ABAIRTÍ
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
By accident, trí thimpiste, de thaisme.
By a mere accident, go díreach de thaisme.
To come, to drop, across a person, casadh ar duine (de thaisme).
F: I ran up against him, casadh orm de thaisme é.
He blundered upon the truth, tháinig sé ar an bhfírinne de thaisme.
Chance brought us together, de thaisme a casadh ar a chéile sinn.
By (mere) chance, de thaisme, le barr áidh.
To chance upon s.o., upon sth., teacht trasna ar dhuine, ar rud, de thaisme.
To fall across s.o., bualadh le duine trí thaisme.
By a fluke, de thaisme, le seans.
To hap on sth., teacht ar rud de thaisme.
At haphazard, de thaisme, de thimpiste, de réir mar a thiteann.
To happen to do sth., rud a dhéanamh de thaisme.
To happen upon sth., teacht ar rud, rud a fháil de thaisme.
To run up against s.o., casadh ar dhuine (de thaisme).
To stumble across, on, s.o., sth., teacht ar dhuine, ar rud, de thaisme.
Chance had thrown us together, de thaisme a bhíomar i gcuideachta a chéile.
F: To tumble on sth., teacht ar rud de thaisme, de sheans.