TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
macasamhail, f. (gs. & pl. -mhla). 1. Like, equal, counterpart. Tá a mhacasamhail agam, I have one like it. ~ na hoíche aréir ar anfa, a night of storm like last night. A mhacasamhail i gcath, le diabhlaíocht, his equal in battle, for devilment. Bí ag troid le do mhacasamhail féin eile, fight with someone like yourself, with your match. Níl do mhacasamhail eile sa tír, there is not another like you in the country. 2. Reproduction, copy. ~ de rud a dhéanamh, to reproduce sth. (Var: ~t f)