ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Long a bhá, to sink a ship.
Carraig bháite, sunken rock.
Báite i bhfiacha, sunk in debt.
Tá ~ air ó chaill sé na fiacla, his mouth has sunk since he lost his teeth.
Tá sé go ~ i bhfiacha, he is sunk in debt.
Leicne doimhne, sunken cheeks.
Bheith báite i bhfiacha, to be sunk in debt.
Bhí m’aigne ag ísliú, my spirits were sinking.
Tá an ghrian ag ísliú ar an aer, the sun is sinking low in the sky.
~ cósta, sinking of coastline.
~ gutha, sinking of voice.
Dul faoi ~, to become submerged, to sink.
~ta i bhfiacha, sunk in debt.
Dul sa phuiteach, to sink in the mire, to bog down.
Bealach ~tha, sunken road.
Rud a shuncáil sa talamh, to sink sth. in the ground.
Bhí an long ag ~, the ship was sinking.
~te i bhfiacha, sunk in debt.
Airgead a shuncáil i rud, to invest money in sth; to sink money in sth.
Tá na súile ~ ina cheann, his eyes are sunk back into his head. (Of food, etc.)