ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Go fiú ~ na gcipíní, even the small sticks.
Ar bheagán buíochais, with small thanks.
Móin a bhaigeadh, to put turf in small heaps, bagfuls.
Fágadh ar an m~ cúil, stéille, é, he got the smallest share.
An ~ is an mór, great and small; young and old.
Tá na bróga ~ agam, dom, the shoes are (too) small for me.
Is ~ liom é, I think it is too small.
Ar bheagán tuarastail, on a small salary.
Ná bíodh do shúil le ~, don’t expect small favours.
Bheith mór, beag, óg, aosta, to be big, small, young, old.
~ prátaí, small, discarded, potatoes.
Is ~ le bocht an beagán, we must be thankful for small mercies.
Ceann feadhna le beagán buíne, a commander with a small body of men.
Go ~ dearg na hoíche, far into the small hours.
~ boise, small cake (kneaded in palm).
~ chloiche, small ashlar; lump of stone.
~ an droma, small of the back.
~ na láimhe, small of the hand, wrist.
~ na coise, small of the foot, ankle.
~tar na daoine ar a chéile (ach ní chastar na cnoic ná na sléibhte), it is a small world (if one moves around).
~acha, ~ chiot, a dhéanamh de rud, de dhuine, to break sth. into small pieces, to make mincemeat of s.o.
~ beag, boise, small, hand-kneaded, cake.
Is beag an chlí atá ann fós, he is small of frame, undeveloped, yet.
~ mór, beag, trom, dubh, large, small, heavy, black, type.
~ (dearg, na seacht n-easna), small scallop.
Cé gur shuarach an ~ mé, small and all as I was.
~tha i gceann a chéile, gathered together, into small compass.
~ (féir), small cock of hay.
Is beag an chreach é, he, it, is small loss.
~amh as tuarastal beag, to make a small wage suffice.
Is é ~ an bheagáin é! It looks small, indeed!
Deascáin a dhéanamh de rud, to make small heaps of sth.
~ crann, tithe, small group of trees, of houses.
~ daoine, caorach, small number of people, of sheep.
~ caorach, small flock of sheep; flock of young sheep.
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.
~ airgid, residue, small amount, of money.
Tá ~ beag agam air, I have a small claim against him; he owes me a little.
~ briseadh beag, leave some small change.
Ar bheagán fáltais, on a small income.
~ éigin airgid, some small amount of money.
Clocha ~, small stones for filling spaces in wall or for use as bottom course.
Balla ~, (i) wall made of clay and small stones, (ii) wall with a bottom course of small stones.
I bhfocheantair den tír, in small areas throughout the country.