ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Fear a ~e, his successor, his substitute.
~ cloiche, flat circular stone (as substitute for quoit).
~ an ceann seo ina ionad, substitute this one for it.
Rud a chur in ~ ruda eile, to substitute one thing for another.
Níl ann ach ~ in áit na scuaibe, it is only a poor substitute, a makeshift.
An t~ in áit na diallaite, a poor substitute.