TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
eadráin, f. (gs. -ána). 1. (a) Separation of combatants; intervention in dispute; mediation, conciliation. ~ a dhéanamh, to separate combatants, to intervene in dispute, to mediate. Rinne sé ~ eatarthu, he came between them, separated them. Fear eadrána, intervener in quarrels, mediator. Cúirt eadrána, conciliation, arbitration, court. (b) (As vn). Daoine a ~, to interpose oneself between, to separate, people (fighting, quarrelling). Duine a ~ ar chontúirt, to interpose oneself between s.o. and danger; to ward off danger from s.o. 2. Interposition. Talamh eadrána, no man’s land. Stát eadrána, buffer state. (Var. of 1:eadragáin, eadraiscín m)
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ eadrána, spleách, buffer, satellite, state.
~ chun eadrána, reference to arbitration.