EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
cnuasach, m. (gs. -aigh1). 1. vn. of cnuasaigh2. 2. Garnered food. ~ coille, trá, gleanings of woodland, of seashore. ~ trá a bhreith go hInse, carrying coals to Newcastle. ~ mara agus tíre, food gathered from sea and land. Pota cnuasaigh, pot for cooking shell-fish, etc. Ag déanamh cnuasaigh, gathering shell-fish, dulse, etc. Tá an ~ críochnaithe acu, they have finished the picking (of potatoes, etc.) S.a. cnó 1. 3. Collection, store. 4. Mth: ~ tacar, family of sets. (Var: ~t)
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ cnuasaigh, garnered nut;
Ag cnuasach drochaigne, gathering ill will.
~ cnuasaigh, long-handled sickle (for cutting seaweed).
~ mhullaigh an chnuasaigh, the pick of the bunch.