verb
1. Join, meet
- Intransitive
- tar le chéile (cmu) – come together
- buail le chéile (cmu) – meet
- Example: This is where the two roads connect → anseo a thagann an dá bhóthar ina chéile
- Example: It connects with the Red Line there → buaileann sé leis an líne Dhearg ansin
- Transitive
- ceangail (cmu) – join, tie
- Example: A motorway connects Galway to Dublin → tá mótarbhealach idir Gaillimh agus Baile Átha Cliath
2. Link to a network or supply
- Intransitive
- ceangail (cmu) – connect
- nasc (cmu) – link
- Example: I can’t connect → níl ceangal agam
- Example: To connect to the internet → ceangal leis an idirlíon
- Transitive
- ceangail (cmu) – connect, attach
3. Be related
- Example: These ideas connect closely
4. Associate
- Example: I connect her with kindness
*5. Of trains, flights, etc.
- Example: The bus connects with the train at the station
6. Hit
- Example: The punch connected with his jaw
7. Empathise
- Example: She connects with the audience easily
