ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ shiúil, éalaithe, theite, path of travel, of escape, of retreat.
Tá na sagairt faoi chúrsa (spioradálta), the priests are on retreat.
~ ar gcúl, retreat; recession, decline.
Níl ~ ar a chúl ná ar a aghaidh aige, he can neither advance nor retreat, he must face up to it.
Teitheadh ~, wild retreat.
~ thar lorg a thabhairt d’arm, to cover the retreat of an army.
Ag ~eadh roimh an namhaid, flying, retreating, before the enemy.