EXACT MATCHES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
bearing1, a. 1 Bearing axle, fearsaid f iompair. Bearing surface, dromchla m iompair. 2 a (Talamh) torthach. b Interest-bearing capital, caipiteal a thugann ús. c Oil-bearing, olatháirgeach.
bearing2, s. 1 a lompar m (airm, scéala). b (Of pers.) Iompar m; imeacht m, dóigh f. Soldierly bearing, imeacht m saighdiúra. Modest bearing, leagan m neoid. c Her: (Armorial) bearings, samhaltáin mpl armais. 2 a Acmhainn f (péine, cruatain). Beyond (all) bearing, dofhulaingthe. b Teagmháil f (droichid, maide trasna). To take its bearing on sth., luí ar rud. c Mec.E: Imthaca m. Thrust bearing, imthaca teanntála. Big end bearing, ceanntaca mór. Bearing brasses, práiseanna imthaca. S.a. BALL-BEARING(s). d Nau: Treo-uillinn f. To take the bearings of a coast, marc a thógáil ar chósta. Radio bearing station, stáisiún raidió-threorach. F: He was taking his bearings, bhí sé ag brath na talún, bhí sé ag tógáil marcanna dó féin. He lost his bearings, chuaigh sé ar seachrán, níor aithin sé soir thar siar. To find, to get, one's bearings, teacht ar an eolas. e Baint f (le scéal, le ceist). I did not understand the bearing of his words, níor thuig mé an rud a bhí ar chúl na cainte sin aige. I examined the question in all its bearings, bhreithnigh mé gach uile thaobh den scéal. 3 a (Of tree, etc.) The tree is in full bearing, tá an crann i mbláth a thoraidh. b Bearing of child, breith f clainne.
PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
To take a compass bearing, treo-uillinn compáis a thógáil.
Gentlemanly bearing, cuma agus ceartú duine uasail; imeacht ardnósach.
To put grit in the bearings, na gnóthaí a chur chun siobarnaí.
Heraldic bearing, armas m.
Nau: To lay off a bearing, treo-uillinn an chompáis a mharcáil (ar léarscáil).
Mec.E: To loosen a bearing, imthaca a bhogadh.
Nau: To prick a bearing (on a chart), treo-uillinn a phointeáil (ar chairt).
Mec.E: To set the shaft in its bearings, an seafta a cheartú ar na himthacaí.
Soldierly bearing, iompar an tsaighdiúra.
Mec.E: Bearing surface, working surface, dromchla iompair, oibre.