ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ cheoil, piece of music; bit of a song.
~ a ghabháil, to sing a song.
Abair ~ dúinn, scaoil ~ chugainn, give us a song.
~ grá, máirseála, óil, love-, marching-, drinking-, song.
Amhráin na ndaoine, folk-songs.
Tá sé ina ~ agat, you are making a song of it.
Rud a fháil ar ~, to get sth. for very little, for a song.
~ na bhFiann, the Soldier’s Song.
3. ~ ceoil, snatch of song.
~ amhráin, burst of song.
~ ceoil, ~ d’amhrán, snatch of a song.
Is ~ uaidh amhrán a ghabháil, he can sing a song very well.
Amhrán a chanadh, to sing a song.
Amhrán, port, a chasadh, to sing a song, play a tune.
~ cheoil, d’amhrán, verse of a song.
~ éan, the song of birds.
Ag déanamh ceoil, making songs, verses.
Rinneadh ~ de, a song was made about it.
Chuala mé i g~ é, I heard it in a song, in a poem.
Amhrán, port, a chrochadh (suas), to strike up a song, a tune.
Amhrán ~, enlivening song.
2. ~ (cheoil), strain of music; snatch of song.
3. ~ cheoil, strain of music; snatch of song.
Cuidígí liom an t-amhrán a rá, join with me in singing the song.
Rud a chur i gcaint, i gceol, i gcanúint na háite, to express sth. in speech, in song, in the local idiom.
Ceol, amhráin, a chumadh, to compose music, songs.
~ ceoil, dáin, the composing of song, of poetry.
Ag ~ amhráin, humming a song.
Dán, amhrán, fonn, aoir, a dhéanamh, to make a poem, a song, a tune, a satire.
Rinne siad amhrán de, they made a song of it.
Ná ~ deilín de, don’t make a sing-song of it.
~ a dhéanamh de rud, to repeat sth. in sing-song fashion.
~ ceoil, humming of song, crooning.
Abair ~ eile, give us, sing, another verse (of song).
~ d’amhrán, poor version of a song.
~ molta, caithréime, song of praise, of triumph.
Ceol, amhráin, na ndaoine, folk-music, -song.
~ leis an amhrán, listen to the song.
Amhrán, dán, a fhí, to compose a song, a poem.
~ ceoil, amhrán, song-maker, lyricist.
~ gan focail, song without words.
Bhí na seanamhráin ag fuarú, the old songs were dying out.
Amhrán a ghabháil, to sing a song.
~ amhráin, the singing of a song.
2. ~ ceoil, burst of song.