geal = bright, white, lá geal = clear day. Thá se 'n-a lá gheal. = It is clear day, .i. in the morning. fear geal = a "bright" man, .i. decent, especially as regards money. airgead geal = "silver".
oidhche gheal = bright night, .i. ní raibh an oidhche dorcha. Bhí na h-éadaí chomh geal le lítis aici. - She had the clothes as white as snow. Thá an oidhche chomh geal le lár an lae.
Chomh geal le lítis. = ag tagairt do eadaí bána tar éis iad a chur ar tuar. (Bhí an rádh so ag mo mháthair ach níor thuig sí "lítis".) Chomh geal le sneachta. = As white as snow.