ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Síol, sliocht, Ádhaimh, Adam’s descendants, the human race.
Bhí míle agam air, I was a mile ahead of him (in race).
Ag ~t an bhóthair dá chéile, racing each other along the road.
Breith ar dhuine i rás, to overtake s.o. in a race.
~eadh amach é sa rás, he was outdistanced in the race.
Na ciníocha ~, the yellow races.
~ díleann, spate, torrent; racing tide.
~ cúrsa, turais, rása, end of course, of journey, of race.
An ~ daonna, the human race.
~a Néill, the race of Niall. (Usually in reference to Mac- surnames)
Shuigh siad ~ agus comhartha don rás, they fixed a limit and a mark for the race.
~ de rás, a lap of a race.
Ciníocha ~, coloured races
An cine ~, the human race.
Tháinig siad de dhream uaibhreach, they came of a haughty race.
Tá siad ag díriú amach ar an rás, they are going about the race in earnest.
Síol ~, Eve’s descendants, the human race.
~ bagáiste, iompair, rása, cogaidh, baggage-, riding-, race-, war-, horse.
An dream ónar ~ sé, the race from which he sprang.
B’éigean dom éirí as an rás, I had to retire from the race.
Rás ~, long-distance race.
~adh sa rás é, he was left behind, outdistanced, in the race.
~adh ar deireadh sa rás é, he was left trailing in the race.
Ná lig dó tús reatha a fháil ort, don’t let him lead you in the race.
Rás a fhéachaint, to try a race.
~ Néill, the race of Niall.
~ cnoc a chur ar dhuine, to leave s.o. far behind (in race, work).
~ chogaíoch, warlike race.
~ an chine dhaonna, redemption of the human race.
Tá siad ~ ar a chéile sa rás, they are contesting the race keenly.
Na ciníocha ~a, the negro races
Fear iarmhair a chine, the last survivor of his race.
Bheith ~ ar chomórtas, ar rás, to be entered for a competition, for a race.
~ chosanta a chine, the protecting hand of his race.
~ an cine, the race disappeared, perished.
~ a chur suas, to set up a target; to mark a finishing point (to race, etc.).
Cine ag ~, a race degenerating.
~ coise, bóthair, foot-, road-, race.
~ capall, bád, horse-, boat-, race.
~ sealaíochta, relay race.
~ daoine, race of people.