ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Gruaig ghairid, short hair.
Cos ghairid, short(ened) leg.
Ba ghairid mo shuan, my sleep was short.
Scoil ghairid, hedge-school.
Cúirt ghairid, petty sessions.
Is ~ a rachadh sé ort; ba ghairid le dul ort é, it wouldn’t last you long.
Ba ghairid Dia liom é, it would be a godsend to me.
Ba ghairid Dia leis é a fháil, he was very glad to get it.
~ chois claí, ~ scairte, ~ ghairid, ghearr, hedge-school.
Ba ghairid go dtógfá díom, you would soon lose interest in me.