ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Líon a bhá, to steep, ret, flax.
~ d’ard, obstructing, steep, height.
Mala, fána, chrochta, steep incline, decline.
Soitheach bhéal easrach, urine tub (for steeping homespun).
Líon a fholcadh, to steep flax.
5. ~ te, flax fibre boiled after steeping.
Mala, aill, ghéar, steep slope, cliff.
Ar ~, steeping, steeped; soaked, saturated.
Rud a chur ar ~ in uisce, to steep sth. in water.
Ar ~ sa tobán, steeping in the tub.
Ar ~ in ól, i bpeaca, steeped in drink, in sin.
Éadach a mhaothú, to steep cloth.
~ta i bpeaca, steeped in sin.
Ag portú lín, steeping flax.
Tá mala ~ le tógáil againn, we have a steep hill to climb.
Tá mala mhór romhainn go fóill, there is a steep incline still ahead of us.
Ar ~ an phoirt, on the steep edge of the bank.