do-gheibhim

‘I get’ (‘for’, do); for forms see Introduction, p. 37; with various predicates, including bás (in periphrasis for ‘die’) 13.15, locht (ar) ‘find fault (with)’ 5.3, oilbhéim (i) ‘find defect (in)’ 40.4

See also do-ghabhaim.

I get, find, 7rl.; láithr. saor do-geibthíor, cf. lch. 136, n. 2, fáist. agus coin. do-ghéabh-, 122, 459, 2606, 3864, 3994, do-gheabh-, 359, 1111, 2075, 2913, 3707, 3892, 4451, 6044, fáist. coibhn. gheabhus, 1107, do-gheabhus, 4451, 5197; má gh. ón othar, if the patient can be prevailed on, 1180.

dá bhfagham tocht 'n-ar dtimcheall if we happen to be surrounded 648; an ghuais fuair 3036 n.

[see Grammatical Introduction], I get, find, 1415, 3181, 3423, 3605, 3860, 9746; do-ghéabhadh bheith go maith ris, ‘who would be well treated,’ 3603;--most commonly with bás as a periphrasis for ‘to die,’ 950, 4255, etc., passim; but also with other predicates, aiseag, 204, 8369; allus, 1701; amarrán, 9558; biadh, 6246; blas, 1567; bláth, 3685; coimhlíonadh, 1890, 4065; comhairle, 640; coróin, 2764; díol, 2035; dísle, 4804; dólas, 2027; faothamh, 7919; fios, 9801; fosgadh, 2562; fothragadh, 4212; goimh, 4071; ionadh, 4301; ionnfhuaradh, 4119; ionnmhas, 8094; lorg, 2152; maitheas, 3782; neamh, 6932; ní, 3635, 7111; ré fhada, 92, 3785; rath, 607; sádhaile, 3608; sáimhrighe, 2034; seasgaireacht, 3732; slighe, 7094, 9577; socamhal, 2478, 3748; sochar, 2791, 9074; sólás, 2026; taisbéanta, 2987; tomhas, 3645; toradh, 5959; treorughadh, 9056; tuarasgbháil, 63; tuarastal, 8574; urchóid, 4902;--with ó of person from whom got, 7461; hence ‘to get from a person,’ ‘to persuade,’ 9774;--with ar of indirect object after éadaingean, faill, of ‘finding an opening to attack a person,’ go bhfuighbheadh an bás faill air, 4132; an bhfuighdís éadaingean air, ‘if they could catch him unawares,’ 7014; so, mar fuair S. deimhin air sin, ‘when S. was informed of this,’ 9105