ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Sheol an bád air, the boat sailed without him, he missed the boat.
Cad é an ~ mara a sheol anseo é? What mischance brought him here?
Cuir ~ i do sheol mór, (i) reef your mainsail, (ii) restrain yourself a bit.
Sheol ~ loinge díobh as Éirinn, a shipload of them sailed from Ireland.
Sheol siad ó Phort Láirge, they sailed from Waterford.
D’éistfinn trí sheol mara leis, I would never tire of listening to him.
Tá gach aon rud ar sheol na braiche againn, everything is going smoothly with us.
Bhí sé ar sheol na braiche ag imeacht, he was ready and eager to go.
Nuair a sheol an long, when the ship sailed.
An réalta a sheol iad, the star that guided them.
An té a sheol anseo mé, the person who directed me to come here.
Cad é a sheol an bealach seo é? What prompted him to come this way?
Cibé gaoth a sheol chugainn iad, whatever wind wafted them to us, whatever chance brought them here.
Sheol sé saighead air, he launched an arrow at him.