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lend

1 verb loan sth to sb TRANSITIVEtabhair ar iasacht c m uI'll lend you one tabharfaidh mise ceann ar iasacht duitshe lent him her car thug sí a gluaisteán ar iasacht dó, thug sí iasacht a cairr dó 2 verb FIN offer a financial loan

INTRANSITIVEiasacht a thabhairt c m uthe banks aren't willing to lend níl na bainc sásta iasachtaí a thabhairtthey only lend to first-time buyers ní thugann siad iasachtaí ach do cheannaitheoirí céaduaire

TRANSITIVEthe bank lent us a thousand euro thug an banc iasacht míle euro dúinn

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3 verb library etc

INTRANSITIVEiasacht a thabhairt c m u

TRANSITIVEtabhair ar iasacht c m uthey lend DVDs tugann siad DVDanna ar iasacht

4 verb confer quality TRANSITIVEit lends you an air of mystery cuireann sé cuma mhistéireach ortit lent importance to the occasion chuir sé tábhacht leis an ócáid 5 verb give help etc TRANSITIVEtabhair verb c m uhe lent us his support thug sé a thacaíocht dúinn 6 noun loaniasacht fem3 c m uhe gave me a lend of a fiver thug sé cúig euro ar iasacht dom, thug sé iasacht cúig euro domI asked for the lend of his trailer d'iarr mé iasacht a leantóra air

phrases

to lend an ear to sb/sth

éisteacht le duine/rudcluas a thabhairt do dhuine/rudhe lent me a sympathetic ear d'éist sé go tuisceanach liom

to lend sb a hand

(also

to lend a helping hand to sb

) lámh chuidithe a thabhairt do dhuinelámh chúnta a thabhairt do dhuine

to lend your voice to sth

tacaíocht a thabhairt do rudtacú le rud

to lend itself to sth

the poem doesn't lend itself to being dramatised ní dán é a d'fhéadfaí a chur i bhfoirm drámasocial media don't really lend themselves to regulation ní féidir i ndáiríre na meáin shóisialta a rialú

to lend your name to sth

1 endorse sthd'ainm a chur le rudtacú le rud 2 have sth named after youshe lent her name to the trophy is aisti atá an trófaí ainmnithe

to lend weight to sth

(also

to lend substance to sth

, to lend support to sth

) treisiú le rudneartú le rudthat lent weight to my argument threisigh sé sin le m'argóint

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