EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
deifir1, f. (gs. -fre). Hurry. ~ a bheith ort, to be in a hurry. Níl a dheifir air, he is in no hurry. ~ a dhéanamh (le rud), to hurry, make haste (with sth.). Déan ~ leis, be quick about it. ~ a chur ar dhuine, le rud, to make s.o. hurry, to expedite sth. Rud a dhéanamh faoi dheifir, to do sth. hurriedly. Bheith faoi dheifir (le rud), to be hurried, rushed (with sth.). Tá ~ leis, it is urgent. Bhí ~ m’anama, mo dhá bhonn, orm, I was hurrying for dear life, as fast as my feet could carry me. Níor chuir sé ~ orm leis an airgead, he didn’t press me for the money. Beir ar do dheifir, control your eagerness, take it easy. Níor bhrostaigh do dheifir riamh thú, you never exert yourself unduly. Cá bhfuil, cad é, do dheifir? What is your hurry? As an ~ tig an driopás, too much hurry only causes one to fumble. Prov: Dhá dtrian moille le ~, more haste less speed. Mhoilligh Dia an ~, there is no use in rushing things.
deifir2 = difear.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ ab é go bhfuil deifir orm, if I weren’t in a hurry.
Níl ach ~ duit deifir a bheith ort, there is no need for you to hurry.
Deifir a dhéanamh ina ~, to hurry in order to meet him.
Níl ~ duit deifir a dhéanamh, you had better hurry.
Tá deifir bheag leis, it is rather urgent.
~ é an deifir atá ort? What is your hurry?
~fidh (sé) go raibh deifir orthu, they must have been in a hurry.
~ bhíonn do dheifir ort, you do not hurry yourself.
Tá deifir ort, ~im, you are in a hurry, I suppose.
Dlús, deifir, a chur le rud, to speed, hurry, up sth.
Ní foláir dom deifir a dhéanamh, I must make haste.
Deifir agus ~, hurry and excitement.
Dá mbeadh deifir ar dhuine, if one were in a hurry.
An bhfeiceann tú an deifir atá air! See what a hurry he is in!
Ní ~ liom nó tá deifir air, I think he must be in a hurry.
Ach ~ deifir a bheith ort, provided that you are not in a hurry.
Deir sé go bhfuil deifir air, he says (that) he is in a hurry.
Déan deifir le go mbeidh tú réidh in am, hurry up so that you may be finished in time.
Bhí an ~ deifre ort leis, you were in too great a hurry with it.
Tá deifir anois leis, murab ~ is riamh, it is urgent now, more than ever.
Má tá deifir leis, if it is urgent.
Leis an deifir a bhí air, such was his hurry.
Mar dhia go raibh deifir air, letting on that he was in a hurry. (Expressing incredulity)
Tá deifir mhillteanach air, he is in a terrible hurry.
~ bhfuil deifir ort, if you are not in a hurry.
~ an deifir a bhí air, only that he was in such a hurry.
Bhí a ~ deifre orainn leis an obair, we were in such a hurry with the work.
Ó tharla go bhfuil deifir ort, since you are in a hurry.
~ go raibh deifir orm, because I was in a hurry.
~im go bhfuil deifir ort, I realize you are in a hurry.