TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
feidhmeannas, m. (gs. -ais). Function, service; office, capacity; position, employment. ~ a dhéanamh, to fulfil a function, to render service, to carry out the duties of an office. Is dá bh~ é, it is part of their functions. Bheith i bh~, to hold an office, to be in an occupation. Bheith ar ~ ag duine, to be in s.o.’s service. Bheith gan ~, to be functionless, unattached, unoccupied. Duine a chur as ~, to put s.o. out of office, out of employment.