TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
bá1, f. (gs. ~, pl. ~nna).1. Bay. (a) Bay in sea. ~nna agus cuanta, bays and harbours. (b)~i seomra, i dtrinse, i monarcha, bay in room, in trench, in factory. 2. Expanse (of sea). 3. Strip (of thatch). 4. Swath.
bá2, f. (gs. ~). Sympathy, liking (le, for). Tá ~ agam leis, I like him. ~ ghaoil, kindred feeling; kinship.
bá3, m. (gs. as s. ~, as vn. ~ite).1. vn. of báigh1. 2. Drowning. S.a. poll15, 6.3. Immersion, inundation; submergence. 4. Quenching. ~ tarta, quenching of thirst. S.a. beach 3. 5. Ling: Elision.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
air! ~ is bearnú (bá, brú) air! ~ Shíol Éabha air! The devil take him!
Ní bhfuair sé bá na beiche, he didn’t get even a drop (to satisfy his craving).
~ agus bá ort! May you smother and drown!
Thiocfadh bá agat leo, you would get to like them.