ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá ~ chapall na comharsan, chapall na malairte, chapall na muintire, aige, he is as old as Methuselah.
~ ar imeachtaí na comharsan, alert to what goes on among the neighbours.
Ag ~adh na comharsan, discussing, backbiting, one’s neighbour.
Grá na ~n, love of one’s neighbour.
Fear, bean, na ~n, neighbouring man, woman.
Bíonn ~a crua ar chapall iasachta, faoi chapall na comharsan, ‘a borrowed horse is hard of foot’, borrowing leads to abuse.
Clú na comharsan a ghoid, to take away a neighbour’s character.
~ na comharsan, neighbourly love.
~ sé an beartán i dteach na comharsan dom, he left the parcel in a neighbour’s house for me.
Thug mé ~ anonn go teach na comharsan, I dashed over to the neighbouring house.
Rinneamar ~ i dteach na comharsan aréir, we stayed far too long in our neighbour’s house last night.
Tigh na comharsan, in a neighbour’s house.