ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá mo chóta ina chíréibeacha, my coat is torn to shreds.
Tá sé ina liobar is ina ~ agat, you have torn it to shreds.
Tobac a mhionú, to shred tobacco.
~ lín, olla, shred of flax, of wool.
Tá mo chóta ina ~a, my coat is torn to shreds.
Tá bun na cruaiche ~the ag na francaigh, the rats have gnawed the bottom of the stack to shreds.
Bhí osáin mo bhríste ina streachláin, the legs of my trousers were in shreds.