ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
An bhfuil scian agat? Tá an t-~ agam. Have you a knife? I have a sort of knife.
Tá ~ aithne agam air, I know him in a sort of a way.
An uile chineál duine, ruda, all sorts of persons, of things.
~ de scoláire, a kind of scholar, a scholar of sorts.
Duine a chodail amuigh, a poor sort of person.
Rud ~, poor sort of thing.
Tá a fhios agat Seán, you know the sort of person Seán is.
Bhí ~ re leithscéal aige, he offered all sorts of excuses.
3. Duine ~, poor sort of person; lout.
Tá ~ agat (leis na figiúirí sin), you have quite a problem (sorting out those figures).
Is é do ~ (eile) é, he is exactly like you; he is just another of your sort.
~ a dhéanamh le duine, to make a sort of an agreement with s.o.
Léifidh mé dó cén sórt duine é, I’ll let him know what sort of person he is.
Ní ~ liom go bhfaca mé a leithéid, I have no clear recollection of seeing anything of the sort.
I ~ ná i ndearmad, by any sort of mistake.
Tá ~ éigin air, he is sickening, out of sorts, for some reason or other.
Idir mhioth agus mhaith, both good and bad, of all sorts.
Is breá ~ an fear é, he is a fine homely sort of man.
Níl aon ~ orm, liom, ag a leithéid sin, I am no good at that sort of thing.
Gach uile shaghas duine, ruda, all sorts of persons, of things.
Sin é an ~ é, that is the sort of person he is.
Bhí gach aon ~ againn, we had all sorts of things.
De shaghas éigin, of some sort.
Cén t~ de dhuine é? What sort of a person is he?
Is iomaí rud a shamhlaítear do dhuine, we imagine all sorts of things.
Gaol a ~adh, to sort out a relationship.
Na daoine ~ nach mbeannaíonn duit, these (sort of) people who won’t greet you.
1. An ~ duine atá ann, the sort of person he is.
An ~ aimsire a bhí againn, the sort of weather we had.
Gloine de shórt éigin, a glass of some sort.
Ná habair dada dá shórt, say nothing of the sort.
Thug mé ~ déanaimh air, I did it in a sort of way.
Tá ~ pinn agam, I have a pen of sorts.
Fuair sí ~ fir, she got a husband of sorts.
Litreacha, leabhair, a shórtáil, to sort letters, books.
Oifig shórtála, sorting office.
Prátaí a thoghadh, (i) to sort potatoes, (ii) to gather potatoes.
~ dá sórt, more of their sort.