aighneas

f. 1. Aighneas a chur ar dhuine, (a) to address s.o., to accost s.o.; (b) to start a row with s.o. Chuir sé aighneas air (27) he accosted him. Ná chuir aon aighneas air (28), don't say anything to him. É féin a chuir aighneas air (28), don't say anything to him. É féin a chur aighneas air, it was he himself who picked the quarrel with him.