PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Fainic ~ ná tit, be careful not to fall.
Thit sé ~ é ag dul thar an droichead, he fell as he was crossing the bridge.
Titim le h~, to fall down a cliff.
Aingil an uabhair, the fallen angels.
Tá an teach ag dul chun ~, the house is getting weather-beaten, falling into disrepair.
Thit sé ar an A~, it fell on a Friday.
Thit sé as a sheasamh, he fell down, collapsed.
Thit siad as a chéile, they fell apart.
Baineadh ~ as, he got a fall (off sth.).
Tá sé ag ~t de, the wind is falling.
Thit sé ina bhaogacha, it fell away in bits.
Ní ~ duit titim, go dtitfidh tú, you are in no danger of falling, you need not fear that you will fall.
Is ~ nár thit mé, I nearly fell.
Thit sé ar a bhéal is ar a shrón, (a aghaidh, a fhiacla), he fell flat on his face.
~ a bhaint as crann, to fell a tree.
Tá sé ag biathú báistí, sneachta, drops of rain, snow-flakes, are falling.
2. Tá ~ sneachta caite aige, there has been a light fall of snow.
Titim le ~, to fall down a cliff.
Tháinig sé anuas ar a bhoinn, ar bhoinn a chos, he fell on his feet.
Titim ~ ar bhonn le chéile, to fall side by side; to get old together.
Bhris siad amach le chéile, they fell out with each other.
Léim an dá bhruach a chailleadh, to fall between two stools.
~ sneachta, sudden heavy fall of snow.
~ fearthainne, sudden fall of rain.
~eadh breoite é, he fell sick.
8. Bhuail sé breoite, he fell ill.
Thit an ~ as, the bottom fell out of it.
~ sneachta, whirling snow-flakes, fall of snow.
Le ~ na hoíche, at night-fall.
Rud a ligean ar ~, to let sth. fall into disuse, disappear; to neglect sth.
Lig mé dó titim as mo lámh le ~, I was so jittery that I let it fall out of my hand.
Thit sé ar chlár a dhroma, he fell on the flat of his back.
Thit sé ina chnap, he fell in a heap.
Thit a chodladh air, thit sé ina chodladh, he fell asleep.
Ort do chol duaise! May your dark deed fall on you! Confound you anyway!
Thit sé sa chomhrac, he fell in the fray.
Nuair ba chomhsholas fear le tor, when the shades of night were falling.
Thit sé i gceann a chos, he fell feet foremost.
Thit sé gan chosaint, he fell headlong, was unable to break his fall.
Tháinig, thit, sé ar mo chrann, it fell to my lot.
Teacht ~ ar dhuine, to fall foul of s.o.
Chúb a shúile, his eyes fell.
Titim siar ar do chúiléith, to fall on the back of one’s head.
Thit sé i ndiaidh a chúil, he fell backwards.
~ cosanta, ~ daortha, defence to fall back on, mainstay.
Ag cúlú romhainn, falling back before us.
Dá mbeinn gan titim, if I had not fallen.
Éirí, titim, de rud, to rise, fall, from sth.
Dul chun deiridh, to fall behind, to fail.