ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ an scadáin, herring-bone (pattern).
Bróga den ~ céanna, shoes of the same make or pattern.
~ den phatrún, keep to the pattern.
Dá leanfá ~ na seanleabhar, if you were to follow the pattern of the old books.
~ gréasa, patrúin, the working of a design, of a pattern.
~ páipéir, paper pattern.
~ múnlaithe, casting pattern.
I b~ le rud, patterned on sth.
~ ar bhrat urláir, pattern on carpet.
~ a thógáil le duine, to take pattern by s.o.
Gréas saothraithe, worked-out, elaborate, pattern.
Níl ~ ar bith sna clocha sin, there is no regular grain in those stones (i.e. they won’t break in a regular pattern).
Patrún a thógáil le rud, to take pattern by sth.