ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Cúig a bhailiú isteach, to pick up a five, a trick.
~ a bhualadh ar dhuine, to play a trick on s.o.
Ag ~ (ar dhuine), playing tricks (on s.o.).
3. Tá sé lán de bhrainsí, he is full of tricks.
~ cainte, trick, turn, of speech.
Brainsí bithiúntais, roguish tricks.
Beart ~, underhand trick.
Cleas ~, dishonest trick.
~ a imirt ar dhuine, to play a trick on s.o.
~ gasta, suarach, clever, mean, trick.
~a imeartha, scríbhneoireachta, na ceirde, tricks of play, of writing, of the trade.
Ag ~ orm, playing tricks on me.
Lán de chleithireacht, full of tricks.
~ a chur as cúl doirn, to jink, to win every trick in game.
Do chnaipí a imirt, to play one’s cards, try one’s tricks.
Níl aon chor ina chroí gan fhios dom, I can anticipate his every thought; I know all his tricks.
Fear ~í, (i) trick-o-the-loop man, (ii) trickster, rogue.
Ní raibh aon chleas ina chorp nár fhéach sé, he tried every trick he was capable of.
Níor chríonna an cat ná an coimhéadaí, ‘the watcher was as cunning as the cat’, the trick was discovered in time.
~ a fháil, to gain a trick, score a five (in game of twenty-five, etc.).
Leatsa an ~ sin, that is your trick.
Bheith trí chúig, to have scored three tricks, be fifteen up.
Beidh ~ éigin aige i gcónaí, he is up to every trick.
Obair, gníomh, damhsa, cleas, a dhéanamh, to do, perform, work, a deed, a dance, a trick.
A cúig, an cluiche, a dhéanamh, to make a (trick of) five, the game.
Tá sé lán ealaíon, he is full of tricks, wiles.
~ a dhéanamh, a imirt, ar dhuine, to commit a foul act, play a dirty trick, on s.o.
Cleasa ~a, obvious tricks.
Cúig a ghabháil, to take a trick (of five).
Le h~, by means of a trick.
Cleas a ~t (ar dhuine), to play a trick (on s.o.).
Is fuar a d’~ tú orm, you played an unfriendly trick on me.
Beidh mise ~ leat, I’ll be up to your tricks.
Tá titim láimhe aige, the trick is falling to him.
Cúig do lámhdhéanta a fháil, to get a dealing trick.
Chuaigh an cleas ar ~, the trick failed.
Le cleas a rinneadh é, it was done by a trick.
Cleas na lúibe, trick-o’-the-loop.
Cleas mallaithe, damnable trick.
Duine a mhealladh le cleas, to deceive s.o. by a trick.
Ba mhór an cleas aige é, it was a great trick of his.
Níor ~ an cleas, the trick didn’t work.
Cluiche riain a chur, to jink, to win every trick in a game.
Is deacair seanslat a shníomh, ‘it is hard to twine an old rod’, you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.