ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ éadaigh, piece of cloth; rag.
Bheith sna ~a, to be in rags.
~ thurscair, ragged line of sea-wrack.
Is minic a rinne bromach gioblach ~ cumasach, many a ragged colt made a noble horse.
~ bratóg, ceirteacha, rag-merchant.
~ chuimilte, dusting-rag.
Ná déan ~ de, don’t make a rag of it.
Níl air ach na ~a, he is dressed in rags.
~ an mháilín a dhéanamh de rud, to toss sth. about; to make a rag of sth.
Spéir ghiobach, ragged sky.
Ní raibh air ach na giobail, he was dressed only in rags.
Páistí ~a, ragged children; urchins.
Ag imeacht sna bratóga, ina léine, going about in rags, in his shirt.
Ní ~ duit a bheith bratógach, no wonder you are in rags.
Tá sé sna preabáin, he has to wear patches on his clothes; he is in rags.
Duine ~, ragged, untidy, person.
3. ~ i snáth, i rópa, ragged section in yarn, rope.