ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ breá, purple loosestrife.
~ bheag, bhréagach, fhuar, bee, spotted, early purple, orchis.
Bréid a chorcrú, to dye a cloth purple.
Dhubhaigh is dhearg aige, he turned purple; he became all confused.
Chuir sí ~ den chorcair faoin éadach, she immersed the cloth in purple dye.
Bheith ~ san aghaidh, to be purple in the face.
~ earraigh, purple moor-grass.
~ cosbhuí, purple sandpiper.
~ meidhreach, early purple orchid.
méaracáin na mban sí, purple foxglove.
~ amhairc, visual purple.
2. ~ file, rhapsodical chant; flight of oratory, peroration, purple patch.