TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
rópa, m. (gs. ~, pl. ~í). Rope. ~ cnáibe, craicinn, lín, hemp-, hide-, flax-, rope. ~ boinn, foot-rope (of net, thatch). ~ cinn, ~ droma, head-rope (of net). ~ bulla, buoy-rope. Dréimire ~, rope-ladder. ~ a chur ar rud, to rope sth.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
An chaismirneach a bhaint as an rópa, to take the twists out of the rope.
Rópa, snáithe, a chasadh, to twist a rope, a thread.
~ ar rópa é, fasten it to a rope.
Rud a cheangal le rópa, to tie sth. with a rope.
Cuir ~ de rópa air, tie it with a rope.
Éadach, sacán, snáth, rópa, ~e, hemp cloth, sack, thread, rope.
Rópa a choinneáil, to hold a rope.
~ de rópa, a turn of a rope.
Rópa a chornadh, to coil a rope.
~ de rópa, strand of rope.
~ de rópa, de chábla, loop of rope, of cable.
~ a chur ar rópa, to loop a rope.
Cuir ~ de rópa air, loop a rope round it.
Rópa a dholadh, to loop a rope.
A fhad, a dhá fhad, sin de rópa, a rope as long, twice as long, as that.
Rópa leathair, hide rope.
Rópa, sreang, a ~ean, to pay out a rope, a wire.
~ean le rópa, to pay out, to extend, a rope.
~ a chur ar rópa, to loop a rope.
3. ~ i snáth, i rópa, ragged section in yarn, rope.
Thug mé tarraingt don rópa agus tháinig sé liom, I pulled at the rope and it came away with me.
Rópa a tharraingt, to pull a rope.