ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Is maith an té atá ag tabhairt achasáin uaidh, the pot calling the kettle black.
Ná lig thar bhéal an phota é, don’t let it overflow the pot.
Ní dhéanann ~ brachán, beauty will not boil the pot.
Chomh ~ le hadharc reithe, le cam lúbáin, le cos (deiridh) an mhadra, as crooked as a ram’s horn, as a pot-hook, as a dog’s (hind) leg;
~ an chorcáin leis an gciteal, the pot calling the kettle black.
~ pota, bosca, lid of pot, of box.
~ cupáin, pota, tobáin, handle of cup, pot, tub.
Chnag sé an pota ar an urlár, he banged the pot on the floor.
Pota cnuasaigh, pot for cooking shell-fish, etc.
~ seastáin, pota, leg of stand, of pot.
Pota, soitheach, ~, earthen pot, vessel.
Potaí gliomach a chur, to set lobster pots.
Tá an pota ag cur amach, the pot is boiling over.
Pota a chur síos, to put a pot on.
Tá an pota ag cur thairis, thar maoil, the pot is spilling over.
Chuir sé ~ sa chorcán, he dinted the pot.
Chomh ~ le hairne, le bac, le cleite an fhéich, le gual, le pic, le sméar, le tóin corcáin, le Poll Tí Liabáin, as black as a sloe, as a hob, as a raven’s feather, as coal, as pitch, as a berry, as the bottom of a pot, as Erebus.
Pota an ghoirm, pot for boiling homespun in blue dye.
Chuir sí síos ~ phrátaí, she put on a huge pot of potatoes.
2. ~ (pota), coating of soot (on pot).
Chuir sí an flainín ina ~ sa chorcán, she folded the flannel into the pot.
~ soithigh, pota, (flat) lid of vessel, of pot.
Tá an corcán ag ~ean uaidh, the pot is leaking.
Soitheach, pota, ag ~ean tríd, a vessel, a pot, leaking.
5. ~ pota, corcáin, pot-hook.
~ leitean, pota, pot-stick.
Is aici atá an ~ leitean, she wields the pot-stick, rules the roost.
Tá an corcán ag cur thar ~, the pot is overflowing.
Brachán, pota, a mheascadh, to stir porridge, a pot.
~ cré, iarainn, earthenware, iron, pot.
~ uisce, feola, prátaí, pot of water, of meat, of potatoes.
Is breá an ~ a dhéanfaidh sé, it will make a fine bird for the pot.
An P~ Pádraig, ‘St. Patrick’s Pot,’ drink to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
~ gliomach, portán, lobster-, crab-, pot.
Bia, scadán, potáin, potted food, herring.
Slat agus ~, hook and perforated bar (for hanging pot, etc., over fire).
Pota a sciomradh, to scrub a pot.
Pota a ~adh, to scrape a pot.
~a prátaí ar phota, scrapings of potatoes in a pot.
~ croiche, transverse bar of pot-rack.
Potaí stóir, storage pots.
Thóg sí an pota den tine, she lifted the pot off the fire.