PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Páirtí a dheighilt, to split a party.
idir dhaoine, to cause a split, a cleavage, between people.
Rud a scoilteadh le ~, to split sth. with a wedge.
~ de féin, dá adhmad féin, a scoilteas an leamhán, [’it takes a wedge of its own timber to split an elm’, diamond cut diamond.
~ a chur i nduine, to split s.o.’s lip; to gash s.o.
Bhí siad in arraingeacha ag ~e faoi, they were splitting their sides laughing at him.
~ intinne, over-refinement of the mind; casuistry, hair-splitting.
Ag ~, niggling, splitting hairs.
Tá mo cheann á ~adh, my head is splitting.
Tá an t-adhmad ag ~eadh, the timber is splitting.
~ i ngluaiseacht, i bpáirtí, split in movement, in party.
Adhmad, carraig, a ~eadh, to split wood, a rock.
An t-adamh a ~eadh, to split the atom.
~ sé ina dhá leath, it split in two.
Tá mo cheann á ~eadh, my head is splitting.
Scaireanna a ~eadh, to split shares.
An mámh a ~eadh, to split the trumps (by holding one or more in reserve).
Páirtí, cumann, a ~eadh, to split a party, an association.
~ chinn, splitting headache.
~ ribe, splitting of hair-ends.