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EXACT MATCHES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
ciumhais, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~eanna). 1. Border, edge, edging. (a) ~ éadaigh, edging, selvage, of cloth. Chuir sí ~ línéadaigh leis, she bordered it with linen. (b) ~ leathanaigh, margin of page. Ar chiumhais na trá, na mara, on the edge of the strand, of the sea. ~ na coille, the fringe of the wood. 2. Strip. ~ talaimh, strip of land. ~ bhlaincéid, phluide, strip of blanket; single blanket. Dul faoin g~, to get under the blanket, to go to bed. (Var: pl. ciumhsa; ciumhas m & f)
PHRASES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ chiumhais, ornáidí, bordered, ornamented.
Ag siúl le ciumhais na habhann, walking along the margin of the river.
Mar ~ an drúchta ar chiumhais an róis, like dew-drops set on the edge of the rose.
~ chiumhaise, plough.
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