ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Scileanna aonair, individual skills.
Ag obair, oilte, ar do cheird, working, skilled, at one’s trade.
Tá ~ aige air, he is skilled at it.
Is fearr lán doirn de cheird ná lán mála d’ór, a handful of skill is better than a bagful of gold.
~ na dornála, boxing skill.
Tiocfaidh sé isteach ar an ~, he will acquire the necessary skill.
~ a dhéanamh, to practise a skilled trade.
Den obair an t-~, skill is half the work.
~ oilte, neamhoilte, skilled, unskilled, worker.
Bheith ~te ar rud, to be skilled, proficient, in sth.
~ a bheith agat i rud, to be skilled at sth.
Níl mé ~ ar véarsaí, I am not skilled in verse.
Rud a dhéanamh le ~, to do sth. with skill and patience.
Le ~ láimhe, by skill of hand; with a steady hand.
Eolas a chur ar gach ~, to get to know all the skills.
~ ar gach ealaín, skilled in every art.
Mac an tsaoir ábhar an ~, a craftsman’s son may grow up in ignorance of his father’s skills.