ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Rud a dhéanamh, a sholáthar, a fháil, do dhuine, to do, provide, get, sth. for s.o.
Cé gur beag díol ~ caithfidh sé a sholáthar, ‘little as a wren needs it must gather it’, even the smallest necessities of life have to be provided for.
~ a sholáthar (do), to provide forage (for).
Díol do fhreastail a sholáthar, to provide enough for one’s needs.
Is mó do mhála ná do sholáthar, you are not earning your keep.
Bia, lón, a sholáthar, to gather food, provisions.
Mo sholáthar bliana, all I have gathered in a year.
Is mó a mhála ná a sholáthar, he is never able to make ends meet.