TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
lomadh, m. (gs. -mtha). 1. vn. of lom3. 2. Baring, shearing, stripping, denudation; impoverishment, fleecing. ~ caorach, sheep-shearing. ~ eaglaise, despoliation of church. F: ~ an Luain, unlucky undertaking, misfortune. Mo ~ Luain! Woe is me!
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Páirc a ~adh, to crop, mow, a field closely.
Caora a ~adh, to shear a sheep.
Teach a ~adh, to strip a house.
An clár a ~adh, to sweep the board.
~adh sna cnámha, to become bare-boned.
Tá sé ag ~adh sa cheann, he is getting thin on top.
Na coillte ag ~adh, the forests becoming denuded.
Seol, scód, a ~adh, to haul in a sail, a sheet.
~adh (isteach) ar dhuine, to close in on s.o.; to attack s.o.
Is mó an torann ná an ~ (mar a dúirt an chaora leis an ngabhar a bhí á lomadh), much cry and little wool (as the sheep said of the goat being shorn).