Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
dualadh
dualaí
dualainn
dualaíocht
dualán
dualbhata
dualdaite
dualgas
dualta
duamhar
duan
duán
duanach
duánach
duánacht
duánaí
duanaire
duanaireacht
duanóg
duanta
duántacht
duar
duarcán
dualgas, m. (gs. & npl. -ais, gpl. ~). 1. Natural right, due; customary fee or reward. Do dhualgas a fháil, to get one’s due, one’s just reward. Gheobhaidh tú do dhualgas nuair a bheidh an obair déanta agat, you will get your proper fee when you have finished the work. Gheobhaidh siad a n~ sna flaithis, they will get their reward in heaven. ~ na slaite, chastisement with the rod. Thug sé ~ an tslisne dó, he gave him a good flogging. ~ na cléire, clerical dues. Do dhualgas a íoc, to pay one’s dues, meet one’s obligations. Cearta agus dualgais, rights and dues. As ~ a mhic, in right of his son. 2. Duty. Do dhualgas a dhéanamh, a chomhlíonadh, to do, fulfil, one’s duty. ~ a chur ar dhuine, to impose a duty on s.o. Níor cheart duit ~ mar sin a chur ort féin, you shouldn’t undertake such an obligation. ~ a bheith ort rud a dhéanamh, to be in duty bound to do sth. Déanamh de réir dualgais, to meet the requirements of duty. Rud a bheith ar do dhualgas, de dhualgas ort, to be required by duty to do sth. Is beag an ~ orm é, it is not much to ask of me, the least I can do. Do dhualgas do Dhia, one’s duty to God. Sch:Téacsanna dualgais, prescribed texts. Jur: ~ iomlán, poiblí, reachtúil, absolute, public, statutory, duty. Jur: ~ cruthúnais, onus of proof. Mil: Ar ~, on duty. Mil: ~ a chur ar dhuine, to detail s.o. for duty.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Gealltanas, dualgas, a chomhall, to carry out a promise, an obligation.
~ dualgais, discharge of duty.
Gealltanas, dualgas, a chomhlíonadh, to carry out a promise, an obligation.
Cúram, dualgas, a chur ar dhuine, to place a responsibility, a duty, on s.o.
Do ghnó, do dhualgas, a dhéanamh, to do, attend to, one’s business, duty.
Dualgas ~, bounden duty.
Do dhualgas a fhreagairt, to discharge one’s duty.
Dualgas, freagracht, a ghlacadh, to accept a duty, a responsibility.
Obair, dualgas, a ~an amach do dhuine, to allot work, a duty, to s.o.
~ dualgais, non-fulfilment of obligation.
Airgead, comhlacht, dualgas, ~, public money, body, duty.
Dualgas a chomhlíonadh go ~, to be scrupulous in fulfilling an obligation.
Cruinniú, cuideachta, dualgas, ~, statutory meeting, company, duty.
~ ar dhualgas, freedom from an obligation.
~adh ar an dualgas é, he was exempted from the obligation.
Duine a ~eadh ó dhualgas, to release s.o. from an obligation.
Dualgas, tasc, a thabhairt, to assign a duty, a task.
~ dualgas, assignment of duties.
~ cumhachta, dualgais, delegation of power, of duty.
