TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
saill1, f. (gs. ~e). 1. Salted meat. 2. Fat meat, fat. ~ mhairt, mhuice, beef-, pork-, fat. Cuirfidh sé ~ ar d’easnacha, it will put flesh on your ribs. Prov: Ní fhaightear ~ gan saothrú, there is no easy road to prosperity. Ní ~ gan fiacha é, it is a dearly-bought advantage. S.a. fíochán 3.
saill2, v.t. & i. Salt, cure. 1. Feoil, iasc, a shailleadh, to salt meat, fish. Mairteoil shaillte, corned beef. 2. Fig:(a) (Of speech) Season. ~te le dea-chaint, seasoned with wit. (b) (Of person) Grossly overcharge, fleece.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ saille, adipose tissue.
~ goirt, saillte, salt fish.
~ fhuaraithe, rósta, shaillte, chilled, roast, corned, beef.