tabhair suas

Irish

Etymology

Calque of English give up

Verb

tabhair suas (present analytic tugann suas, future analytic tabharfaidh suas, verbal noun tabhairt suas, past participle tugtha suas) (transitive)

1. to give up, surrender, renounce
2. to give up, relinquish, sacrifice
3. to abdicate (surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising)

Conjugation

conjugation of tabhair suas: see tabhair

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tabhair suas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN