PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ a chur ar dhuine, to accost s.o.; to start an argument with s.o.
Cead aighnis, leave to speak (in course of argument).
Ná cuir do bhata sa ghleo, don’t interfere in the fight, argument.
Argóint a bhréagnú, to refute an argument.
Argóint ar bheagán ~, an argument of little substance.
Is air a bhunaigh sé an dán, an argóint, on that he based the poem, argument.
Rinne sé ~ an mháilín díom, he got the better of me completely (in fight, argument).
Tá ~ amháin agam ina aghaidh sin, I have one case, argument, against that.
Brí agus ~ na hargóna, the force and reliability of the argument.
Argóint dhlíthiúil, legal argument.
~ smaointe, díospóireachta, profundity of thought, of argument.
~ argóinte, the force of an argument.
~ leabhair, the argument of a book.
~eadh d’argóint, to concede an argument.
~ a chur ina shuí, to start a hare; to bring up a matter for discussion, to start an argument.
Bíonn dhá ~ ar scéal, there are two ways of telling a story, two sides to an argument.
Níl ~ fós ar an argóint, there is no falling off in the argument yet.
~ argóinte, weakness of argument.
Tá lúb ar ~ san argóint, there is a defect in the argument.
Chuir mé isteach ~ crua leis, I was hard put to it to defend myself against him (in fight, in argument).
Argóint, imreas, a réiteach, to settle an argument, a dispute.
Ag iarraidh an argóint a sháirsingiú orm, trying to enforce the argument on me.
Argóint a shárú, to confute an argument.
~ argóna, refutation of argument.
~amh ar argóint, ar ráiteas, to stand by an argument, by a statement.
~ scéil, smaointe, argóna, thread of story, of thoughts, of argument.
Buille na ~, the final stroke, the last word in argument.
Argóint, achrann, ceist, a shocrú, to settle an argument, a dispute, a question.
Argóint a ~adh, to examine an argument minutely.
Rinne siad ~ spear den argóint, they ridiculed the argument.
Argóint atá ~ go maith, an argument that is well-grounded.
Ní raibh sé ar thaobh ná ar thaobh eile, he didn’t support either side, take any side in the argument.
~ in argóint, weightiness in argument.
Is doiligh dul taobh ~ den argóint sin, it is hard to get around that argument.
Má tá fonn trasnála ort, if you want an argument.
Níl ~ an tsifín san argóint sin, that argument is of no consequence.