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lig
Usage (EN): (iompaigh)
Tuilleadh -
lig
Meaning or Explanation (EN): to let
Usage (EN): lig dóibh = let them alone. lig do = let him alone, dont torment him. Lig do gach ao' rud athá annsan. Lig do'n chat.
Tuilleadh -
lig
Meaning or Explanation (EN): to let, to allow
Usage (EN): Lig do = let him alone = .i. dont be "at" him. Lig dom fhéin. = Let me alone! = I never saw the like. Ní ligfeadh sé dhóibh. = He would not let them alone. Lig leis fhéin é. = Leave him by himself.
Tuilleadh -
lig ar
Meaning or Explanation (EN): to pretend
Usage (EN): ligint ar, "letting on" = pretending. Bhí sé ag ligint air a bheith goirithe = He was letting on (.i. pretending) to be hurt. Níl sé ach ag ligint air. = He is only pretending. Lig ort na feaca tu é. = "Let on" you did not see him. Lig sí uirthe fhéin a bheith bodhar. = She let on to be deaf.
Tuilleadh -
lig tríd
Meaning or Explanation (EN): to leak
Usage (EN): Ní ligeann an baraille tríd. = The barrel does not leak. = The barrel is watertight. Ní ligeann mo chóta mór isteach aon fhearthainn. = It is watertight. Coimeádann mo chóta mór amach pé fearthainn a bheadh ann.
Tuilleadh -
lig tríd
Meaning or Explanation (EN): to leak
Usage (EN): "ligint tríd" = leaking. Thá an ciotal ag ligint tríd. = There is a leak in the kettle.
Tuilleadh -
ligh
Meaning or Explanation (EN): to lick
Usage (EN): Lighim = I lick. Bhí an cat ag leigheadh an phláta. = The cat was licking the plate. Leig (ləig') an cat an pláta. Thá an pláta lighte glan aige = He has the plate licked clean.
Tuilleadh -
límistéireacht
Meaning or Explanation (EN): confines
Usage (EN): Taobh istig de'n pharóiste = Within the confines of the parish. Límistéireacht a' pharóiste = bounds or confines of the parish.
Tuilleadh -
límistéireacht
Meaning or Explanation (EN): bearings
Usage (EN): Bhí mé imthighthe thar mo límístéireacht. = .i. as an áit a raibh aithne agam air. = .i. bhí me imthighthe amugha. = I had lost my "bearings".
Tuilleadh -
límistéireacht
Meaning or Explanation (EN): district near at hand, environment
Usage (EN): I límistéireacht an bhaile mhór. = In the vicinity of the town. Bhí mé imthighthe thar mo límistéireacht. = beyond where I knew, I was astray.
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