TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
foinse, f. (gs. ~, pl. -sí). 1. Fountain, spring. ~ uisce the, mianraí, hot, mineral, spring. ~ abhann, source of river. 2. Fountain-head, source. ~ solais, source of light. ~ eolais, well of knowledge; source of information. Dul siar go dtí na foinsí, to trace things back to their sources.