PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
An t-~ os ár gcionn, the air above us.
As, thar, an g~, above the ordinary, unusual.
Éirí os cionn na ~a, to rise above the ordinary level of the people.
Bhí an charraig ~ os ár gcionn, the rock was jutting out above our heads.
San aer ~, in the air above.
An F~ Thuas, the man above, God.
San ~ thuas, in the above passage.
Tá ~ os cionn margaidh, honesty is above bargaining; honesty is the best policy.
1. ~ den chrosbhóthar, above, farther up than, the crossroads.
Os cionn nádúir, above the forces of nature, supernatural.
~ Bóinn, on, above, the Boyne.
Os cionn an dorais, above the door.
An ~ os ár gcionn, the sky above us.
Céad míle in airde ón ~, a hundred miles above the earth.
Tá na barra ag teacht aníos, the crops are coming above the ground.
Duine ~ an gcoitiantacht, a man above the ordinary.
Os ~ an locha, above the shore of the lake.