ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
An ~ a bhaint de rud; rud a chur ó bhláth, to destroy the appearance of sth.
4. Rud a chur ó chion, to destroy the value of, to ruin, sth.
A chlú a bhaint de dhuine, ~ duine a bhriseadh, to take away, destroy, the good name of s.o.
Tá siad ag milleadh na ~a, they are destroying the crops.
Cuirfidh tú ~ leat féin, you will finish, destroy, yourself.
Duine, rud, a thabhairt don ~, to do away with, destroy, s.o., sth.
Pobal a dhísciú, to destroy a community.
Aingeal an eirligh, the destroying angel.
Ná déanaigí ~ ar a chéile, don’t destroy each other altogether; don’t be so rough with each other.
An mhaith a bhaint as an talamh, to destroy the fertility of the soil.
~ na sméar, fruit-destroying pooka, herald of winter.
Déanfaidh siad ~ ar na barra, they will tear up, destroy, the crops.
Baile, cine, tír, a ~adh, to destroy a town, a race, a country.