ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Trí bheith an fhir mhaith, an tseanmhadra, three signs of a good man, of an old dog.
Ainm an chéad fhir, na chéad mhná, the name of the first man, woman.
Bhí ~ ar fhir óga san arm, young men were wanted in the army.
~ an fhir fadó, as in the case of the man long ago.
~ bheag agus mhór, fhir agus mhná, shean agus óg, both little and great, men and women, old and young.
Ba é sin ~ an fhir, that was the manner of man he was.