ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ croí, hardening of heart, obduracy.
Do chroí a chranrú, to harden one’s heart.
Cranraithe i bpeaca, hardened in sin.
~ faghartha, faobhair, hardening, sharpening, steel.
1. Chruaigh an talamh, the ground hardened, became firm.
Chruaigh an aimsir, the weather hardened, became severe.
2. Rud a chruachan, to harden sth.
~ leis an teas é, harden, toughen, it with the heat.
Cumhacht a chúngú, to restrict power. Do chroí, d’intinn, a chúngú, to harden one’s heart, to close one’s mind.
Méadú, cúngú, glanadh, téamh, cruachan, díospóireacht, a dhéanamh ar rud, to enlarge, narrow, clean, warm, harden, debate, sth.
Do chroí a dhúnadh ar rud, to harden one’s heart against sth.
Tháinig ~ ar a ghuth, his voice hardened.
Ná h~ do chroí orainn, don’t harden your heart against us.