ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bhí mé á dhíol, I was selling it.
Bhí sé á dhíol go saor, (i) he was selling it cheaply, (ii) it was being sold cheaply.
Bhí sé i g~ agam an áit a dhíol, I was thinking of selling the place.
~ agus ceannach, buying and selling.
Tá ~ maith orthu, they are selling well.
Ag ~ meala is ag ceannach milseán, [’selling honey to buy sweets’, carrying coals to Newcastle.
Fear ~, money-lender, usurer; trader selling goods on interest-bearing credit, gombeen-man.
Bhí an-~ ar eallach seasc, dry cattle were selling fast.