EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
sleabhac1, m. (gs. -aic). 1. Droop, slouch; inclination, slant. Chuir sé ~ air féin, he inclined his head; he walked with a slouch. Bhí ~ ar a bhéal, his mouth was drooping. 2. Algae: Laver, stroke. 3. = sleabhacán 1.
sleabhac2, m. (In euphemistic phrases) Go dtuga an ~ leis iad, the devil take them. Déanfaidh sé an ~, he will make mischief.
sleabhac3, v.i. (pres. -bhcann, vn. -bhcadh, pp. -bhctha). Droop, incline; fade, flag, become limp; (of corn) lodge. Ag sleabhcadh leis an ocras, becoming limp from hunger. Sleabhctha ag an teas, sweltering in the heat. Tá na plandaí ag sleabhcadh, the plants are wilting. Ag sleabhcadh leis an aois, becoming bent with age.