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EXACT MATCHES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
smeach1, m. (gs. ~a, pl. ~anna). 1. Fillip, flip, flick; snap (of fingers). ~ a thabhairt do dhuine, to flick s.o. ~ méar, flick of fingers. Mar a bhainfeá ~ as do mhéar, in a twinkling. 2. Click (of tongue), smack (of lips). S.a. máirín 1. 3. Gasp; sob. Bheith sa ~ deireanach, sna ~anna deireanacha, to be at one’s last gasp. Níl ~ ann, there is not a gasp out of him; he is lifeless. Níor fágadh ~ ionam, I was utterly exhausted. (Var: f, gs. smeiche, npl. ~a; gpl. ~)
smeach2, v.t. & i. (vn. ~adh m, gs. ~ta). Flip, flick; click, smack; gasp.
smeach3, f = smig1.
smeach4 = beach.
RELATED MATCHES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
PHRASES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ na smeach, click-beetle.
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