ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
In ~ a chéile, articulated; pieced together properly.
Rud a chur ar ~, to adjust sth. properly.
Caith, imir, do bhearta mar is cóir, play your cards properly; play the game.
Fan go mbeire sé ar a ghreamanna, wait until he gets his grips, until he gets going properly.
Níl ~ ná slacht ar an teach ó d’imigh sí, the house has not been properly kept since she left.
Dá mbeadh ~ ar mo ghreamanna agam, if I could get my grips, get going properly; if I had the means (to do sth.).
Tá an lá, an stoirm, ag dul ar ~, the day, the storm, is setting in properly.
A cheart a thabhairt do rud, to treat something properly.
Sin peann maith má thugann tú a cheart dó, that is a good pen if you use it properly.
Ní thuigim i g~ é, I don’t understand him, it, properly.
Ó cheart, properly, originally.
An té ar leis ó cheart é, the person to whom it properly belongs.
3. Mar is ~, aright, properly.
Lena rá mar is ~, to say it properly.
Dearc mar is ~ air, consider it properly.
Tá siad ag teacht chun cineáil, they are developing properly, showing their quality.
Rud a dhéanamh mar is ~, to do sth. properly.
Níl a chothrom den bhia aige, he hasn’t got his fair share of the food; he is not being properly fed.
Thógfainn é dá bhfaighinn ~ air, I would lift it if I could get at it properly.
Cuir crot is ~ ort féin, fix yourself up properly.
Tú féin a iompar go ~, to behave properly.
Níor chuir tú an t-airgead ina cheart, you did not use the money properly.
~ le m’athair gur mhaith mar a rinneamar é, my father thought we acted properly in the matter.
A chomharthaí dílse a thabhairt ar rud, to describe sth. properly.
Níl sé ina dhíre, it is not properly placed, it doesn’t fit properly.
Dá mbeadh ~ agam air, if I could get at it (properly).
Níl sé ar ~ fhónta, it is not functioning properly.
Dá mbeadh sé fite mar is ceart, if it were properly contrived.
Tú féin a ghiúlán go maith, to carry oneself well; to conduct oneself properly. (Of pregnancy)
Níor ghreamaigh tú dá chéile mar is ceart iad, you didn’t stick them together properly.
Breith ar do ghreamanna, to get one’s grips; to get set for action, to get going properly.
Dá mbeadh an ~ aige, if he were properly catered for.
Do chuid oibre, do ghnóthaí, a léiriú, to order one’s work, affairs, properly.
Déan ~ is ceart é, do it properly.
Ár mbeatha a ordú mar is cóir, to order our lives properly.
~ a bheith agat, to have principle, to conduct oneself properly.
~ a chur ar obair, to finish a job properly.
~ mhaith a dhéanamh ar rudaí, to stow things away properly.
Tá gach uile rud ~te go maith anois againn, we have everything stowed away properly now.
Ní shúnn a chorp an bia mar is ceart, his body does not assimilate the food properly.
~ leat siosúr agus gearr mar is ceart é, take a scissors and cut it properly.
Níl an simléar ag ~t mar is ceart, the chimney is not drawing properly.
Cuir ~ mar is ceart ar an scéal, begin the story properly.
Thug mé ~ maith dó, I taught him a good lesson; I chastised him properly.
Má thugann tú an ~ cheart don speal, if you use the scythe properly.