ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Is olc bua na bruíne (agus is measa a díomua), nothing is ever settled by fighting over it.
Ag troid is ag ~, fighting and quarrelling.
Tá siad le chéile arís, (i) they are together again, (ii) they are at each other, fighting, again.
3. Bhí na mná ag ~adh a chéile, the women were pulling each other’s hair, fighting, quarrelling.
~ comhraic, troda, fighting-cock.
Troid choileach, cock-fighting.
~ fir, (young) fighting man.
Coileach comhraic, fighting-cock.
Má tá ~ trodaí agat ort féin, if you consider yourself a fighting man.
An bheirt a chosaint ar a chéile, to keep the two from fighting each other.
~ tine, cruála, troda, prevention of fire, of cruelty, of fighting.
~ catha, troda, battle, fighting, ring.
Chuir sé ~ na hoibre, na troda, air féin, he put on a workmanlike appearance, struck a fighting attitude.
Tá siad ag troid anois ~, now they are really fighting.
Bheith i n~ le duine, to be at variance, fighting, with s.o.
~ siúil, oibre, troda, strenuousness of walking, of work, of fighting.
Fear comhlainn a dhiongbháil, to stand up to a fighting man.
Daoine a ~, to interpose oneself between, to separate, people (fighting, quarrelling).
~ troda, fighting formation.
Ag troid, ag gleic, faoin ~ fholamh, fighting, quarrelling, to no purpose, over nothing.
Má tá ~ troda ort, if you are keen on fighting.
~ (is) go raibh siad ag troid, because they were fighting.
Fear ~e, man of action; fighting man.
Ag troid go ~, fighting strongly.
Tá ~ troda faoi, he is bent on fighting.
Dul sa ghleo, to join in the fighting.
Ag ~, fighting, contending; making a noise, an uproar.
Chuir sé ~ throda air féin, he took up a fighting attitude.
Chuir sé ~í troda air féin, he took up a fighting attitude.
~ lámh, hand-to-hand fighting; grappling.
Ag ~ le, contending, fighting, with.
Ag troid, ag coimhlint, le duine, fighting, contending, with s.o.
Ag troid mar a bheadh leoin ann, fighting like lions.
Bhí siad ag troid is ag marú a chéile, they were fighting like cats and dogs.
Tá ~ troda orthu, they are fighting mad.
~ dóiteáin, fire-fighting.
~ troda, taiscéalaíochta, fighting, reconnoitring, patrol.
~ troda, sustained bout of fighting.
~ éachta, fighting foray.
Níl ~ orthu ach ag troid, they are for ever fighting.
~ chainte, throda, talking, fighting, posture.
Ag troid le doirne teo, fighting with naked fists.
Nuair a bhí an troid ina ~, when the fighting was at its fiercest.
Fear troda, fighting man.
Ag ~ le chéile, fighting, quarrelling, with one another.