TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
oitir1, f. (gs. -treach, pl. -treacha). 1. Submerged sandbank, shoal. 2. Bank. ~ ghainimh, sandbank. ~ láibe, mud-bank. ~ mhóna, turf-bank. Spréigh ar an ~ é, spread it on the raised ground, on the bank.
oitir2 = otair.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ní shnámhfaidh sí an oitir, she will not negotiate the sandbank.
Thriomaigh an long ar an oitir, the ship was left high and dry on the sandbank.