EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
adharc, f. (gs. -airce, npl. ~a, gpl. ~). 1. (a) Horn (of animal). Na hadharca a bhaint de ghamhain, to dehorn a calf. In ~a a chéile, (of animals) fighting; (of persons) at loggerheads. In ~ gabhair, in a dilemma. S.a. lear1. (b) Horn material. Scian coise adhairce, horn-handled knife. 2. Horn, feeler. ~ seilide, horn of snail. 3. Horn vessel, drinking-horn. ~ dhúigh, ink-horn. ~ phúdair, powder-horn. 4. Peak. ~ diallaite, ancaire, inneonach, peak of saddle, anchor, anvil. ~ caipín, peak of cap. 5. (a) Horn, trumpet. ~ fiaigh, seilge, hunting-horn, bugle. S.a. líon5 1. (b) Horn (of vehicle), buzzer (in factory, etc.). An ~ a shéideadh, to blow the horn, sound the buzzer. 6. Physiol: Erection.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bhí an chaora ar adharc aige, he held the sheep by the horn.
Chomh ~ le hadharc reithe, le cam lúbáin, le cos (deiridh) an mhadra, as crooked as a ram’s horn, as a pot-hook, as a dog’s (hind) leg;
Chuir an tarbh an adharc go bun na ~e, go filleadh ~e, ann, the bull stuck his horn right into him.
~ ar adharc bó, (age-)mark on cow’s horn.
An F~ Thíos, an ~ dubh, ~ na n-adharc, ~ na gcrúb, the Devil.
~ adhmaid, cnámh, adhairce, móna, wood-, bone-, horn-, peat-, charcoal.
Is taibhseach iad adharca na mbó thar ~; bíonn adharca fada ar na buaibh thar ~, foreign cows have long horns, distance lends enchantment to the view.
Adharc a ~adh, to blow a horn.
Na ba ag ~adh a chéile lena n-adharca, the cows prodding each other with their horns.
Pholl an tarbh lena adharca é, the bull gored him with its horns.
Is é ~ na n-adharc aige é, it is his pet aversion.
~ adhairce, blowing, sounding, of horn.
1. ~(adhairce), core (of horn); (horn-)stump.
Spearbail d’adharca, d’fhiacla, de chrúba, long horns, teeth, claws.