TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
nathair, f. (gs. -thrach, pl. -thracha). Snake, serpent. ~ nimhe, venomous snake. ~ shligreach, rattlesnake. Is é an ~ é, he is a snake, a cunning treacherous person. S.a. lus.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ nathrach, sting of asp.
3. ~ (nathrach), venom-tooth, fang (of serpent).
Imeoidh tú ar nathracha, you will walk on serpents.
Ba ~ i nead nathrach drannadh leis, it was perilous to fall foul of him.
~ nathrach, viper’s bugloss.
Ar mhodh, i ~, nathrach, in the manner of a serpent.
Lámh i ~ nathrach drannadh leis, to interfere with him is like putting one’s hand in a serpent’s nest.
~ nathrach, serpent’s trail.