ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ a dhéanamh, a rá, to lie, utter a lie.
Amadán críochnaithe, utter fool.
Bheith i do dhiúra dheabhra, to be in a state of utter confusion, to be left speechless.
~ a rá, to utter an imprecation.
Bheith ag eascainí, to swear, to utter profanities.
~ a thabhairt, to utter a falsehood.
~ tús ~ deireadh, without beginning or end, in utter confusion.
~ a chur ar rud, to utter sth.
An t-~ a chur in uachtar, to turn everything upside down, cause utter confusion.
2. Focal a ~t, to utter a word.
Ná ~ focal as do bhéal, don’t utter a word.
Ná ~ uait briathar gan chomhlíonadh, don’t utter a word that you do not mean to keep.
Ní raibh ~ as, he didn’t utter a sound; he kept quite still.
Gráin shaolta, utter loathing.
Amadán ó thalamh, an utter fool.