ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Glan an ~ de do leiceann, wipe the tears off your cheek.
Ná tarraing as a ~a é, don’t tear it off its hinges; don’t tear it apart.
~ stiall de, tear a strip off it.
Ná bí ag baint ~anna as an arán, don’t bite, tear, off chunks of the bread.
Baineadh ~ den chraiceann de mo chos, a piece of skin was torn off my leg.
Ná ~ an craiceann díot féin, don’t tear the skin off yourself.
Ná ~ an clúdach den leabhar, don’t tear the cover off the book.
~ a ghearradh, a stróiceadh, de rud, to cut, to tear, a strip off sth.
Ná ~ de mo dhroim é, don’t tear it off my back.
~ anuas den bhalla é, tear it down off the wall.
~ sé an clúdach den litir, he tore the envelope off the letter.