ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
D’fhill mé ar m’~, I retraced my steps.
Coiscéim, siúl, ~, lumbering step, walk.
Ceann ar cheann, céim ar chéim, one by one, step by step.
Céim ar ~ a thabhairt, to take a step forward, make progress.
Céim a bhreith (thar, i gcoinne), to take a step (over, towards).
Sála, céimeanna, ag ~eamh, heels, steps, getting worn down.
~ (ar aghaidh, ar gcúl) a thabhairt, to take a step (forward, backward).
~ siar a bhaint as duine, to set s.o. back a step.
~ suas, a step up, an uplift.
~ síos, a step down, humiliation.
~ ar chéim (le), step by step, in line (with).
Páirc a thomhas ina ~eanna, to step a field.
Thomhais mé Éire ina ~eanna miona, I have stepped every sod of, walked in every corner of, Ireland.
~ staighre, dréimire, step of stairs, of ladder.
Binn chéimneach, stepped gable.
Talamh a chéimniú, to step land.
Ní chinnfinn céim thar ceart, I would not go one step further than I should.
Ní bhrisfeadh sé ~ faoina chos, (he is so light of step that) he would not break a twig under foot.
Coiscéim chiúin, soft, silent, step.
~ íoschéimneach, step-down transformer.
Chuaigh seisean an t-áth agus mise an ~, he went by the ford and I crossed over the stepping-stones.
Coiscéim a choinneáil le duine, to keep step with s.o.
~ a thabhairt, to take a step.
~ chun tosaigh, ar gcúl, do leataobh, a step forward, backward, to one side.
~ a choinneáil (le), to keep step (with).
Géarú, fadú, ar do choiscéim, to hurry, lengthen, one’s footsteps; to step it out.
Tá sé trom, éadrom, ar a choiscéim, he is heavy, light, of step.
Ba dheas an choiscéim siúil a bhí aici, léi, she stepped it out nicely.
Ar gach ~, at every step.
~ thomhaiste, measured step, tread.
Talamh, fad, a thomhas ina choiscéimeanna, to step (off) land, a distance.
~ coiligh ar charn aoiligh, arrogant step.
Bheith ar ~ le duine, to be in step with s.o.; to be on an equal footing, on equal terms, with s.o.
Cloch chora, stepping-stone.
Coiscéim chorrach, unsteady step.
~ ar chois le, step by step with.
In éadan do chos, with unwilling step, unwillingly.
Ní rachainn fad mo choise leis, I would not walk a step with him.
Thug sé coiscéim ar g~, he took a step back.
Coiscéim, port, válsa, a dhamhsa, to dance a step, a jig, a waltz.
Dhírigh Dia chun an tobair sin é, God directed his steps towards that well.
Tháinig sé chugam in ~ a chos, he came to me with reluctant step.
Do choiscéim a éadromú, to lighten one’s step.
~ in ~, step by step; one after another.