ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
A athair agus a mháthair, his father and mother.
4. Ní raibh d’~ ná (de) mháthair ann ach iasc, the place was alive with fish.
A athair ~, a mháthair bheag, a leanbh ~, dear father, mother, child.
Déanfaidh sé an ~ is a mháthair, an ~ i bpocán, he will do the devil and all, work wonders with his tongue.
A mháthair dhil, (my) dear mother.
A Dhia, a mháthair, dhílis, dear God, mother.
A mháthair na ~, dear mother.
Bhí an lao ag ~ a mháthar, ar a mháthair, the calf was sucking its mother.
Do mo mháthair an féirín, the gift is for my mother.
Bhí an ~ is a mháthair ann, everybody who could come was there.
D’~ a mháthair air faoi sin, his mother reproved him for that.
~ athair ~ mháthair, without father or mother.
Is é an péarla ~ ag a mháthair é, he is his mother’s precious jewel.
Ach amháin go raibh mé ag ~eadh dá mháthair, only that I had consideration for his mother’s feelings.
~ gan athair gan mháthair, duckweed.
Rinne a mháthair ~ de, his mother spoiled him.
Is é an peata ~ ag a mháthair é, he is his mother’s darling.
An t-uan ag múineadh méilí dá mháthair, the lamb teaching its mother how to bleat.
A mháthair ó! Mother dear!
Is measa leis a mháthair ná a athair, he likes his mother better than his father.
An ~ is a mháthair; an ~ mór is a bhean, all the world and his wife.
Is trua liom an mháthair atá ag ~im libh, I pity the mother who is sacrificing herself for you.