TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
eala1, f. (gs. ~, pl. ~í). 1. Swan. ~ bhalbh, ghlórach, mute, whooper, swan. S.a. cráin1 1. 2. Fig: Noble person.
eala2, f. 1 = ealaín. 2. ~ mhagaidh, object of ridicule.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Chomh ~ leis an aol, leis an eala, le cúr sceite, le sneachta na haon oíche, as white as lime, as a swan, as falling foam, as overnight snow.
Faoi ghné eala, in the guise of a swan.
An eala ar an ~, the swan on the lake.
A ~ mar an eala, her swan-like neck.
Chuaigh sí i ~ eala, she assumed the form of a swan.