ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
5. In ~, reserved, engaged.
~ achomair, easaontais, forchoimeádta, summary, dissenting, reserved, judgment.
~ focal nó dhó, speak a word or two; be reserved in your speech.
Nach tú atá ~? Aren’t you very reserved? Are you too shy to speak to anyone?
~ ina chomhrá, reserved in his speech.
Is ~ an duine é, he is such a secretive, reserved, person.
~ mórán agus can beagán, [’hear much and say little’, be patient in hearing and reserved in speech.
In áirithe do dhuine eile, reserved for another person.
~ eisiúna, forchoimeádta, issue, reserved, price.
Duine ~, distant, reserved, person; non-committal person.
Ná bí ~, don’t feel strange; don’t be reserved, shy.