ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ a chur le, faoi, rud, to provide a base, basis, for sth.
Bhí ~ fear, capall, aige, he had men, horses, working for him on a reciprocal basis.
~ na fírinne, the firmly-established basis of truth.
~ an chreidimh, the basis of religion.
Sin an ~ atá agam leis, I put it on that basis.
An ~ a bhaint de rud, to take away the basis for sth.
Chuir sin ~ iontu, that set them up, provided the basis for their support.