ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tugadh Brian mar ~ air, he was named Brian.
Tugadh ~ mhaith don leanbh; fuair an leanbh ~ mhaith, the child was well cared for.
Fógraíodh, tugadh amach, ón ~ é, (i) it was announced from the altar, (ii) he was proclaimed, denounced, from the altar.
Tugadh, fuarthas, ~ é, he was found guilty.
Tugadh a chomharthaí (sóirt) dom, I was given a description of him.
Tugadh an chraobh dó, he was awarded the palm, declared the winner.
Tugadh a chroibh os a chionn, he was sent sprawling.
Níor tugadh de dháta ach sin dom, that was all the time I was given.
An ~ a tugadh air, the fate that was meted out to him.
Tugadh ~ a gcríche dóibh, they were given the right to own their territory.
Tugadh ~ ar na príosúnaigh, the prisoners were ill-treated.
Tugadh ~ na hoibre dom, I was given an unfair share of the work.
Tugadh ~ a athar dó, he was recompensed for the loss of his father.
Tugadh ~ an bhacaigh dom, I was chased like a beggar.
Tugadh íde ghránna dó, he was horribly ill-treated.
Tugadh sonc sna heasnacha dó, he got a dig in the ribs.
Tugadh ~ tharrthála air, an attempt was made to rescue him.
Tugadh ar ~ a namhad é, he was given into the hands of his enemy.
Tugadh ~ ar na flaithis dó, he was given a glimpse of heaven.
Níor tugadh ~ dá laghad dom faoi, I wasn’t given the least indication of it.
Tugadh amach ar ~ a chos é, he was brought out feet foremost.
Tugadh amach ar na maidí é, he was carried out on a stretcher.
Tugadh faoi mhéala iad, they were brought to grief.
Tugadh ~ amadáin air, he was treated as a fool.
~ tugadh cead dom, I was not granted permission.
Tugadh ~ ón mbás é, he was saved from death.
Tugadh ar altram é ina naíonacht, he was given in fosterage in his infancy.
Tugadh an áit ar a sheilbh, the place was given into his possession.
Tugadh Brian air, he was called Brian.
Tugadh as é, (i) he was spirited away (as by the fairies), (ii) ‘he was here before’, he is a changeling.
Tugadh an chúis chun cinn, chun críche, the matter was brought to a head, to a conclusion.
Tugadh áit suí dom, I was given a place to sit.
Tugadh tosach dúinn, we were given precedence.
Tugadh faoi mhéala iad, they were brought to grief.
Tugadh i dtír iad, they were brought ashore.
Nós a tugadh isteach le gairid, a custom that was recently introduced.
Tugadh suas don bhás é, he was given up for dead.
Do thaobh na ngrás a tugadh dó, with regard to the graces he received.
Tugadh dó ~ na tíre, he was given control over the country.
Is fada an ~ a tugadh dó ar an saol seo, he was granted a long spell of life on earth.
Tugadh chun trialach iad, they were brought to trial.
Tugadh a thriopall in airde, he was upended.
Tugadh an ~ don ghamhain, the calf was slaughtered.
Níor tugadh faill dó ~ na haithrí a dhéanamh, he wasn’t given time to commend his soul to God.