EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
colún, m. (gs. & npl. -úin, gpl. ~). Column. 1. Colúin foirgnimh, columns of a building. ~ cuisleannach, fluted column. 2. ~ páipéir, leabhair, column of a paper, of a book. ~ liteartha, nuachta, spóirt, literary, news, sports, column. ~ na marbh, obituary column. ~ ainmneacha, figiúirí, column of names, of figures. 3. ~ saighdiúirí, feithiclí, long, column of soldiers, of vehicles, of ships. Mil: ~ ceathrar, bealaigh, column of fours, of route. ~ reatha, flying column. 4. Anat: ~ veirteabrach, vertebral column. Ch: ~ codánacháin, fractionating column. 5. Fig: Pillar, support; (pl.) warriors.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ colúin, support of column.
~ colúin, base of column.
~ colúin, shank of column.
~ a chur i gcolún, to flute a column.
Na colúin atá ~, the columns that support it.
Colúin ag ~t na heaglaise, columns supporting the church.
Na colúin atá á iompar, the columns that sustain it.
~ colúin, head of pillar.
~ colúin, shaft of column.