ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ snáthaide, frayed ends of stitches in ripped seam.
Ní h~ a roistear an olann ach is ~ a spíontar í, it is not that the wool is ripped but that it is teased.
Ag ~adh na sráide, ripping up the street.
Bhí sé ag ~adh roimhe, he was ripping along.
Éadach a ~eadh, to rip cloth.
~ mé mo mhéar air, I ripped my finger on it.