TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
umhlaigh, v.t. & i. 1. Humble. Tú féin a umhlú, to humble oneself. D’~ Críost é féin go bás, Christ humbled himself unto death. 2. Bow, bend head or knee. Umhlú don chuideachta, to bow to the company. Umhlú os comhair na haltóra, to genuflect in front of the altar. D’~ siad iad féin go talamh roimhe, they bowed down to the ground, they prostrated themselves, before him. D’~ an ghéag is lúb sí, the branch inclined and bent. 3. Submit, obey. Umhlú do thoil duine, to bow to s.o.’s will. D’~ siad don chreideamh, they agreed to accept the faith. 4. Stoop. Nár ~ breab a ghlacadh, who did not stoop to take a bribe.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Géilleadh, umhlú, do dhuine, to submit, bow, to s.o.