ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Cúig a bhailiú isteach, to pick up a five, a trick.
Tá an lá ag dul i n~, the day is picking up.
Thóg na boinn giotaí de ghloine bhriste, the tyres picked up bits of broken glass.
Paisinéirí a thógáil, to pick up passengers.
Thóg mé iad in aice le Nás, I picked them up near Naas.
Teanga, ceird, a thógáil, to pick up a language, a trade.
Thóg mé ceathrú amháin den amhrán uaithi, I picked up one verse of the song from her.
Níl ann ach focal a thóg sé uait féin, it is only a word he picked up from yourself.
~ luais, pick-up of speed.