EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
daol, m. (gs. & npl. -oil, gpl. ~). 1. Beetle. Chomh dubh leis an ~, as black as a beetle, jet-black. Tá dath na n~ air (le fuacht), he is blue in the face (from the cold). ~ uisce, water beetle. 2. Insect, worm. I measc na n~, among the worms, in the grave. 3. (Usually with buail) Sharp sting; sudden start; fit, whim. Bhuail ~ caointe í, she took a sudden notion to cry. Cibé ~ a bhuail é, whatever got into him. (Var: pl. ~a, ~anna)