EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
cleiteach1, f. (gs. -tí). Moult, moulting process. Tá na héin sa chleiteach, the birds are moulting.
cleiteach2, a1. 1. Feathered. 2. Pinnate. S.a. galar 1.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Chaill an t-éan a chleití, a eiteog, the bird lost its feathers, its wing.
Tá a chleití síos leis, his feathers are drooping; he is crestfallen.
Baineadh dá chleití, his feathers were cropped.
Cleití crutha, contour feathers.
Idir chorp (is) cheirt; idir chorp is chleití; idir chorp chleite is sciathán, bodily, entirely.
Leis an ~ atá ar chleití na n-éan, on account of the way the birds’ feathers are arranged.
Cleití ~a, bedraggled feathers.