ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ó chiorraigh an chinniúint ár leoin, since fate cut off our warriors.
Ar chúl na gréine, cut off from the sun.
~adh an ceann de, his head was cut off.
Ná déan ~ de do rún, don’t cut off your nose to spite your face. (Of food, etc.)
~ siad a cheann leis, they cut off his head.
Bhí mé ~tha amach ó mo dhaoine, I was cut off from my people.
~ den spóla, a cut off the joint.
Do shonas a thabhairt ar do dhonas, to cut off one’s nose to spite one’s face.