ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Sin é a deir na húdair, that is what the authorities state.
Tá sé ina mháistir orthu, ina údarás ar an dlí, he is their master, an authority on law.
~ feiliúnachta, teidil, údaráis, warranty of fitness, title, authority.
Tá ~ agam leis, I have warrant, authority, for it.
~ a thabhairt le rud, to give source, authority, for sth.
Labhairt le ~, to speak with authority; to talk sense.
Tá ~ agus údar agam leis, I can give source and authority for it.
Tá ~ aige lena chuid cainte, he has first-hand authority for what he states; he knows what he is talking about.
Tá an ~ go maith agat leis, you have it on good authority, I’m sure.
Údarás cathrach, city authority.
Dul i g~, to assume authority, command.
I g~ ar dhuine, in authority over s.o.
Lucht ceannais, persons in authority.
Tá an ~ sin aige, he has that authority.
Duine gan cheannas, a person without authority, without responsibility.
Ná labhair leis na ~a má bhíonn an ceann sa láthair, one should try to deal with the proper authorities.
Cad é an chumhacht atá aigesean? What authority, influence, has he got?
Oidhreacht, údarás, a dhílsiú do dhuine, to vest s.o. with an inheritance. with authority.
~ d’údarás, refusal to accept authority.
~ cumhachta, exercise of authority.
Flaitheas agus ~, rule and authority.
~ a dhéanamh (ar), to usurp authority (over).
Seilbh, údarás, ceannas, a ghabháil, to assume possession, authority, leadership.
~ ceannais, assumption of authority.
Ghéill éigse dó, learned men accepted his authority.
~ a thabhairt do dhuine, to submit to s.o.; to accept s.o.’s authority; to give way to s.o.
Fear ba mhór ~, a man who had great authority.
Tá sé ~ leis na huachtaráin, he is well in with the authorities.
Bheith faoi ~ duine, to be subject to the authority of s.o.
Ar eagla a láimhe, for fear of his hand, of his power or authority.
~ údaráis, sphere of authority.
~ ceannais, persons in authority.
Luí faoi smacht, to yield to authority.
Níl ~ ar bith anseo aige, he has no authority here.
Údarás a shárú, to exceed authority.
Cúis, údar, a thabhairt le rud, to give a reason, an authority, for sth.
Cúram, údarás, a thiomnú do dhuine, to delegate responsibility, authority, to s.o.
Tá an t-aos óg ag dul i d~, the young people are denying all authority.
Cibé rud a deir na huachtaráin, whatever the people in authority say.
Tá sé ina ~ ar an ábhar, he is an authority on the subject.
Tá ~ maith agam leis, I have it on good authority.
Is tú féin m’~ leis, I have it on your own authority.
~ na ndaoine, an rialtais, na gcúirteanna, the authority of the people, of the government, of the courts.
Má tá ~ sa chás aige, if he has authority to deal with the case.
Cé aige a bhfuil ~ anseo? Who is in authority here?
~ intuigthe, sainráite, implied, express, authority.
~ a thabhairt, a thiomnú, do dhuine le rud a dhéanamh, to give, to delegate, authority to s.o. to do sth.
Tá ~ na cúirte agam leis, I have the court’s authority for it.
Tá ~ lena chuid cainte, he speaks with authority.
~ áitiúil, poiblí, local, public, authority.