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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
seachadadh
seachadóir
seachaibh
seachaid
seachaimiréal
seachain
seachainn
seachaint
seachaíocht
seacham
seachanta
seachantach
seachantacht
seachantar
seachantóir
seachas
seachbhreithiúnach
seach-chló
seach-chonair
seachfhocal
seachghalar
seachghlórtha
seachmall
seachaint could be a grammatical form of:
seachain »
seachaint, f. (gs. -anta). 1. vn. of seachain. 2. Avoidance; evasion, guardedness. ~ an oilc, avoidance of evil. ~ na fírinne, evasion of truth. Bhain mé ~ an tí as, I kept him away from the house. An rud nach bhfuil ~ (le déanamh) air, what is unavoidable. Duine a chur ar a sheachaint (ar rud), to put s.o. on his guard (against sth.). Chuir sé (na seacht) ~ orm, he warned me (repeatedly) to be careful. Dul ar do sheachaint, (i) to avoid committing oneself, (ii) to go on the run. Fenc: Léim sheachanta, volte.
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IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ a chosaint, a sheachaint, to guard, avoid, a blow.
~ a thabhairt agus ~ a chosaint, a sheachaint, to hit and parry a blow, keep one’s end up.
An ~ a dhéanamh, a sheachaint, to do, to avoid, evil.
Buille a sheachaint, to avoid a blow.
Ceist a sheachaint, to evade a question.
Troid a sheachaint, to shun a fight.
Tá siad ár ~t, they are keeping out of our way.
Tú féin a sheachaint ar rud, to guard oneself against sth.; to avoid being caught up in sth.
An bealach a sheachaint do dhuine, to yield the way to s.o.
