PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Níl bac ort fanacht anseo, there is nothing to prevent you from staying here.
Níl a bhac ort, there is nothing to prevent you.
Ní bhacfadh sin dó é a dhéanamh, that would not prevent him from doing it.
Níor bhain sin de a chuid a dhéanamh, that did not prevent him from taking his meals.
Tine a chosc, to prevent a fire from spreading.
Duine a chosc ar rud a dhéanamh, to prevent s.o. from doing sth.
Níl aon chrosadh ort dul ann, there is nothing to prevent you going there.
Bac, cosc, a chur le rud, to prevent, check, sth.
Ní bhfaighinn de mhisneach iad a chosc, I couldn’t find enough courage to prevent them.
Rud a chur ó fhás, to prevent the growth of sth.
Níl ~ ná toirmeasc air, there is nothing to prevent it.