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Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
lawyer
lax
laxity
lay
lay aside
lay away
lay by
lay down
lay in
lay off
lay on
lay out
lay to
lay up
lay-days
layer
layer-out
lay-figure
laying
layman
lay-out
lay-shaft
lazaret
New English–Irish Dictionary has an entry for
lay down »
lay down, v.tr. 1 a Leagaim uaim. He laid down his arms, lig sé a airm uaidh, ar lár. Lay down your spade, fág uait do rámhainn. Cards: He laid down his hand, thaispeáin sé a lámh. b Sínim (duine), cuirim (duine) ina luí. I laid myself down, shíneas tharam. c Éirím as (feidhmeannas). d He laid down his life, thug sé a anam(for, ar son). 2 a To lay down a ship, cabhail loinge a leagan. To lay down a railway, a cable, bóthar iarainn, cábla, a leagan, a chur síos. b Leagaim amach, cinnim ar (riail, etc.). He laid it down as a principle that. . ., d'áitigh sé, d'áirigh sé mar phrionsabal go, . . . To lay down conditions to s.o., coinníollacha a ghearradh ar dhuine. 3 Cuirim (fíon) sa siléar.
PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
They laid down their arms, ghéill siad.
The conditions laid down in the agreement, coinníollacha an mhargaidh.
He laid down his arms, lig sé a airm ar lár.
To lay down the law to s.o., bheith ag tabhairt fios a ghnóthaí do dhuine, ag léamh na liodán do dhuine.
He is always laying down the law, ní stadann sé ach ag ceartú agus ag áiteamh, ag leagan amach.
To lay sth. down as a principle that. . ., é a leagan amach mar phrionsabal go . . .
