Weave

Verb

1. TEXT, CRAFT, CLOTH – make thread or fabric
   • Transitive:
     • to weave wool – olann a fhí
     • The yarn is woven into tweed – fitear bréidín as an snáth
   • Intransitive:
     • bheith ag fíodóireacht – “to be weaving”
     • fíodóireacht a dhéanamh – “to do weaving”
2. CRAFT – make an item
   • Transitive:
     • to weave a basket – ciseán a fhí
     • The tapestry was woven by hand – de láimh a fhíodh an taipéis
3. ZOOL – spin (a web)
   • Transitive:
     • figh verb cmu (used for spiders spinning a web)
4. Intertwine, draw together
   • Transitive:
     • It weaves history and politics together – fíonn sé an stair agus an pholaitíocht le chéile
     • To weave a spell on someone – duine a chur faoi dhraíocht
     • These stories were woven around political events – bhí imeachtaí polaitiúla fite fuaite sna scéalta seo
5. Move unsteadily
   • Intransitive:
     • She was weaving through the crowd – bhí sí ag coradh agus ag casadh tríd an slua
     • He was weaving from one side of the road to the other – bhí sé ag dul ó thaobh taobh an bhóthair
   • Transitive:
     • She weaved her way across the packed room – rinne sí a bealach trasna an tseomra phlódaithe
     • We weaved a path through the puddles – rinneamar ár mbealach anonn is anall trí na slodáin

Noun

6. TEXT, CRAFT, CLOTH – woven pattern
   • fíochán – masc1 cmu