EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
sluasaid, f. (gs. -uaiste, pl. -uaistí). 1. Shovel. ~ ghuail, coal-scoop. ~ náibhíochta, excavating shovel. F: Ní chuirfeá amach ar shluasaid é, he is not worth bothering about. 2. Shovelful. ~ chréafóige, shovelful of earth. Go dté (na)trí shluasaid, trí urchar na sluaiste, orm, until my body is committed to the earth. (Var: gs. ~e; sluasad f)
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ sluaiste, bíomail, sleá, coinnleora, socket of shovel, of brace, of spear, of candlestick.
~ sleáin, sluaiste, spáide, slanesman, shoveller, spadesman.
~ rámhainne, sluaiste, handle of spade, of shovel.
Sluasaid a bhfuil ~ mhaith inti, a shovel with a good scoop.