Similar words:
lig faoi
Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
luifín
luig
luigh
luigh amach
luigh ar
luigh chuig
luigh do
luigh faoi
luigh isteach
luigh le
luighe
luighean
luighte
luighteach
luighteacht
luim-
luimneach
luin-
luinneach
luinneog
luíochán
luíonn
luipearnach
luigh faoi, v.i. Lie under; submit to, bear burden of. Luí faoi smacht, to yield to authority. Luí faoi chosa daoine, to let people walk over one. ~ siad go humhal faoi chánachas, they bore the burden of taxation meekly. B’éigean domsa luí faoin gcostas, I had to stand the cost. ~ fút! Lie down! Nau: Luí faoin ngaoth, to cast off the wind.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Duine a chur faoi luí na ~e, to put the screws on s.o.
Luí faoi bhris, to endure a loss; to accept a bad bargain.
Gan luí a thabhairt faoi dháil ar domhan, not to take an oath before any tribunal whatsoever.
Luí faoi ~, to submit to indignity.
Luí fút, to lie low.
(Corp) ina luí faoi ghradam, (a body) lying in state.
Níl a shárú faoi rás, faoi rothaí, faoi luí, na gréine, there’s nothing better than it under the sun.
Luí ar leaba, sa ghaineamh, faoi scáth crainn, to lie on a bed, in the sand, under the shade of a tree.