dualgas, m. (gs. & npl. -ais, gpl. ~).1. Natural right, due; customary fee or reward. Do dhualgas a fháil, to get one’s due, one’s just reward. Gheobhaidh tú do dhualgas nuair a bheidh an obair déanta agat, you will get your proper fee when you have finished the work. Gheobhaidh siad a n~ sna flaithis, they will get their reward in heaven. ~ na slaite, chastisement with the rod. Thug sé ~ an tslisne dó, he gave him a good flogging. ~ na cléire, clerical dues. Do dhualgas a íoc, to pay one’s dues, meet one’s obligations. Cearta agus dualgais, rights and dues. As ~ a mhic, in right of his son. 2. Duty. Do dhualgas a dhéanamh, a chomhlíonadh, to do, fulfil, one’s duty. ~ a chur ar dhuine, to impose a duty on s.o. Níor cheart duit ~ mar sin a chur ort féin, you shouldn’t undertake such an obligation. ~ a bheith ort rud a dhéanamh, to be in duty bound to do sth. Déanamh de réir dualgais, to meet the requirements of duty. Rud a bheith ar do dhualgas, de dhualgas ort, to be required by duty to do sth. Is beag an ~ orm é, it is not much to ask of me, the least I can do. Do dhualgas do Dhia, one’s duty to God. Sch:Téacsanna dualgais, prescribed texts. Jur:~ iomlán, poiblí, reachtúil, absolute, public, statutory, duty. Jur:~ cruthúnais, onus of proof. Mil:Ar ~, on duty. Mil:~ a chur ar dhuine, to detail s.o. for duty.