TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
mám1, f. (gs. ~a, pl. ~anna). 1. Yoke. Faoi mhám an pheaca, under the yoke of sin. Lit: Faoi mhám tomhais, in full measure. 2. Lit: Obligation, duty, function. (Var: m, gs. ~)
mám2, m. (gs. ~a, pl. ~anna). Mountain pass.
mám3, f. (gs. ~a, pl. ~anna). Handful. ~ mhine, mhilseán, handful of meal, of sweets. Tá airgead ina mhámanna aige, he has heaps of money. Scaipeann sé ina mhámanna é, he throws it away in handfuls. (Var: npl. ~a, gpl. ~; m)
mám4 = mámáil.