TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
freagair, v.t. & i. (pres. -graíonn, vn. ~t, pp. -artha). 1. Answer, respond. (a) Duine, glaoch, a fhreagairt, to answer a person, a call. Ceist, litir, a fhreagairt, to answer a question, a letter. Beannacht, cúirtéis, a fhreagairt, to return, acknowledge, a greeting, a salute. D’ainm a fhreagairt, to answer one’s name. Dúshlán a fhreagairt, to respond to a challenge. Guí a fhreagairt, to answer a prayer. Cath a fhreagairt, to deliver battle. (b) (With do) ~t do rud, to answer, correspond, to sth. Tá siad ag ~t dá chéile, they match each other. 2. Com:Bille a fhreagairt, to meet a bill. 3. Attend to, observe. An dlí a fhreagairt, to observe the law. Do dhualgas a fhreagairt, to discharge one’s duty. 4. Appear on surface; outcrop. Tá na carraigeacha ag ~t ann, the rocks are exposed there. An áit a bhfuil an t-uisce ag ~t, where the water is appearing.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Níl ~ agam ann, I am not answerable for it.
Gníomh agus ~, action and reaction.
~ a fháil, to get a bite.
Níl ~ ar an iasc, the fish are not taking.
~ gnó, attention to business.
~ na dtráthanna, observance of the (canonical) hours; regularity, punctuality.
~ na talún, attention to, cultivation of, the land.