EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
caomhnú, m. (gs. -naithe). 1. vn. of caomhnaigh1. 2. Preservation, conservation, protection. Áit chaomhnaithe, place of security; cache. Dul ar do chaomhnú, to seek refuge, to go ‘on the run’. (Var: caomhúint f)
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ gan scáth, gan foscadh, gan chaomhnú, blabber.
Cairde a chaomhnú, to cherish friends.
Nós, teanga, a chaomhnú, to preserve a custom, a language.
Rún a chaomhnú, to guard a secret.
Duine a chaomhnú ar rud, to secure s.o. from sth.
D’anam a chaomhnú, to preserve one’s life, soul.
Sinn féin a chaomhnú i ngrásta Dé, to keep ourselves in the grace of God.