TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
folaigh1, v.t. & i. (vn. -lú m, gs. -ithe). 1. Hide, cover, conceal. D’fholaigh sé é féin orainn, he hid himself from us. D’fholaigh sé a aghaidh, he covered his face. Folaíodh an pláinéad, the planet was occulted. D’fholaigh siad na gunnaí móra, they masked the cannon. Ná ~ an fhírinne, do not suppress the truth. Cards: ~ fúthu, keep them down. Prov:Folaíonn grá gráin, [’love veils ugliness’, love is blind. 2. Include. Folaíonn sé iad araon, it includes both of them.
folaigh2 = fuiligh.
folaigh3 : folach1.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ceil, folaigh, ar, conceal, hide, from.
Cró, poll, folaigh, dug-out, hiding-place.
Locht folaigh, hidden fault.
Gníomh folaigh, furtive act.
Contúirt fholaigh, hidden danger.
~ adamhach, folaigh, gluaiseachta, nasctha, poitéinsiúil, statach, atomic, latent, motive, binding, potential, static, energy.
Folaíonn grá ~, love is blind.
Cuir ~ folaigh ort féin, cover your nakedness.