ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Dul chun ~a le duine, to compete for distinction with s.o.
Ag ~ (le), working, competing, strenuously (at, with).
~ oinigh, ar oineach, a chur le duine, to compete with s.o. in generosity.
Dul in ~ le duine, to compete with s.o.; to vie with s.o.
Ag ~ (le), competing, vying (with).
Dul in ~, san ~, le duine, to compete with s.o.; to vie with s.o.
Bhí siad ag ~adh na scaireanna ó chéile, they were competing fiercely for the shares.
~ le, compete, compare, with.
Níor mhaith liom dul ar iomaire an earraigh leis, I wouldn’t like to compete with him at tilling the land in spring.