ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ choimhdeachta, lady’s maid; chaperon.
An ~; báb na ~, the ringleted maid.
Cailín ag ~ is ~ ag iarraidh déirce, Mór has a maid and yet Mór has to beg, anything to keep up appearances.
Is í an ~ í, she is such an old maid.