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cothú could be a grammatical form of: cothaigh »
EXACT MATCHES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
cothú, m. (gs. -thaithe).1. vn. of cothaigh. 2. Nourishment, sustenance; promotion, maintenance. ~ coirp, intinne, anama, bodily, mental, spiritual, food. ~ cothrom, balanced diet. ~ sláinte, crábhaidh, ealaíon, promotion of health, of piety, of arts. ~ feirge, tréasa, incitement to anger, to treason. ~ bruíne, cogaidh, fomenting of strife, of war. ~ i mbia, nourishment in food. Tá ~ maith acu, they are well-fed. Liúntas, ordú, cothaithe, maintenance allowance, order. Tá bó ar a ~ aige, he has (the milk of) a cow (in return) for her keep. ~ air sin chugat! More of that to you! Prov:~ na doininne soineann na hoíche, a calm night presages a storm. 3. Nourished state, fullness, fatness. Is breá an ~ atá ar an ainmhí sin, that animal is in very good condition. Is olc an ~ iad, they are hardly worth rearing.
PHRASES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ag cothú ceilge, creating mischief, hatching a plot.
Duine, ainmí, planda, a chothú, to feed a person, an animal, a plant.
Na páistí a chothú go maith, to feed the children well.
Ag cothú eallaigh, feeding, fattening, cattle.
Bia cothaithe, sustaining food.
Tine, inneall, a chothú, to feed a fire, an engine.
Caidéal cothaithe, feed-pump.
Troid, fearg, olc, a chothú, to stir up a fight, anger, evil.
Ag cothú easaontais, sowing discord.
Ag cothú díoltais, harbouring revenge.
Ag cothú na doininne, aggravating the storm.
An cath a chothú go hoíche, to keep up the battle until nightfall.
Ag cothú na háite sin, holding on in that place.
Cothú na doininne soineann na hoíche, a calm night presages a storm.
~ a thógáil, a mhúscailt, a chothú, to cause, arouse, foment, enmity.
Is maith an cothú í (an cháis), it (cheese) is very nourishing.
~ a thógáil, a chothú, a chur ina suí, to cause, promote, stir up, a quarrel.
~ breoiteachta, cothaithe, taistil, sickness, subsistence, travelling, allowance.
Tá cothú ~ ann, there is good sustenance in it.
~ a chothú, to foster ill will; to foment strife.
~ a chothú, to foster enmity.
Cothú na doininne ~ na hoíche, a calm night presages a storm.
~ cothaithe, codlata, nirt, want of feeding, of sleep, of strength.
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