PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ a chur ar dhuine, to accost s.o.; to start an argument with s.o.
Bhain sé chun reatha, he started to run.
Is fearr ~ den lá ná dhá bhanlámh den oíche, it is better to start early than to work late.
An lasóg a chur sa bharrach, to inflame passions; to start a row.
Sin é an uair a bhí an ~ acu le chéile, it was then that they started to talk excitedly to one another.
Tine, troid, a bheochan, to start a fire, a fight.
Bhíog sé nuair a chuir mé mo lámh air, he gave a start when I put my hand on him.
~ aife, (ruffle caused by) start of ebb-tide.
I m~ a ghnó, making a start with his work.
Ná bí ag imeacht i m~ na fearthainne, don’t go when it’s starting to rain.
Tá sé i m~ líonadh, (of tide) it is starting to flow.
Bhuail siad achrann air, they started a row with him.
Tusa a chuir ~ leis, you started it.
Scoil, siopa, a bhunú, to start a school, a shop.
Tusa is ~ leis an scéal, leis an rud ar fad, you invented the story, started the whole thing.
~ a chur ar an bPhaidrín, to start the Rosary.
~ a bhunú, to start a fund.
Chlis sé suas, as a chodladh, as a shuí, he started up, out of his sleep, out of his seat.
Bhí sé ag ~ ina chodladh, he was starting in his sleep.
~ a chasadh, a chur ag gabháil, to wind, start, a clock.
~ a bhaint de, as, to start walking, get going.
Cé a chuir ~ air? Who started it?
Chrom sí ar chaoineadh, she started to cry.
~ tosaithe, starting-post.
Chuir siad chun reatha, they started to run.
Cur sa siúl, sa rith, to start walking, running.
~ chun bóthair, chun siúil, starting off.
Tá ~ oibre orainn, we are making a late start, are behindhand, with the work.
~ a bhaint as giorria, to start a hare.
Giorria, sionnach, a dhúiseacht, to start a hare, a fox.
Inneall a dhúiseacht, to start an engine.
Baineadh an ~ as, he gave a violent start.
Táimid in ~ an iomaire deiridh, we have made a start on the last ridge.
~ ó thalamh, spring, start; exuberance; uppishness.
Má éiríonn cogadh, if a war starts.
D’~ siad abhaile, they started for home.
Rud a chur, a choinneáil, ag ~áil, to start sth., to keep sth. going.
Ghabh sé ar a urnaí, he started to pray.
Ná ~ ar an ól, don’t start drinking.
~ a chur ina shuí, to start a hare; to bring up a matter for discussion, to start an argument.
~ a chur ar bun, to start a business.
Dul i g~ an tsaoil, to make a start in life.
Tá sé chun ~a, he is ready to go; he is fit to make a start in life.
Teacht, dul, in ~ ruda, to start working at sth. from the outside; to make a start at sth.
~ dhúisithe, starting handle.
Tagann sé ina ~anna, it comes in fits and starts.
~ dhúisithe, luchtaithe, starting, charging, switch.
~ sí as a codladh, she started out of her sleep.
7. Tú féin a ~ean chun siúil, chun reatha, to get going, to start running.