EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
faoiste1, m. (gs. ~). 1. Cu: Fudge. 2. (In phrase) ~ fáiste, nonsense. ~ fáiste a dhéanamh de rud, to pooh-pooh sth.
faoistin, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~í). Confession. ~ a dhéanamh i rud; rud a chur i bh~, to confess sth. ~ a dhéanamh le sagart, to confess one’s sins to a priest. Dul chuig an bh~, chun ~e, ar ~, to go to confession. ~ a éisteacht, to hear a confession. ~ a thabhairt do dhuine, to confess s.o. ~ bheatha, ghinearálta, general confession. ~ bhéil, oral confession. ~ ghlan a dhéanamh i rud, to make a clean breast of sth. An Fhaoistin Choiteann, the Confiteor. (Var: faoiside f, faoisidin, faoiste2 f, faoistean f, ~e f)