discover
1 verb find out fact, reason, etc TRANSITIVEfaigh amach he discovered the reason for the delay fuair sé amach cad ba chúis leis an moillshe discovered the truth tháinig sí ar an bhfírinne, fuair sí an fhírinne amachhe discovered a secret tháinig sé ar rúnshe discovered that she was pregnant fuair sí amach go raibh sí ag iompar 2 verb find sb/sth TRANSITIVEtar ar PhrV aimsigh verb the Gardaí discovered a body tháinig na Gardaí ar chorpI discovered a lovely restaurant tháinig mé ar bhialann álainn, d'aimsigh mé bialann álainnthe drugs were discovered during a planned search thángthas ar na drugaí le linn cuardach pleanáilteTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 verb make new discovery TRANSITIVEtar ar PhrV fionn formal verb he discovered the solution to the problem tháinig sé ar réiteach na faidhbescientists have discovered a new drug tá eolaithe tar éis teacht ar dhruga nua, tá eolaithe tar éis druga nua a aimsiú 4 verb find liking for (pastime etc) TRANSITIVEsuim a chur i spéis a chur i Seán has discovered golf tá Seán tar éis suim a chur sa ghalfshe discovered the joys of poetry at college chuir sí spéis san fhilíocht agus í ar coláiste, d'aimsigh sí aoibhneas na filíochta agus í ar an gcoláiste 5 verb recognise (artist, talent) TRANSITIVEtar ar PhrV aimsigh verb she discovered a young singer tháinig sí ar amhránaí óg, d'aimsigh sí amhránaí óghe was discovered busking on Grafton St thángthas air agus é ag buscáil ar Shráid Grafton 6 verb find out about self TRANSITIVEhe went to India to discover himself chuaigh sé chun na hIndia chun teacht air féin