ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
A athair agus a mháthair, his father and mother.
A hathair agus a máthair, her father and mother.
Tá a máthair aici, she has her mother (staying with her, helping her).
Athair, máthair, mac, ~a, foster-father, -mother, -son.
A athair ~, a mháthair bheag, a leanbh ~, dear father, mother, child.
Is í a máthair ~ cos í, she is the image of her mother.
Brostaíonn airc intleacht, necessity is the mother of invention.
D’fhan sé i m~ a mháthar, he stayed to take care of his mother.
Chaill siad a máthair, they lost their mother.
Bean mhic is máthair chéile, daughter-in-law and mother-in-law.
~ na máthar lena clann, a mother’s leaning towards her children.
Is í a máthair go ~ í, she is exactly like her mother.
~ na máthar ina mac, a mother’s tenderness for her son.
Thug sí dá hathair, dá máthair, é, she gave it to her father, to her mother.
A mháthair dhil, (my) dear mother.
A Dhia, a mháthair, dhílis, dear God, mother.
A mháthair na ~, dear mother.
Bhí an lao ag ~ a mháthar, ar a mháthair, the calf was sucking its mother.
Dhiúl sé an chíoch bhradach, he inherited his bad qualities from his mother.
Do mo mháthair an féirín, the gift is for my mother.
Teanga dhúchais, native language, mother tongue.
D’~ a mháthair air faoi sin, his mother reproved him for that.
Ní hí a máthair a lean siad ach ~, they did not take after their mother but after him.
Múineann ~ seift, necessity is the mother of invention.
Sular ~adh i mbroinn a mháthar é, before he was conceived in his mother’s womb.
Tá sé ag ~áil le muintir a mháthar, he takes after his mother’s people.
~ athair ~ mháthair, without father or mother.
Is é an péarla ~ ag a mháthair é, he is his mother’s precious jewel.
Ach amháin go raibh mé ag ~eadh dá mháthair, only that I had consideration for his mother’s feelings.
An ~ a bhí aici ar a máthair, the love she had for her mother.
Bhí sí ina máthair mhaith acu, she was a good mother to them.
Rinne sí ~ máthar dó, she was like a mother to him.
Aon mhac máthar acu, any mother’s son of them.
Rinne a mháthair ~ de, his mother spoiled him.
Máthair mhaith, good-mother, mother-in-law.
Iníon mháithriúil, a daughter who takes after her mother.
~ clainne, teaghlaigh, the mother of a family.
~ altrama, foster-mother.
Teanga mháthartha, mother tongue.
Is é an peata ~ ag a mháthair é, he is his mother’s darling.
An t-uan ag múineadh méilí dá mháthair, the lamb teaching its mother how to bleat.
Ár máthair mhuirneach, our dear mother.
~ a mháthar, his mother’s pet.
A mháthair ó! Mother dear!
Is measa leis a mháthair ná a athair, he likes his mother better than his father.
~ a mháthar, his mother’s connexions.
~ beag a mháthar, his mother’s little darling.