ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ trua, déirce, an object of pity, of charity.
Tá trua m’~a agam dó, from my heart I pity him.
Tá ~ ort! It’s a pity about you!
Is trua an té atá ag brath oraibh, anyone who depends on you is to be pitied.
Ní tú atá mé a chaí ach na páistí, I do not pity you but the children.
Mo chreach nach bhfaca tú é, it is a pity you did not see him.
Trua a dhéanamh do dhuine, to take pity on s.o.
Dhearc sé ar na dílleachtaí, he took pity on the orphans.
Déan ~ ar an duine bocht, take pity on, help, the poor fellow in his need.
Is é an ~ é, he is deserving of charity, to be pitied; he is such a beggar.
Is trua í ina dhiaidh, she is to be pitied that he is gone.
~ trua é, he deserves to be pitied.
Urraim, trua, a bheith agat do dhuine, to have respect, pity, for s.o.
~ nach bhfuil sé linn, what a pity he is not with us.
Is é an trua é nach raibh tú ann, it is a pity you were not there.
Is trua mé ina ~, I am to be pitied without it.
Is trua liom an té a ~adh libh, I pity the person who has to put up with you.
Ní raibh ~ mo thrua le fáil, there was no man to pity me.
Is trua ~ teach acu, it is a pity that they haven’t got a house.
Trua a ghlacadh do dhuine, to take pity on s.o.
Ghlac eagla, náire, trua, é, fear, shame, pity, seized him.
Bhí siad ag leá na bhflaitheas, they were moving heaven to pity.
Is í an mhairg í, she is to be pitied; she is such a miserable creature.
Is ~, it is a pity, alas (that).
Is ~ gan cabhair againn, it is a pity we have no help.
Mo thrua iad! I pity them!
~ an trua, more’s the pity.
Is ~ an scéal é, (i) it is a remarkable story, (ii) it is a great pity, a great loss.
Is trua ~ chuir tú i mo chead é, it is a pity you didn’t ask my permission.
Is mór an ~ é, it is altogether wrong; it is a great pity.
Is mór an phúir é! What a pity about him!
Is mór an ~ é, it is a great pity.
Trua agus ~, pity and compassion.
Is trua nach dtaithíonn sé an baile, it is a pity he doesn’t spend more time at home.
Tháinig trua agam dóibh, I began to feel pity for them.
Ghabh trua mhór ina ~ é, he felt great pity on her account.
Is mairg a loiscfeadh a thiompán leis, it would be a pity to waste one’s last resource on it.
Is trua liom an mháthair atá ag ~im libh, I pity the mother who is sacrificing herself for you.
~ a bheith agat do dhuine, to feel pity for s.o.
Tháinig ~ agam dóibh, I began to pity them.
Ghlac sé ~ dom, he took pity on me.
Chuirfeadh sí ~ ort, you would have to pity her.
Le ~ dúinn a rinne sé é, he did it out of pity for us.
~ a dhéanamh do dhuine, to take pity on s.o.; to sympathise with s.o.
Is mór an ~ nach raibh tú linn, it’s a great pity you weren’t with us.
Is mór an ~ an duine bocht, the poor fellow is to be pitied.
Nach mé an ~ Mhuire agaibh! I am to be pitied because of you!