ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ag brú aithne orthu, scraping acquaintance with them.
An craiceann, an salachar, a chartadh de rud, to scrape the skin, the dirt, off sth.
Airgead a chonlú, to scrape up money.
~ fidile, scraping of fiddle.
~ do bhéil a bhaint amach, to scrape a living.
Ag ~ ar fhidil, scraping on a fiddle.
Meacan a ~adh, to scrape a carrot.
Bíonn sé i ~ éigin i gcónaí, he is always getting into a scrape.
Ag ~adh airgid, scraping money together.
Cuir ~ ime ar an arán, put a scraping of butter on the bread.
~ chré, a scraping of earth.
~ de pheann, a scrape of the pen.
Pota a ~adh, to scrape a pot.
Cnámh a ~adh, to scrape a bone.
~ ar an leac é, scrape it on the flagstone.
~ an mheirg de, scrape the rust off it.
~ a thabhairt do rud, to scrape sth.
~ bheag, a mere scraping.
Pé ~ a bhí ar a chumas a dhéanamh, whatever he was able to scrape together.
Scian scris, scraping-knife.
~ an mheirg de, scrape the rust off it.
Nach bhfuil agat ach an ~ sin? Can you not scrape anything better than that?
Ag ~ ar fhidil, scraping on a fiddle.