TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
abairt, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~í). Sentence; phrase. ~ ghonta, succinct expression.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Abairt, caint, bheacht, exact expression, speech.
Cad é an ~ atá leis an abairt sin? What is the origin of that phrase?
Abairt chaite, hackneyed phrase.
Abairt chiotach, ill-constructed sentence.
Abairt, teoiric, a scrúdú, to examine a statement, a theory.
Abairt shimplí, simple sentence.
~í a chur in abairt, to fill out a statement.
Abairt atá in ~ go fóill, an expression that is still used.