ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Dúirt sé gur leagadh é, he said he was knocked down.
Ach ~ gur leagadh é, except that he was knocked down.
~ anuas den bhalla é, knock it down off the wall.
Leagadh sa chonabhrú é, he was knocked down in the scrimmage.
Is ~ gur leagadh an piléar, it is true that the pillar was knocked down.
I n~ ribe do bheith leagtha ag carr, within a hair’s breadth of being knocked down by a car.
(le, with); knock down, overthrow.
Is ~ nár leagadh mé, it is a wonder I was not knocked down.
Duine a ~an (le buille, le cor coise), to knock s.o. down (with a blow, with a foot-trip).
~ carr é, he was knocked down by a car.
Teach a ~an, to knock down a house.
~fadh an boladh thú, the smell would knock you down.
~ sé amach mé lena dhorn, he knocked me down with his fist.
Rud a fháil ar ~, to get sth. at a knock-down price, very cheap.
~ le ballaí a leagan, apparatus for knocking down walls.
Leagfá le ~ mé, you could have knocked me down with a feather.
Duine a threascairt le buille, to knock s.o. down with a blow.