TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
daingnigh, v.t. Fortify; strengthen, secure; make fast, fix; confirm, consolidate. Baile a dhaingniú, to fortify a town. Teach, doras, cuaille, a dhaingniú, to secure a house, a door, a pole. Bord a dhaingniú, to steady a table. Gort a dhaingniú, to secure, fence, a field. Scéal a dhaingniú, to confirm a story. Carthanacht a dhaingniú, to cement friendship. Conradh a dhaingniú, to ratify an agreement. ~ sa bhalla é, fix it firmly in the wall. Dhaingnigh siad (síos) na haistí, they battened down the hatches. Dhaingnigh siad iad féin sa tír, they established themselves firmly in the country. Dhaingnigh an slaghdán ann, his cold became chronic. Tá an aimsir ag daingniú, the weather is becoming really settled.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ orm (go, má), I’m blessed (but, if).
~ a dhruidim, a dhaingniú, to batten down, secure, a hatch.