ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Is minice an moladh aige ná an cáineadh, he is more given to praise than to blame.
Bheith tugtha do na botháin, to be given to visiting and gossiping.
Tá an saol caite suas aige leis féin, he has given up hope of advancement in life.
Fuair sé ~ a raibh cosanta aige, he was given the amount he had earned.
Bhí ~ déanta lena anam aige, he had given himself up for lost.
Dá dtugadh sé a choinníoll dom, had he given me his word.
Tugadh a chomharthaí (sóirt) dom, I was given a description of him.
Tá ~ ar an obair agat, you have given the work a finished appearance.
~eadh scoil is léann rompu, they were given schooling and education.
Níor tugadh de dháta ach sin dom, that was all the time I was given.
Tugadh ~ a gcríche dóibh, they were given the right to own their territory.
Dílsíodh don bhás é, he was given over to death.
Tá an bainne, an brachán, ~e, the harm is done, offence has been given.
Tugadh ~ na hoibre dom, I was given an unfair share of the work.
~ le haltóir, land given to church.
Cuireadh ~ bia orainn, we were given eating facilities.
Cuireadh in ~ ríona í, she was given a place befitting a princess.
Tugadh ar ~ a namhad é, he was given into the hands of his enemy.
Tugadh ~ ar na flaithis dó, he was given a glimpse of heaven.
Níor tugadh ~ dá laghad dom faoi, I wasn’t given the least indication of it.
~eadh dó an cúige, the province was given over to him.
2. ~ ar, le, given, addicted, to.
ar an ól, le staidéar, given to drink, to study.
Is ~ an chontúirt atá air a cheann a ligean leis, he is in less danger for being given his head.
Ní duine ~ mé, I am not given to praise.
Cuireadh na ~tha fáilte romhainn, we were given an effusive welcome.
Faoi mo láimh agus mo shéala, given under my hand and seal.
Tá ~ na láimhe iontu, they are light-fingered, given to pilfering.
Tarraingíodh tríd an ~ é, he was given a complete rig-out.
Má thugtar cead dul ar aghaidh leis an obair, if permission is given to proceed with the work.
Tugadh ar altram é ina naíonacht, he was given in fosterage in his infancy.
Tugadh an áit ar a sheilbh, the place was given into his possession.
Tugadh áit suí dom, I was given a place to sit.
Tugadh tosach dúinn, we were given precedence.
Tugadh suas don bhás é, he was given up for dead.
Díleas ~ d’fhear poirt, what is cast up (by the sea) may be given over to the man ashore.
Tugadh dó ~ na tíre, he was given control over the country.
3. ~ do, given to, prone to.
Níor tugadh faill dó ~ na haithrí a dhéanamh, he wasn’t given time to commend his soul to God.