TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
tabhair suas, v.t. Give up. 1. Ceart a thabhairt suas, to relinquish a right. Dóchas a thabhairt suas, to abandon hope. Thug sé suas a phost, he gave up his job. 2. Tú féin a thabhairt suas do rud, to abandon oneself to sth. Tugadh suas don bhás é, he was given up for dead. 3. Tá sé tugtha suas dó gurb é is láidre againn, he is acknowledged to be the strongest of us.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Thug siad an taobh ~ suas do gach uile rud, they turned everything topsyturvy.
~ suas, (i) yielding, surrender;
~ suas talún, release of land, (ii) upbringing.
Níl aon ~ suas air, he has been badly brought up.