TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
fonsaigh1, v.t. (vn. -sú m, gs. -ithe). Hoop; encircle, gird. (Var: vn. fonsadh m)
fonsaigh2, gsm. of fonsach.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá sé sna ~í tógála, sna ~í cruinnithe, it is in the process of being done, well on the way to completion.
Cóta ~í, hooped petticoat, crinoline.
D’fhág sé ~í fola air lena fhuip, he raised bloody welts on him with his whip.
~ bandaí, fonsaí, tairní, strip-, hoop-, stub-, iron.