TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
tráigh1, v.t. & i. (pres. -ánn, fut. áfaidh, vn. trá, pp. -ite). 1. Ebb. Tá sé ag trá, the tide is ebbing. S.a. líon5 2. 2. Abate, subside, recede, decline. Thráigh an tobar, the well dried up. Bhí a mhisneach ag trá, his courage was running out. Tá mo neart tráite, my strength is exhausted. Nuair a thráigh a fhearg, when his anger abated. Fágadh ar chloch thráite é, he was left high and dry. Prov: Níl tuile dá mhéad nach dtránn, (i) nothing can last for ever, (ii) things will eventually settle down.
tráigh2, f = trá1.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
ón trá, as an tobar, up from the strand, out of the well.
Ar bhéal, i m~, an bhóthair, na trá, fronting the road, the strand.
Tá sé céad slat as seo, míle ón trá, siúl uaire chun na páirce, it is a hundred yards from here, a mile from the strand, an hour’s walk to the park.
~ trá, cladaigh, shell-fish, edible seaweed.
Lasmuigh de bhriseadh na trá, beyond where the waves break on the strand.
~ (trá), bits of seaweed strewn on beach.
Ar chiumhais na trá, na mara, on the edge of the strand, of the sea.
~ uisce, thrá, pond, sea, slater.
~ coille, trá, gleanings of woodland, of seashore.
~ trá a bhreith go hInse, carrying coals to Newcastle.
Bhí an bád caite ina ~ ar an trá, the boat was cast as a hulk on the strand.
Tháinig siad isteach ~ na trá, they came in by the strand.
~ duimhche, trá, sea-holly.
~ trá, ~ airde, dulse washed up by tide.
~ mara agus trá, ebb and flow.
Chomh ~ le móin, le féar, le gaineamh na trá, as plentiful as turf, as grass, as the sand on the sea-shore.
~ ghainimh, trá, seaweed growing on strand.
I bh~, ag ~, le chéile faoi dhul chun na trá, vying with each other as to which of them should go to the strand.
An dá thrá a fhreastal, to try to do two things at the same time, to serve two masters.
Ar ghaire trá, convenient to a strand.
Tuile ~ trá, unebbing, never-ending, flood.
Ní thig leis an n~ an dá thrá a fhreastal, one cannot be everywhere, attend to everything, at once.
In imeall na trá, at the edge of the strand.
~ trá, cladaigh, outer strand, shore, exposed at low tide.
Míle ~ ón trá, a mile in from the strand.
(Le) ~ trá, (at) low tide.
~ trá rabharta, spring tide at its lowest ebb.
~ dearg, ~ trá, redshank.
Ag ~adh is ag trá, ebbing and flowing.
Chomh ~ le gaineamh na trá, as numerous as the sands on the sea-shore.
Tá sé ina ~ trá, the tide is fully out.
~ann na carraigeacha le lag trá, the rocks become exposed at low tide.
Foireann ó Thrá Lí, a team from Tralee.
Tá na carraigeacha ag teacht ~ leis an taoide thrá, the rocks are appearing with the ebb-tide.
~a trá, wavelets on strand.
~ chloiche, ~ trá, fixed, shore-, net.
Tá a theachsan cois na trá agus a dteachsan ar an ard, his house is by the strand and their house on the hill.
An bád a shaothrú isteach ar an trá, to haul the boat on to the strand.
Tá an trá, an sceir, ag ~adh, the strand, the reef, is becoming exposed.