ordaigh, v.t. 1. Order. (a) Command, prescribe. Rud a ordú do dhuine; ordú do dhuine rud a dhéanamh, to order s.o. to do sth. D’~ sé an obair a dhéanamh, he ordered the work to be done. Na cógais a d’~ an dochtúir dó, the medicine prescribed for him by the doctor. ~amach as an áit iad, order them out of the place. Ná bí ag ordú mar sin orm, don’t order me about like that. (b) Ask to be supplied. Earraí a ordú as siopa, to order goods from a shop. (c) Ordain. Mar a d’~ Dia, as God ordained. An rud atá ordaithe do dhuine, what is ordained for s.o. Rud nach bhfuil ordaithe a dhéanamh, sth. that is forbidden to be done, that shouldn’t be done. (d) Recommend. Ní ordóinn duit a leithéid a dhéanamh, I think you should do no such thing. Ní ordóinn duit é, I wouldn’t recommend you to do it. (e)Lit: Put in order. Ár mbeatha a ordú mar is cóir, to order our lives properly. 2. Lit: Institute, found. D’~ sé ord manach, he founded an order of monks. Sacraimint a d’~ Críost, a sacrament instituted by Christ.