TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
sáile1, m. (gs. ~). 1. Sea-water, sea. Ag an ~, at the seaside. Dul thar ~, to go overseas. 2. Salt water, brine. Loch ~, salt-water lake. 3. (Of condiment) Dip.
sáile2. 1. f. (gs. ~). (a) Ease, comfort. (b) Self-indulgence, voluptuousness. (c) Luxuriant growth, rich herbiage. 2. gsf., npl. & comp. of sáil2.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ uisce, sáile, water-, sea-, blister.
~eadh thar sáile iad, they were sent overseas.
Ag ~áil abhaile, chun na hoifige, ar turas, go hÁrainn, thar sáile, going home, to the office, on a journey, to Aran, overseas.
Ar maos le sáile, soaked with brine.
~ sáile, sea-water lake, lagoon.
An té atá uainn thar sáile, the person who has gone from us overseas.
~ sáile ar bhróg, heel-tap on shoe.
Ag ~eadh thar sáile soir, faring east across the sea.
Iasc shireas an sáile, a fish that roams the sea.
An dream a chuaigh thar sáile, the people who went overseas.
~ barr, ~ sáile, ~ fulaingt, tip-top, overseas, beyond endurance.