EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
duibheagán1, m. (gs. & npl. -áin, gpl. ~). 1. Abyss; deep chasm, depth(s); deep. ~ na farraige, the depths of the sea. Dul amach sa ~, to go out into deep water, into the deep sea. I n~ an domhain, in the nethermost parts of the earth. I n~ na hoíche, in the depths of the night. ~ an éadóchais, an aineolais, an pheaca, the depths of despair, of ignorance, of sin. Poll duibheagáin, deep dark hole; bottomless pit. Caith i bpoll an duibheagáin é, cast it into the abyss, into the depths of the sea; consign it to perdition. Screadaim as na duibheagáin ort, out of the depths I cry to thee. 2. Profundity, abstruseness. ~ smaointe, díospóireachta, profundity of thought, of argument.
duibheagán2, m. (gs. -áin). 1 = dúchan 2(a).2. Patch of black clouds, overcast sky. ~ ag bun na spéire, a patch on the horizon. Tá ~ ag cruinniú thiar, dark clouds are gathering in the west.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Duibheagán gan ghrinneall, bottomless abyss.
~ an daill, ~ chaorach sa duibheagán, leap in the dark.