paralyse
(alsoparalyze
) 1 verb MED in accident, illness, etc TRANSITIVEpairilis a chur ar it paralysed him chuir sé pairilis air, d'fhág sé gan lúth na ngéag éshe was paralysed in an accident cuireadh pairilis uirthi i dtimpiste, d'fhág timpiste gan lúth na ngéag í 2 verb in fear etc TRANSITIVEpairilis a chur ar an mothú a bhaint as it paralysed him bhain sé an mothú asshe was paralysed with fear bhí pairilis uirthi le heagla, bhí sí ina staic le faitíos, bhain an sceimhle lúth na ngéag dihe was paralysed by pain ní raibh sé ábalta bogadh leis an bpianTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 verb system TRANSITIVEthe strike has paralysed the country tá an tír ina stad de bharr na stailcethe floods paralysed the railway network d'fhág na tuilte an gréasán iarnróid ina chiseach