ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Thosaigh sí ag caint, she began to speak.
Thosaigh, chríochnaigh, sé leis sin, it began, ended, with that.
Thosaigh sé Dé Luain, he started on Monday (last).
An mhéar thosaigh, cholbha, the forefinger, index finger.
~ thosaigh, advance party.
Thosaigh an ~ eatarthu, they got stuck into, started to give out to, one another.
Thosaigh mé ar an obair, I made a start at the work.
Thosaigh sé orm, he began to attack me, to give out to me.
Thosaigh sí ag caoineadh, a chaoineadh, she began to cry.
Sular thosaigh an cluiche, before the game started.
Ó thosaigh an cogadh, since the war began.
Níor thosaigh an séasúr go fóill, the season hasn’t opened yet.
Thosaigh an callán acu, they began to get noisy.
Thosaigh an comhrá eatarthu, they began to converse among themselves.