ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá sé ina fhear uasal acu, they look on him as a gentleman.
Tá ~ cinn san fhear sin, that man is clever.
Tá sé ina fhear ~ anois, he is a full-grown man now.
~ fhear déag, eleven men.
Níl aon fhear ~the a dhéanfadh é, no man born, alive, could do it.
~ fhear, bhan, pháistí, two men, women, children.
Níl aon fhear ~ (inniu) a dhéanfadh é, there is no man alive (today) who could do it.
Ag brostú fhear na ~e, rushing a man who is already hard-pressed.
2. ~ (d’fhear, de ghasúr), strong rough man, big strong youth.
~ d’fhear láidir, strong stump of a man.
An chéad fhear, bhean, duine, uimhir, the first man, woman, person, number.
An-fhear ~ cainte, a great man for chat.
Níl aon choinníoll san fhear sin, that man does not keep his word.
~ fhear Éireann, a gathering of the men of Ireland.
Thug sé a g~ don fhear thíos, he told them to go to blazes.
Ní chreidim san fhear sin, I have no faith in that man.
Aon fhear cruthaithe, any man alive.
Dá mbeadh a dhath den fhear ann, if he had any manliness in him.
Níl sé chomh mór d’fhear leat, he is not as big a man as you.
Ní raibh aon fhear ina dhiaidh ab fhearr ná é, no better man succeeded him.
Fuair sí a ~ d’fhear, she got a husband worthy of her.
~ fhear, bhan, bhráthar, two men, women, brothers.
D’~ sé aon fhear dá agallamh, he assigned one man to speak to him.
Dúshlán fhear ~ann, ar fhearaibh ~ann, a challenge to the men of Ireland.
Éirí i d’fhear, i do bhean, to become a man, a woman.
D’~ sé suas ina fhear ard, he grew up to be a tall man.
~ mór d’fhear, great hulk of a man.
Níl aon fhear ar an bh~ inchurtha leis, he is the best of the lot.
Bheith i d’fhear, to be, to act like, a man.
Bhí sé ina fhear acu uile, he was a match for all of them.
D’fhear sé a fhearg orthu, he vented his anger on them.
D’fhear sé sneachta trom, there was a heavy fall of snow.
D’fhear sé cleas, he performed a feat.
Fear san fhear, man for man.
Ní ~aim aon fhear, I shun no man.
Thug sé ~ ó gach uile fhear, he held his own against all men.
Ní raibh ~ síolaí d’fhear fágtha, there was not a man left to propagate his breed.
Níl aon fhear a ~finn uaidh, I would not flinch from any man.
Má chuireann sé leis beidh sé ina fhear láidir, if he keeps it up he will be a strong man.
A mheáchan d’fhear, a man of his weight.
Bíonn dhá dtrian ~e ar fhear fógartha, he who calls a quarrel must take two-thirds of the blame.
D’~ féin d’fhear, a man of your size.
Dá mbeadh ~ den fhear ann, if he had any manliness in him.
Fuair sí a ~ d’fhear, she got a worthy husband.
Tá ~ san fhear sin, there is no end to that man’s perseverance.
Ní raibh aon fhear meata ar a shliocht, no man of his stock was a coward.
Díleas ~ d’fhear poirt, what is cast up (by the sea) may be given over to the man ashore.
Níl sé ar, faoi, thalamh an domhain aon fhear a dhéanfadh é, there is not in all the world a man who could do it.
Thréig sí thusa ar fhear eile, she deserted you for another man.