ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bhí mé ag brath leis, I was waiting for him.
Bean choimhdeachta, lady-in-waiting, chaperon.
Tá na diabhail sin faoi do choinne, those devils are waiting, on the look-out, for you.
Duine a choinneáil sa bhaile, ag feitheamh, as a theach, óna chuid oibre, to keep s.o. at home, waiting, out of his house, from his work.
Tá ~ tite agam (leis an ocras, ag fanacht leat), I am wearied out (with hunger, waiting for you).
Le linn dúinn a bheith ag fanacht leo, while we are, while we were, waiting for them.
Cén ~ atá ort? What are you hesitating about, waiting for? Why don’t you make up your mind?
Ag ~, hesitating, putting off decision, waiting on off-chance.
Tá siad ag ~ lena gcuid, they are waiting to be fed.
Ag ~e an lae, waiting for day.
Ag ~e na faille, waiting for an opportunity.
Ag ~e ar bhus, waiting for a bus.
Ag ~e ar imeacht, waiting to go.
Ag ~ ar an lá, waiting impatiently for the day.
Ag ~ ar dhul ann, waiting for an opportunity to go there.
Ag ~acht leis an earrach, waiting for spring.
Tá siad ag ~acht le cabhair, they are waiting for help.
Bhíomar ag ~acht le faill orthu, we were waiting to get a chance at them.
le) Ag ~eamh le, waiting for, expecting.
Is fada mé ag ~eamh leat, I have been waiting for you this long time.
~ a bheith ort le duine, to be waiting for s.o., expecting s.o. to come.
Seomra feithimh, waiting-room.
Bheith ag fionraí ruda, le rud, to be waiting for sth.
Ag fionraí leis an té nár tháinig, waiting for one who never came.
Is ~ fanacht leo, they are worth waiting for.
Ag feitheamh le ~, waiting to be served.
Ag ~ le duine, le rud, waiting for s.o., sth.; eagerly expecting s.o., sth.
Tá siad ar ~ ag fanacht leis, they are all impatience waiting for it.
Bhí slua mór rompu, there was a big crowd waiting for them.
Ag fanacht le ~ trá, waiting for an ebbing tide.
Ag fanacht leis an ~, waiting for the opportune moment.