TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
iomair, v.t. & i. (pres. -mraíonn, vn. -mramh, pp. -artha). Row. 1. Bád a iomramh, to row a boat. ~ an bád nó fág ar fad í, ‘row the boat or leave it alone’, don’t do things by halves. D’~ sé cúpla buille, he rowed a few strokes. D’~ siad thart ar an oileán, they rowed round the island. 2. (Of large bird) Ag iomramh an aeir, (rhythmically) beating the air.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ iomartha, rámhaíochta, rowing-boat.
iomartha, snámha, rowing, swimming, stroke.
~ choraíochta, iomartha, wrestling, rowing, contest.
Le h~ iomartha, by dint of rowing.
~ iomartha, rowing spurt.
~ báid, the rowing of a boat.
Bád iomartha, rowing-boat.
Pionna iomartha, thole-pin.
Rás iomartha, rowing contest.
~ curaigh Maoile Dúin, Maeldun’s currach voyage.
~ stéad, coursing of steeds.
~ean as obair, as imirt, as iomramh, to desist from work, from play, from rowing.
Buille ~ a ligean san iomramh, san obair, to slacken the stroke, the work, a bit.
~ iomartha, stress of rowing.