EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
tanaí1, f. (gs. ~, pl. ~ocha). Shallow water. Tá tú ag rith ar thanaí, you are on dangerous ground.
tanaí2, a3. 1. Thin. (a) Of little thickness. Páipéar, clár, slisní, ~, thin paper, board, slices. An t-arán a ghearradh go ~, to cut the bread thinly. Chomh ~ le duilleog eidhinn, as thin as an ivy-leaf. (b) Fine. Méara ~, thin fingers. Béilíní ~, thin lips. (c) Lean. Leicne ~, thin cheeks. Tá sé ag éirí ~ san aghaidh, he is getting thin in the face. (d) Flimsy. Tá an t-éadach sin ~ go maith, that cloth is rather thin. Is ~ an scéal é, it is a flimsy story. (e) Sparse. An síol a chur go ~, to sow the seed thinly. Plandáil thanaí crann, thin plantation of trees. (e) Weak, watery. Leacht, anraith, ~, thin liquid, soup. (f)Metall: Miotal ~, light-section metal. 2. Shallow. Uisce, áth, ~, shallow water, ford. S.a. talamh 9.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Corp tanaí ~, thin meagre body.
An áit ba ~ ba tanaí, groups were scattering in all directions.
Seanduine tanaí ~, thin worn-out old man.
~ domhain, tanaí, deep, shallow, water.