TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
criathar, m. (gs. & npl. -air, gpl. ~). 1. Sieve; riddle. ~ a dhéanamh de rud, to riddle sth. Tá sé ina chriathar (poll), it is riddled, full of holes. Rinneadh ~ de le piléir, he was riddled with bullets. Bhí an spéir ina ~, it was pouring out of the heavens. ~ siúcra, cnámhóg, sugar-, cinder-, sifter. Fuíoll criathair, siftings. S.a. teachtaire 1. 2. ~ meala, honeycomb. 3. (a) = criathrach1. (b) Quagmire.