TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
míol, m. (gs. míl, pl. ~ta). 1. Animal; insect, creature. ~ta mara agus tíre, creatures of sea and land. Lit: ~ innile, head of cattle. ~ mór, whale. ~ gorm, blue whale. S.a. 2. ~ (má), ~ buí, hare. Ag cur ~ta buí i gcoraíocht, raising hares. ~ corr, midge. 2. Louse. ~ (cnis), louse. ~ caorach, sheep-louse. ~ ceartáin, ~ crúbach, ~ gríofa, crab-louse. ~ críon, (i) larva, moth; wood-worm, teredo, (ii) F: wood-louse. ~ fíniúna, phylloxeran. ~ fómhair, harvest-bug. ~ gorm, water flea. ~ leapa, bed-bug. ~ plandaí, plant-louse, aphis. ~ trá, sand-hopper. (Var: pl. ~a)
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ ghiorria, ~ mhíl, hare-lip.
~ an mhíl mhóir, (whale) blubber.
~ an mhíl mhóir, whale’s flukes.
Bhí an míol mór á oibriú féin, the whale was thrashing about.
~ (an) mhíl mhóir, whale oil.
~ an mhíl mhóir, whaling.
Nuair a thagann na míolta tagann na sneá, misfortune breeds misfortune.
Thriomaigh míol mór ar an trá, a whale was washed ashore on the strand.