TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
comhraic2, v.t. & i. (vn. -rac). Encounter; fight, fall in with. Ag comhrac na mara, na dtonn, combating the sea, the waves. Ag comhrac na ceiste, leis an gceist, struggling with the question. An áit a gcomhraiceann na taoidí, where the tides meet. (Var: pres. ~íonn)
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Comhrac aonair, single combat.
~ comhraic, opponent in battle.
Bhí ~ comhraic, troda, air, his hackles were up.
~ comhraic, troda, fighting-cock.
Dul i g~, chun comhraic, le duine, to encounter, fight, s.o.
~ a chur ar dhuine, to challenge s.o. to fight.
Fear comhraic céad, ‘hundred-fighter’; leader of one hundred men.
Coileach comhraic, fighting-cock.
Cluichí comhraic, combat sports.
An té nach nglacann comhairle glacfaidh sé ~, he who will not yield to reason will yield to compulsion.
~ an dá uisce, the confluence of two streams.
~ an dá ráithe, the change of season.
~ oíche agus lae, twilight.
Ag ~ na mbóithre, where the roads meet.
~ comhraic, challenge pole.
Comhrac a éimiú, to refuse a fight.
~ comhraic, gage of battle.
~ comhraic, action station.
~ catha, comhraic, battle, combat, strength.
~ ceannais, comhraic, éisteachta, faire, rialaithe, command, combat, listening, look-out, control, post.
~ comhraic, challenge to fight.
Cath, comhrac, a thabhairt, to engage in battle, in combat.