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EXACT MATCHES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
réab1, v.t. & i. (pp. ~tha). Tear, rend, rip up; break asunder, shatter; violate. Carraig, balla, glas, a ~adh, to shatter a rock, a wall, a lock. Ag ~adh le dinimít, blasting with dynamite. Ag ~adh díge, blasting out a trench. Ag ~adh na sráide, ripping up the street. Ag ~adh talaimh bháin, breaking up lea. siad ag ~adh an urláir, they are tearing up the floor. Long ag ~adh na farraige, a ship ploughing the sea. Móid, dlí, a ~adh, to violate a vow, a law. ~ mo chroí, it tore my heart asunder. mo cheann á ~adh, my head is splitting. ~ an stoirm, the storm broke. Ag ~adh chun cinn, forging ahead. Bhí ag ~adh roimhe, he was ripping along. ~ leat, tear away. (Var: ~áil)
réabach, m. (gs. & npl. -aigh, gpl. ~). Torn strip (of cloth), rag. (Var: réab2 m)
RELATED MATCHES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
PHRASES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ carraigeacha, shattering of rocks.
~ bóithre, tearing up of roads.
~ croí air, it would rend ones heart.
~ déanta acu sa gharraí, they have torn up the garden.
Bhí ~ cainte faoi, he was talking at a great rate.
~ reilige, violation of graveyard; violation of the memory of the dead; violent upheaval.
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