TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
aimhleas, m. (gs. ~a). Harm, detriment; evil. D’~ a dhéanamh, to harm, to work evil for, oneself. Duine a chur ar a ~, to lead s.o. astray. Comhairle a ~a a thabhairt do dhuine, to give s.o. bad, evil, advice. Déanfaidh sé ~ na tíre, he will ruin the country. Tá tú ar bhealach d’~a, you are on the road to ruin. ~ an anama, the ruination of the soul.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Duine a chur ar bhealach a leasa, a aimhleasa, to advise s.o. for his own good, to lead s.o. astray.
Ná bí ~ ar d’aimhleas, don’t rush headlong into ruin.
Bíodh sé le mo ~ nó le m’aimhleas, whether it be the making or the unmaking of me.
Tá ~ d’aimhleasa fút, you are rushing headlong to destruction.
A aimhleas is é do ~, what he conceived was his own ruin.
Tá sé ag ~t ar a aimhleas, he is heading for a fall.
Thiomáin siad chun a aimhleasa é, they drove him to his undoing.