TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
péire1, m. (gs. ~, pl. -rí). Pair. 1. ~ bróg, lámhainní, piostal, pair of shoes, of gloves, of pistols. ~ capall, pair of horses (in harness). Cuir ina bpéirí iad, arrange them in pairs. Ní ~ a chéile iad, they are not a pair. 2. (Of persons) Is deas an ~ iad, they make a nice pair. Péirí a dhéanamh, to pair off.
péire2, m. (gs. ~). Milt.
péire3, m. (gs. ~, pl. -rí). Pear.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Péire ~í, pair of (teasing) cards.
Tá siad ag ~áil isteach ina bpéirí, they are entering in pairs.
Roinn ~ an péire acu é, divide it between the pair of them.
~ ina bpéirí, ina n-aicmí, iad, divide them into pairs, into categories.
Péire ~í, pair of spectacles.
An péire ~, the pair going up. (As vb. imp.)
Agus péire ~eacha uirthi, with her arms akimbo.