EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
tor1, m. (gs. & npl. toir, gpl. ~). 1. Bush, shrub; clump, tuft. ~ spíonán, gooseberry bush. ~ aitinn, whin-bush. ~ luachra, clump of rushes. Ó thor go tom, from pillar to post. Beidh lá faoin ~ againn, we’ll have an idle day. 2. ~ cabáiste, head of cabbage.
tor2, m. (gs. & npl. toir, gpl. ~). 1. Tall rock; steep rocky height. 2. Lit: (a) Tower. (b) Towering warrior, pillar (of battle).
tor3, m = toradh.
tor4, m = tarathar.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ thoir, far to the east.
Rinne an ghaoth ~ thoir, the wind settled in the east.
Ag diúracadh an cháich a bhí sa tor, shooting at whoever was in the bush.
Nuair ba chomhsholas fear le tor, when the shades of night were falling.
An ~ thoir, thiar, the eastern, western, world.
Chluinfeá sa ~ thoir é, you could hear him anywhere.
Tá an giorria ~ta (as an tor) againn, we have completed the harvesting operations, finished the job.
Tá an lá ag ~adh thoir, the day is breaking, brightening, in the east.
Chonaic sé ~ (nó an tor ba ghiorra dó), he saw Murrough (of the Burnings) (or the bush next to him), he got the fright of his life.
~ ceo, díomhaointis, gréine, raithní, seoigh, toir, illegitimate child.
Tá an ghaoth ag seadú thoir, the wind is settling in the east.
Thaispeáin an taibhse é féin ar aghaidh an toir, the ghost appeared in front of the bush.
~ thoir den tSionainn, east of the Shannon.
Faoi tharr toir, under a bush.
Dul faoi bhord, faoi chrann, faoi scáth toir, to go under a table, under a tree, under the shelter of a bush.
~ thoir ~, (in the) south-south-east.
~ lámh thoir, lámh thiar, (in the) south by east, by west.
~ thuaidh, ~ theas, (in the) north-east, south-east.
~ lámh thuaidh, lámh theas, (in the) east by north, by south.
~ i mBinn Éadair, east in Howth.
Na ceantair ~, the eastern districts.
Sna hIndiacha Thoir, in the East Indies.
~ thoir ~, ~ thiar ~, in the north-north-east, north-north-west.
~ lámh thoir, lámh thiar, in the north by east, by west.
Ní ~ thoir ná thiar iad, they are no sooner here than there.