ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ní raibh ~ ach cé ab fhearr, they were all vying with one another.
Bhí siad ag gearradh na n-áthanna ar a chéile, they were vying with one another to get there first.
Ag ~t barr dá chéile, vying with each other.
Ag baint bairr dá chéile, vying with each other.
Ag ~ le duine, insisting strictly on one’s rights against s.o.; vying with s.o. in dodging work.
Bheith i n~ le duine (faoi rud), to be contending, vying, with s.o. (about sth.).
Bhí siad ag ~ le chéile faoin onóir, they were vying with each other for the honour.
Bhí siad ag ~aint le chéile, they were vying with each other.
I bh~, ag ~, le chéile faoi dhul chun na trá, vying with each other as to which of them should go to the strand.
Dul in ~ le duine, to compete with s.o.; to vie with s.o.
Ag ~ (le), competing, vying (with).
Dul in ~, san ~, le duine, to compete with s.o.; to vie with s.o.
Ag ~ le duine faoi rud, vying with s.o. about sth.
Ag seasamh na honóra le chéile, standing on ceremony with each other; vying with each other.
Ag ~ le chéile (ag iarraidh rud a dhéanamh), vying with one another (in effort to do sth.).
Ná bígí ag ~ le chéile, don’t be envious of one another; don’t be vying with one another.
Tá siad ag baint ~e dá chéile, they are trying to take precedence over one another; they are vying with one another.