ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá an t-~ sin aige, air, he has that reputation.
Sin é a ~ riamh, that has always been his reputation.
Tá clú file air, he has the reputation of being a poet.
Clú, ceart, a bhaint amach, to gain a reputation, a right.
Bhain sin óna chlú, that took from his reputation.
Tá ~ aige ar a chlú, ar a anam, he is mindful of his reputation, of his soul.
~ ar chlú, blow to reputation, to character.
Bhris siad a chlú, they took away his good name, destroyed his reputation.
Ní mó a cháil ná a bhuille, he lives up to his reputation.
Clú duine a cháibleáil, to drag down s.o.’s reputation.
De réir a cháilíochta, in accordance with his, its, quality, reputation.
Níor chlú gan cheannach é, the reputation was well-earned.
~ ar chlú, blot on reputation.
Chuir sé ó chion í, he destroyed her reputation.
~ a thabhú (duit féin), to earn a reputation (for oneself).
An té is mó ~ , the person of highest reputation.
Cuireadh a chlú lena chois, his reputation followed him.
Do chlú a chosaint, to defend one’s reputation.
A chlú is a chreidiúint, his name and reputation.
Sin an cháil a ~eadh air, that was the reputation he got.
Cur le ciste, le scéal, le clú duine, to add to a fund, to a story, to s.o.’s reputation.
Tá sé de chlú air (go), he has the reputation (of).
Clú ~, world-wide reputation.
Clú, onóir, céim, a fháil, to get a reputation, an honour, a degree.
Tá a chlú i n~ air, his reputation depends on it.
D’~ sé a cháil leis, he lowered his reputation by it.
Thuill sé clú le peannaireacht, he earned a reputation for penmanship.
Tá sin ag luí lena iomrá, that is in keeping with his reputation.
~eadh a chlú, his reputation was destroyed.
Cáil mhór, wide reputation.
Níor chosain sé a ainm ~ a chlú, he didn’t defend his name or reputation.
Clú gan ~, unblemished reputation.
Do chlú a ~, to barter one’s reputation.
Do chlú a shalú, to sully one’s reputation.
~ siad a chlú, they spread ill report of him, ruined his reputation.
~ a chur ar chlú duine, to tarnish s.o.’s reputation.
Thabhaigh sé clú dó féin, he gained a reputation for himself.
Do chlú a tharrtháil, to save one’s reputation.
Sin an ~ a fuair mé air, that is what I heard of his reputation.
Tá an ~ sin air, he has that reputation.
~ an léinn, reputation for learning.
Tá a cháil i d~, his reputation is at stake.
Thuill sé clú dó féin, he made a reputation for himself.