EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
príosún, m. (gs. & npl. -úin, gpl. ~). Prison; imprisonment. Duine a chur i b~, to imprison s.o. Cuireadh chun an phríosúin é, he was sent to prison. ~ a chur, a ghearradh, ar dhuine, to sentence s.o. to imprisonment. Rachaidh ~ lena shaol air, he will get life imprisonment. ~ bliana, a year’s imprisonment.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Príosúin nó carcracha a chur ina gcathracha, to set up prisons or jails in their cities.
~ scoile, séipéil, príosúin, school-, chapel-, prison-, yard.
~eadh i bpríosún é, he was put in prison.
Bliain i bpríosún a dhéanamh, to do, serve, a year in prison.
Éalú as príosún, to escape from prison.
~ príosúin, prison-breaker.
Fuair sé bliain i bpríosún, he got a year’s imprisonment.
~ i bpríosún, held in prison.
~adh príosún air, he was sentenced to imprisonment.
Bhí sé ~ i bpríosún, he was confined to prison.
Duine a ~ean as príosún, as géibheann, to let s.o. out of prison, of bondage.
Shac siad i bpríosún é, they clapped him in prison.
~ as príosún, release from prison.
~ príosúin, term of imprisonment.