EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
snigh, v.i. (pres. sníonn, vn. sní, pp. -ite). 1. Pour (down), flow, course; filter through, percolate. Fuil ag sní as créacht, blood pouring from a wound. Deora ag sní lena grua, tears coursing down her cheeks. Abhainn ag sní chun na farraige, a river winding to the sea. An gaineamh ag sní san orláiste, the sand filtering through the hour-glass. Ag sní isteach, amach, flowing in, out. 2. Glide, crawl. Seilide ag sní leis thar an léana, a snail creeping along over the lawn.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ fearthainne, sneachta, fall of rain, of snow.
~ deor, coursing of tears.
Buille na ~, the final stroke, the last word in argument.