EXACT MATCHES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
duty, s. 1 Cas m, ómós m. To pay one's duty to s.o., cuairt ómóis a thabhairt ar dhuine. 2 Dualgas m(to, i leith). Do your duty come what may, déan do dhualgas, cibé rud á tharlóidh. I shall make it my duty, a point of duty, to help him, cuirfidh mé de chúram orm féin cabhrú leis. As in duty bound, mar tá de dhualgas orm. From a sense of duty, de ghrá an dualgais. To pay a duty call, cuairt atá dlite ort a thabhairt. (Of mutineer, etc.) He returned to duty, chuaigh sé i mbun a dhualgais arís. 3 Cúram m, ceann m oibre, gnó m. Duties of various officials, cúramaí feidhmeannach éagsúil. He entered upon, took up, his duties, chuaigh sé i mbun a chuid oibre. To do duty for s.o., obair duine a dhéanamh thar a cheann. It is doing duty for a table, tá sé ag déanamh cúise mar bhord. 4 Mil: etc: Dualgas m, diúité m. To be on duty, bheith ar diúité. To be on sentry duty, bheith ar garda. 5 Dleacht f -a. Customs duty, dleacht custaim. Liable to duty, indleachta. Duty paid, dleachtaithe. Stamp-duty, stampdhleacht m. Death duties, dleachtanna báis. Estate duty, dleacht eastáit. 6 Mec.E: Heavy-duty engine, inneall mórchumhachta.
PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
To acquit oneself of a duty, dualgas a chur díot.
Com: Ind: Ad valorem duty, cáin de réir luacha.
To allocate duties to people, a gcuid oibre a leagan amach do dhaoine.
That belongs to my duties, is cuid de mo dhualgais sin.
You are in duty bound to do it, tá sé mar dhualgas ort a dhéanamh.
It is my bounden duty, tá sé mar dhualgas dearbh orm.
Breach of duty, neamart m i ndualgas.
I have done my duty by him, rinne mé mo dhualgas ina leith.
To answer the call of duty, dul i mbun dualgais.
That doesn't come within my duties, níl aon bhaint aige sin le mo chuid dualgas.
Consonant with duty, de réir dualgais.
Custom(s) duties, dleachtanna fpl custaim.
Dereliction of duty, faillí i ndualgas.
Mil: To detail s.o. for a duty, dualgas a chur ar dhuine, duine a cheapadh le haghaidh dualgais.
Do as duty directs, déan do dhualgas.
In the discharge of his duties, agus é i mbun a chuid dualgas.
Estate duty, dleacht f oidhreachta.
He was exact in carrying out his duties, ba phointeáilte a dhéanadh sé a dhualgais.
In the execution of one's duties, ag comhlíonadh do dhualgas duit.
In the exercise of one's duties, ag comhlíonadh do dhualgas dhuit.
Export duty, cáin onnmhairíochta.
He failed in his duty, rinne sé faillí ina dhualgas.
Cust: Free of duty, duty-free, saor ó dhleacht.
To fulfil a duty, dualgas a chomhlíonadh; déanamh de réir dualgais.
Attrib.Garrison duty, seirbhís gharastúin.
I got off the duty, saoradh ar an dualgas mé.
To get out of a duty, éalú ó dhualgas.
To be on guard (duty), bheith ag seasamh garda.
Import duty, cáin f iompórtála.
Lapse from duty, faillí f i ndualgas.
To lapse from duty, faillí a dhéanamh i ndualgas.
To be lax in (carrying out) one's duties, bheith faillíoch i ndualgais.
She lured him away from his duty, tháinig sí idir é agus a dhualgas.
One's duty towards one's neighbours, do dhualgas do do chomharsa.
He is always observant of his duty, tugann sé aire mhaith i gcónaí dá dhualgas.
The duties that I owe him, (gach) a ndlím dó.
Duty is paramount (to everything) with him, déanfaidh sé a dhualgas roimh gach ní.
To recall s.o. to his duty, a dhualgas a mheabhrú do dhuine.
To reclaim s.o. to a sense of duty, ciall dá dhualgas a chur i nduine arís.
To act in response to the call of duty, déanamh de réir dualgais.
Sacred duty, dualgas doshéanta.
To seduce s.o. from his duty, duine a chlaonadh óna dhualgas.
Self-imposed duty, dualgas a chuireann duine air féin; dualgas gan iarraidh.
To be a slave to duty, passion, bheith faoi chuing an dualgais, faoi dhaorbhroid na colla.
One's duty to society, dualgas duine i leith a chomharsan.
Solemn duty, dualgas beannaithe.
Subject to stamp duty, agus cáin stampa le híoc.
Succession duties, cáin f oidhreachta.
To take up one's duties, dul i gceann do dhualgais.
He is tied down to his duties, níl tógáil a chinn óna dhualgaisí aige.