TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
samhlaigh, v.t. & i. 1. Imagine. Rud a shamhlú, to imagine sth. ~ duit féin é, picture it to yourself. Bhí sé ag samhlú dó féin go n-éireodh leis, he was imagining that he would succeed. Táthar á shamhlú duit, you are just imagining it. Samhlaítear dom (go), it appears to me (that). Ná ~ chugat féin (go), don’t get the idea into your head (that). Samhlaíonn sé (go), it would appear (that). Ní shamhlófá go brách an chuma a bhí air, you could never imagine what he looked like. Cé a shamhlódh é? Who would think it? Is iomaí rud a shamhlaítear do dhuine, we imagine all sorts of things. 2. (With le) (a) Liken to. Rud a shamhlú le rud eile, to liken sth. to sth. else. (b) Suppose of. Ní shamhlóinn rud mar sin leis, I’d never expect anything like that of him. Ní shamhlóinn leat, duit, é, I’d never think it of you. (Var: pres. samhlann)