TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
losc, a1. Lit: Lame; halt, crippled.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ó loisc tú an choinneal loisc an t-orlach, as you have gone so far with it finish it.
Loisc tú do ghual is ní dhearna tú do ghoradh, ‘you burned out your charcoal and failed to fire your metal’, you bungled matters.
Níor ~ seanchat é féin riamh, ‘an old cat never scorches itself’.
~ an scéal sin mé, that story grieved me sorely.
~ sé a gcroí le tine an Spioraid Naoimh, he inflamed their hearts with the fire of the Holy Spirit.
~ sé (urchar) linn, he fired (a shot) at us.
Ná ~ do phúdar, save your fire.
Loisc an ~ na barra, the drought parched the crops.