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nerve

nounAinmfhocal 1 medicineleigheas, anatomyanatamaíocht fibre in bodynéaróg fem2 cmu cranial nerve néaróg chráiniach 2 couragemisneach masc1 cmuuchtach masc1 cmucrógacht fem3 cmu that took a lot of nerve on their part ba chróga an mhaise dóibh é sin a dhéanamh he didn't have the nerve to ask ní raibh sé de mhisneach aige ceist a chur she lost her nerve loic sí, theip ar a misneachbattle of nerves 3 impudencedánacht fem3 cmu you've got a nerve! nach tú atá dána!, nach dána an mhaise duit é!, nach dána an aghaidh atá ort! he had the nerve to speak to me bhí sé de dhánacht ann labhairt liom, bhí sé d'éadan air labhairt liom what a nerve! a leithéid!, a leithéid d'éadan! verbbriathar 4 steel (yourself) transitiveaistreach I nerved myself to do it chruinnigh mé mo mhisneach chun é a dhéanamh 5 inspire literaturelitríocht transitiveaistreachneartaigh verb cmu their faith nerved them neartaigh a gcreideamh iad, thug a gcreideamh misneach dóibh, thug a gcreideamh uchtach dóibh SubformsSainfhoirmeacha → nerves PhrasesNathanna a battle of nerves comhrac diongbháilteachta a bag of nerves informalneamhfhoirmeálta I was a bag of nerves bhí mé an-neirbhíseach go deo, bhí mé ar bior, bhí cearthaí orm to get on sb's nerves (also to grate on sb's nerves) duine a chur as a mheabhairduine a chiapadh she's getting on his nerves tá sí á chur as a mheabhair, tá sé ciaptha aici, tá sí á chur soir to have nerves of steel croí leoin a bheith agat he has nerves of steel tá croí leoin aige, ní chuireann rud ar bith eagla air to strain every nerve to do sth literaturelitríocht she strained every nerve to reach him rinne sí gach uile iarracht dul chomh fada leis, rinne sí a míle dícheall dul chomh fada leis to touch a (raw) nerve (also to hit a (raw) nerve) that hit a raw nerve in me ghriog sé sin sa bheo mé, bhuail sé sin an ball bog ionam
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