ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Níor shéan sé a ghaol leo, he took after them.
Do ghaol a bheith le duine, to have a kindred feeling for s.o.
Is tú mo ghaol, you are my darling.
Is fearr beagán den ghaol ná mórán den charthanas, blood is thicker than water.
Níl mo ghaol ná mo pháirt ann, I have no relationship or affinity with him.
An ~ de ghaol, relationship in the third and fourth degrees.
Shéan sé a ghaol lena athair, he is not a bit like his father.
An ~ de ghaol, relationship in the third degree.
Níor thréig tú do ghaol le do mhuintir, you have taken after your people very much.