TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
baileach, a1. 1. (Mainly used adverbially) Exact. (a) Ní hea (go) ~, not exactly. Níl a fhios agam (go) ~ cad a tharla, I don’t know exactly what happened. Tá sé ansin agat go cruinn ~, you have it all there exactly. D’ith sé go ~ é, he ate every bit of it. (b) Ní ~ a bhí tú imithe nuair a tháinig sé, you had only just left when he arrived. 2. Frugal, thrifty.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ ina charnán é, gather it into a heap.
~ chugat a bhfaighidh tú, accumulate all you can get.
Is iontach an ’~ chugam’ é, he is forever on the forage.
Bailigh leat do chip is do mheanaí, remove yourself and all your belongings.