TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
meabhraigh1, v.t. & i. 1. Commit to memory; remember. ~ na féilte, memorize, remember, the feast-days. 2. Recall, remind. Rud a mheabhrú do dhuine, to remind s.o. of sth. 3. Meditate, reflect. Meabhrú ar rud, rud a mheabhrú, to meditate on sth. Ag meabhrú ar an am a chuaigh thart, pondering over the past. Tá sé ag meabhrú (go domhain), he is meditating (deeply), absorbed in thought. Ná bí i do shuí ansin ag meabhrú, don’t sit there in a brown study. 4. Apprehend; perceive; sense, feel. Mheabhraigh sé an chontúirt, he sensed the danger. Ag meabhrú a shlí roimhe, feeling his way forward.
meabhraigh2, gsm. of meabhrach1.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Smaoinigh, meabhraigh, machnaigh, cuimhnigh, ar, think of, meditate on, ponder over, remember.
Na caogaidí a mheabhrú, to keep count of the beads.
Ag meabhrú ina chroí, meditating deeply, in his heart.
Ag meabhrú go ~, pondering deeply.
Ag meabhrú os cionn na tine, brooding over the fire.