ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ páistí, the playful malice of children.
~ páiste, coileáin, playful child, pup.
~ chainte, playful, eccentric, affected, talk.
Tá ~ air, he is in a playful mood; he is a bit frisky.
Chomh ~ le huan óg, le meannán míosa, le dreoilín teaspaigh, as playful as a young lamb, as a month-old kid, as a grasshopper.