ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Na mairbh a chaoineadh, to mourn, lament for, the dead.
Chrom sí ar chaoineadh, she started to cry.
Na ~ a chaoineadh, to cry copiously.
Dhírigh sé ar chaoineadh, he began to cry.
Níor chaoineadh go ~ é, you never heard such crying.
Thosaigh sí ag caoineadh, a chaoineadh, she began to cry.