TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
salann, m. (gs. -ainn). Salt. 1. ~ mín, table-salt. ~ garbh, coarse salt. ~ sáile, sea-salt. Ar ~, in salt. Feoil, iasc, a chur ar ~, to salt, preserve, meat, fish. Cuir ar ~ é! Keep it! (you are so mean with it). ~ a chur ar bhia, to sprinkle salt on food. ~ a chur ar scéal, to salt a story. Cuir ~ ar a eireaball! Drop a pinch of salt on its tail! Ní fiú ~ lena chuid é, he is not worth his salt. F: D’íosfainn le gráinnín salainn é, I hate the sight of him. 2. ~ mianra, mineral salts. ~ líomóide, salts of lemon. 3. Ch: ~ miotalach, metallic salt. S.a. sac2 1.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Clocha, salann, a bhrú, to pound stones, salt.
Uisce, salann, a chroitheadh ar rud, to sprinkle water, salt, on sth.
~ salainn, sprinkling of salt.
Chuimil sé salann ann, he rubbed salt into it.
Salann a chur ar bhia, to put salt on food.
Bainne, salann, fuil, a dhoirteadh, to spill milk, salt, blood.
~ gainimh, salainn, a grain of sand, of salt.
~ salainn, pinch of salt.
D’íosfadh sé thú le gráinnín salainn, he hates the sight of you.
~ salainn, guail, half-hundredweight of salt, of coal.
~ salainn, salt pan, salina, saline.
~ salainn, pinch of salt.
~ salainn a dhéanamh le leanbh, to dandle a child in one’s arms.
~ thart an salann, pass round the salt.
~ salainn, salt sprinkler.