ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Is ~ lá nach bhfeicim é, there is scarcely a day on which I don’t see him.
Bhí na focail á mbriseadh ina bhéal, he could scarcely speak with emotion.
Níl ann ach go bhfuil mé i n~ a chéile, I can scarcely hold myself together (with weakness).
Is ~ a bhí sé in ann seasamh, he was scarcely able to stand.
Tá a dhóthain ar ~ aige, he has scarcely enough.
Ní raibh oiread na ~e air, he was hardly marked; there was scarcely anything the matter with him.
~ ar mhíle, scarcely a mile.
Is ~ má, scarcely, hardly.
Ba bheag ~ bhí aon phingin fágtha agam, I had scarcely a penny left.
(Is) ~ má, hardly, scarcely.