TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
féach le, v.t. Try to; try, attempt. ~aint le rud a dhéanamh, to try to do sth. D’fhéach mé leis, I attempted it. Bhí siad ag ~aint le chéile, they were vying with each other. D’fhéach mé cor leis, (of wrestling) I tried a fall with him.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~aint an rachadh agam labhairt leis, to see whether I could speak to him.
Ní leat é. ~ gur liom. It is not yours. It is, indeed, mine.
Beidh le ~aint, that remains to be seen.
Le ~aint air, to look at him, to judge by the look of him.
Cad é an mhoill atá ort féachaint leis? What’s to stop you from trying it?
Féach do ~ leis, try your strength at it.