ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Béal cúng ~, narrow and exposed channel.
Ag caolú a radhairc, narrowing, straining, his eyes.
Théadh sé i g~ chúng chloiche do thabhairt péine dá chorp, he used to confine himself in a narrow stone cell in order to mortify his body.
Imeacht idir ~ agus ursain (ar dhuine), to have a narrow escape (from s.o.).
Cloch a chur ar a ~, to lay a stone on its edge, on its narrow end.
4. ~ farraige, narrow arm of sea.
Bealach, doras, béal, ~, narrow way, door, opening.
Áit chúng, narrow, confined, place.
Tithe beaga ~a, narrow little houses.
Bríste, sciorta, ~, narrow, tight-fitting, trousers, skirt.
An bheatha chúng, narrow circumstances, poverty.
Dearcadh ~, narrow outlook.
Bearna, poll, a chúngú, to narrow a gap, a hole.
Méadú, cúngú, glanadh, téamh, cruachan, díospóireacht, a dhéanamh ar rud, to enlarge, narrow, clean, warm, harden, debate, sth.
~ idir dhá abhainn, a (narrowing) strip between two rivers.
Ní raibh ann ach ar ~, it was a narrow shave.
Druidim an mhill, narrowing of shank of stocking.
Chuaigh tú i d~ dó, you very nearly did it; you had a narrow shave.
Limistéar ~, restricted sphere of action, narrow limits.
~ clárach, cúng, leathan, fionnaitheach, flat, narrow, broad, hairy, chest.
~ buidéil, narrow pointed udder.