TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
cráin1, f. (gs. -ánach, pl. -ánacha). 1. ~ (mhuice), sow. 2. (a) (Breeding) female. ~ róin, cow seal. ~ ghé, female goose. ~ eala, pen. ~ phortáin, female crab. (b) ~ dhubh, grampus. 3. Large female; ageing female.
cráin2. (In phrase) ~ mhíolach = grathain mhíolach: grathain.
cráin3, v.t. & i. Suck. An lao ag ~eadh na bó, the calf sucking the cow. Ag ~eadh uirthi, sucking at her.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Cráin ar ~, faoi chlíth, sow in heat.
Ál gach cránach coigríche, the brood of every foreign sow.
Cráin chraosach a dhéanamh díot féin, to make a gluttonous pig of oneself.