TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
learg, f. (gs. leirge, npl. ~a, gpl. ~). 1. Tract of rising ground; sloping expanse, slope, side. ~ sléibhe, cnoic, (stretch of) mountainside, hillside. ~ thalún, piece of sloping ground, of smooth pasture (on hillside). ~ a grua, the side of her face. D’iompair sé ar ~ a dhroma é, he carried it slung along his back. Ag seoladh ar ~ na gaoithe, sailing down the wind. 2 = lorg1. (Var: pl. ~acha; ~a f, ~aidh f, gs. ~adh; ~ain f, gs. ~an; ~án m)