leis, he is dogged by ill luck.
Fanann fear ~ le séan, ‘the lucky man waits for the lucky moment’, luck is largely a matter of opportunity.
Ní raibh lá sonais air ina dhiaidh sin, he hadn’t a day’s luck after that.