TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
colgach1, a1. Bearded; bristling, angry. Líon ~, bearded flax. Eorna cholgach, awny barley. Gaoth cholgach, sharp wind. Aimsir, maidin, cholgach, bitterly cold weather, morning. Spéir cholgach, angry sky. Chomh ~ le gráinneog, as prickly as a hedgehog. Bhí dreach ~ air, there was an angry look on his face. Labhair sé go ~, he spoke sharply, angrily. D’éirigh sé ~ liom, he bristled, flared up, at me. Is é an duine ~ é, he is such an irascible person. S.a. cearc 2. (Var: colgánta a3, colgdha a3)
colgach2 = colgrach.