TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
luaineach, a1. 1. Fast-moving, nimble; restless, unsteady; changeable, vacillating, inconstant. Each ~, nimble steed. Solas ~, flickering light. Súile ~a, darting eyes. Aimsir ~, variable weather. Intinn ~, fickle mind. Baraiméadar ~, change-barometer. Go ~ ar leaba, shifting about in bed. Is ~ an duine é, he can never keep steady; he is such a weathercock. Chomh ~ le dreancaid, as jumpy as a flea. 2. Ch: Volatile. (Var: luaim(h)neach)
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ anaróideach, luaineach, aneroid, change, barometer.
~ luaineach thine, flickering wall of fire.