TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
crúb, f. (gs. -úibe, npl. ~a, gpl. ~). 1. Claw. ~ éin, cait, portáin, claw of bird, of cat, of crab. ~a leoin, lion’s talons. Thug sé leis ina chrúba é, he carried it off in his claws. S.a. dúchas 4. 2. Hoof. ~ capaill, bó, horse’s, cow’s, hoof. ~ scoilte, cloven hoof. 3. Fig: Claw, paw; hoof. Ná leag ~ air, don’t lay a hand on him. Níor mhaith liom a bheith ina chrúba, I wouldn’t like to be in his clutches. Tá ~ ar a chuid aige, he holds on to what he gets. Níor chroith sé ~ (ina dhiaidh sin), he never moved (after that); that finished him. S.a. croitheadh 3. Bhí dhá chrúb choise air, he had a cloven foot. Fear na g~, the Devil; (in cards) the joker. 4. (Of wrinkle) ~ ghé, crow’s foot. 5. (Of child’s game) ~ na gé, cat’s cradle. 6. Bot: ~a préacháin, podweed.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ an chinn chrúibe, pastern-joint.
3. ~ crúb, pounding of hoofs.
~ crúb, báistí, clatter of hoofs, pelting of rain.
Níor chroith sé cos, crúb, ní ba mhó, he never moved after that, he was quite dead.
3. ~ crúb, disease affecting hoofs of animals.
Briseann an ~ trí chrúba, trí shúile, an chait; sciurdann ~ trí na crúba (agus leanann cú giorria), everything takes after its kind.
An F~ Thíos, an ~ dubh, ~ na n-adharc, ~ na gcrúb, the Devil.
~ chrúibe, sand-crack (in horse’s hoof).
~ crúibe is béil, foot-and-mouth disease.
~ coise, crúibe, foot-, hoof-, print.
~ (crúb), web (joining bird’s toes).
~ thú féin as a chrúba, tear yourself out of his clutches.
Spearbail d’adharca, d’fhiacla, de chrúba, long horns, teeth, claws.