TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
comhad, m. (gs. & npl. -aid, gpl. ~). 1. Cover; protection, keeping. (a) Rud a chur i g~, to put sth. in safe keeping. Ar a chomhad, in his keeping. I g~ mo chroí, secure in my heart. ~ na fírinne, the preservation of truth. I gcomhaid na sean, in the preserving lines, poems, of the ancients. (b) (In phrase) Chuir sé de chomhad leis féin nach ndéanfadh sé a leithéid arís, he promised himself that he would not do the like again. 2. File. ~ páipéar, file of papers. ~ treoirchártaí, card-index file. Cás ~, file-case. Cóip chomhaid, filing-copy. Cáipéis a chur i g~, to file a document. 3. (As vn.) Ag ~, keeping, preserving.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Rud a chur i mála, i gcomhad, i do phóca, to put sth. in a bag, in a file cover, in one’s pocket.
Cuir sa chomhad leis na páipéir eile é, put it in the file with the other papers.
Bosca, comhad, litreacha, letter-box, -file.