ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bhí ~ air labhairt, he was reluctant, shy, to speak.
Ba é an ~ doiligh leis imeacht, he bemoaned his fate that he had to go, was most reluctant to go.
Is ~ leis fanacht, he is reluctant to stay.
Is ~ leis imeacht, he is reluctant to go.
~ a bheith ort rud a dhéanamh, to be reluctant to do sth.
Tháinig sé chugam in ~ a chos, he came to me with reluctant step.