ABAIRTÍ
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
To come up against s.o., dul chun achrainn, chun spairne, le duine.
The matter in dispute, an chnámh spairne, an t-údar sáraíochta.
To grapple with a difficulty, dul chun spairne le deacracht; dul in achrann deacrachta.
To break a lance with s.o., dul i gcoimhlint, chun spairne, le duine.
To come to loggerheads with s.o., dul i ngleic, chun spairne, le duine.
To struggle with, against, sth., dul i ngleic, ag coraíocht, chun spairne, le rud.
F: To have a tilt at s.o., dul chun spairne le duine; aighneas a chur ar dhuine.
To wrestle with sth., dul chun spairne, i ngleic, le (deacracht, etc.); bheith ag cargáil le (fadhb); troid in aghaidh (cathaithe, etc.).