EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
tairne, m. (gs. ~, pl. -ní). Nail. 1. ~ ceárta, horseshoe nail. ~ comhla, door-nail. ~ murláin, brass-headed nail. ~ ramhar, stub-nail. ~ seaca, frost-nail. ~ spíce, spike-nail. ~ barrtha, leacaithe, clinch-nail. ~ aisil, linchpin. ~ a chur i rud, to nail sth. Tá an ~ ar an troigh, everything is set, there is no turning back. S.a. beo1, crú1. 2. ~ airm, item of military equipment. Níl ~ airm againn, we haven’t a single weapon. Ní dheachaigh ~ airm thar lear, not one armed man went overseas.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tairne a chur ~, to drive home a nail.
Tairne sa bheo, a thorn in the flesh.
Chuir sé tairne i m~ sa chapall, sa bheo ag an gcapall, he drove the nail into the horse’s quick.
Tairne, greim, a bhogadh, to loosen a nail, a hold.
~a troma, tairní, heavy, hobnailed, boots.
Rud a bhualadh le seoda, tairní, to stud sth. with jewels, nails.
~ tairne, bioráin, head of nail, of pin.
~ tairne, bata, head of nail, of stick.
An uile thairne ina chodladh, every nail driven home.
~ ar an tairne, os cionn na tine, hanging on the nail, over the fire.
Nuair a tháinig an ~ ar an tairne, when it came to the test.
Chuir mé ar mo cheann, ar an tairne, é, I put it on my head, on the nail.
Tairne ~, firmly-fixed nail.
An bhfuair tú leat an tairne? Did you get out the nail?
~acha tairne, restharrow.
Boinn a ghreagnú le tairní, to stud soles with nails.
~ bandaí, fonsaí, tairní, strip-, hoop-, stub-, iron.
Tá an tairne ~ go domhain ann, the nail is deeply embedded in it.
Tairne a leacú, to clinch a nail.
~ den tairne, den téad, é, let it off the nail, the rope.
Tairne a ~eadh, to punch out a nail.
(Tairne) ~, spike(-nail).
Faigh casúr ladhrach dó leis na tairní a tharraingt, get him a claw-hammer to pull the nails.
Níor fhág siad tairne gan ~adh, they made every nail secure.
Tairní, seamanna, ag ~ean, nails, rivets, starting.
Tairne a thiomáint sa bhalla, to drive a nail into the wall.
~ an tairne, the rent caused by the nail.
5. ~ (thairní), nail-mould.