ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ geal le sneachta, as white as snow.
Chomh ~ leis an aol, leis an eala, le cúr sceite, le sneachta na haon oíche, as white as lime, as a swan, as falling foam, as overnight snow.
Ar ghile an tsneachta, na lile, as white as snow, as a lily.
Sneachta ~, pure-white snow.
Bhí siad ~ ba ghile ná an sneachta, they were whiter than snow.