EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
coinsias, m. (gs. ~a, pl. ~aí). Conscience. In aghaidh a choinsiasa, against his conscience. Ní ligfeadh a choinsias dó é a dhéanamh, his conscience would not allow him to do it. Leag lámh ar do choinsias, cross your heart. Dar mo choinsias! By my troth! Iron: Forsooth! (Ar) mo choinsias (le Dia) go, I declare (to God) that. (Var: gs. coinsiais; ~a m)
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá sin ~ ar mo choinsias, that is weighing on my conscience.
Ar m’anam, ar mo choinsias, by my soul, by my conscience.
~ a chur le do choinsias, to salve one’s conscience.
Níl ~ ná coinsias aige, he has neither faith nor conscience.
~ coinsiasa, twinge of conscience.
Coinsias ~, clear conscience.
Do choinsias a ghlanadh, to clear one’s conscience.
Ghoin mo choinsias mé, my conscience pricked me.
Ná lig dó luí ar do choinsias, don’t let it weigh on your conscience.
Dar mo choinsias! By my conscience!
Phrioc a choinsias é, his conscience pricked him.
~ coinsiasa, prick of conscience.
~ coinsiasa, liberty of conscience.
Do choinsias a scrúdú, to examine one’s conscience.
~ coinsiasa, examination of conscience.