ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ an tsúlaigh sa phlanda, the rise of the sap in a plant.
Gan sú ná ~, without sap or vigour.
Níl sú ná ~ ann, there is no sap in it; it is insipid, lifeless, most uninteresting.
Bhain tú an ~ as, you took the sap, the good, out of it.
Níl mórán ~ fágtha anois ionam, there is not much sap left in me now.