TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
tóg de, v.t. & i. 1. Lift, raise, off. ~ den urlár é, lift it off the floor. Thóg sí an pota den tine, she lifted the pot off the fire. ~adh de chothrom talún é, he was lifted right off the ground. Shíl mé go dtógfaidís an ceann den teach ag béicíl, I thought they would raise the roof off the house with their yelling. 2. Take off, remove from. (a) Súil a thógáil de rud, to take one’s attention off sth. (b) Cúram ruda a thógáil de dhuine, to take the responsibility for sth. off s.o. Thógfadh sé an ghruaim dínn, it would dispel our gloom, cheer us up. 3. Give up, abandon. ~ díom is ~faidh mé díot, let me alone and I won’t interfere with you. Ba ghairid go dtógfá díom, you would soon lose interest in me. Thóg na dochtúirí de, the doctors gave him up.