ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Is í ~ na huaire aige í, she is his sweetheart for the time being.
Ar ~ na huaire, on the spur of the moment; within a second.
In ~ na huaire seo, at this juncture.
Tá sé céad slat as seo, míle ón trá, siúl uaire chun na páirce, it is a hundred yards from here, a mile from the strand, an hour’s walk to the park.
~ trí huaire sa lá é, take it three times a day.
~ uaire, uair is ~, quarter of an hour, an hour and a quarter.
~ huaire fichead, ~ acra is fiche, twenty-four hours, twenty-four acres.
~ uaire, bliana, most of an hour, of a year.
~ huaire fichead, (i) twenty-five times, (ii) twenty-five hours.
Trí huaire i n~ a chéile, three times in succession.
Le h~ uaire, for a whole hour.
D’~ sé trí huaire san uisce, he rose three times in the water.
Ag ~e na huaire, watching the clock; tied to time.
Ceithre huaire ~ad, twenty-four hours.
I n~ na huaire, just on the hour.
~ de réir na huaire, na hoibre, payment by the hour, in proportion to the work.
I ~ na huaire, at the present moment.
Trí huaire go leith, three and a half hours, times.
~ uaire, an hour’s delay; an hour’s stop.
~ n-uaire déag, nineteen times.
1. ~ (na huaire, an chloig), a minute.
~ n-uaire déag, eighteen times.
~ bliana, ~ huaire, six years, six times.
~ n-uaire fichead, twenty-seven times.
Ar ~ uaire (agus aimsire), at a propitious time.
De thapa na huaire, by chance.
De thruip na huaire, for the time being.
Ar feadh ~e, for an hour.
Íoctar iad de réir na huaire, they are paid by the hour.
Cás na huaire, the current case.
Baois na huaire, the folly of the times.
Eachtra aon ~e, casual event.
Trí huaire chomh fada, three times as long.
Seacht n-uaire níos fearr, seven times better.
Chuaigh sé chun ~e móire, it became stormy.