ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
D’~ a chur le rud, to sign sth.
Tá ~ bisigh air, he shows signs of improvement.
Le h~ an lae, at the first sign of dawn.
Trí bheith an fhir mhaith, an tseanmhadra, three signs of a good man, of an old dog.
Ní fhaca mé ~ ná baiste é, I didn’t see a sign of him.
Níl aon bhreacadh fós ar an lá, the day shows no sign of improvement.
~ siopa, (shop) sign-board.
Tá ~ báistí ar an lá, the day shows signs of rain.
~ na croise, the sign of the cross.
Ghearr sé ~ na croise air féin, he made the sign of the cross (on himself).
~ a dhéanamh do dhuine, le duine, to make a sign to, signal, s.o.
~ tinnis, fiabhrais, sláinte, sign of sickness, of fever, of health.
Tá a chomhartha air, he shows signs of it.
~ fearthainne, dea-aimsire, sign of rain, of good weather.
~ cumainn, carthanais, sign of attachment, of friendship.
Tá a chomharthaí lena chois, he looks the part; ‘signs on it’.
Níl ~ imeachta air, there is no sign of his leaving.
An chroch chéasta a ghearradh ort féin, to make the sign of the cross on oneself.
Comhartha, fíor, na Croise, the sign of the cross.
Tú féin a chrosadh (in aghaidh urchóide), to make the sign of the cross on oneself (against harm).
~ do lámh leis, (i) put your hand to it, push it, (ii) sign it.
D’ainm a chur le rud, to put one’s name to, to sign, sth.
Níl ~ ná deatach acu, they have no fire, there is no sign of fire from their house.
~ comhartha dó, give him a sign.
Comhartha ~, negative sign.
Comhartha doichill, sign of unwelcome.
An dtig leat ~ a bhaint as an aimsir? Can you read the weather signs?
(Na) gártha, tuartha, ~, shouts, signs, of welcome.
Ní raibh ~ ná comhaireamh aige, there was no sign of life in him; he was dead drunk.
~ na Croise, the sign of the Cross.
Ghearr sí ~ na Croise uirthi féin, she made the sign of the Cross.
~ agus fáistine, a sign and a prophecy.
~ soilsithe, spéire, illuminated, sky-, sign.
Comhartha ~, manifest sign.
Fíor na croise a ghearradh ort féin, to make the sign of the cross on oneself.
An áit a mbíonn náire bíonn ~, to have a sense of shame is a sign of grace.
Do ~ a chur le rud, to sign sth.
Faoi mo láimh, signed by me.
Ní raibh ~ as aon duine, no one made any sign of movement, spoke a word.
Tá sé le léamh ar na comharthaí, the signs reveal it.
2. ~ fógraí, sign-writer.
Bhí ~ an óil air, he showed signs of drink.
Is ~ an rud a dhéanfaidh sé, it is a good sign of what he will accomplish;
Comharthaí an ólacháin, the signs of drink.
D’ainm a chur le ~, to sign a paper.