ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ (rósta), (roasting) spit.
Feoil a chur ar ~, to spit meat.
Seile a chaitheamh, to throw a spit.
Chaith sé amach fuil, he spat out blood.
Rud a chasadh ar bior, ar inse, to turn sth. on a spit, on a hinge. (Of wheel)
~ (réama), spit of phlegm.
Ar ~ an bheara, on the point of the spit.
Bhí siad mar a ~feadh sé as a bhéal iad, they were the dead spit of him.
~ agus sciomradh, spit and polish.
2. ~ (na) cuaiche, cuckoo-spit.
~ a chaitheamh (ar rud), to spit (at sth.).
Ag ~adh báistí, spitting rain.