TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
seilg1, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~í). 1. vn. of seilg2. 2. (a) Hunt, chase. ~ a dhéanamh ar ainmhithe, ar éanlaith, to hunt animals, birds. ~ an mhadra rua, the fox-hunt; foxhunting. ~ an mhíl mhóir, whaling. ~ bíobhaí, pursuit of wrongdoers. Lucht ~e, hunters. Cearta ~e, sporting rights. S.a. capall 1, cú 2, dumha, maor1 2, seabhac 1. (b) Game, prey, quarry. An t~ a thabhairt isteach, to bring home the quarry. Mála ~e, game-bag. ~ an lae, the day’s catch (of fish, etc.). 3. (a) Search for food,foraging. (b) Seeking out, search, quest. ~ eolais, hunt for information. Bheith sa t~ ar rud, to be on the prowl for sth.
seilg2, v.t. & i. (pp. ~the). 1. Hunt, chase; prey on. Ainmhithe fiáine a sheilg (le conairt, le gunnaí), to hunt wild animals (with dogs, with guns). Éanlaith, rónta, a sheilg, to hunt for birds, for seals. 2. Seek out, search for. Bia a sheilg, to forage for food. Ag ~ troda, looking for a fight. Cad é atá tú a sheilg ansin? What are you prowling after there? 3. Drive out. Ba cheart iad a sheilg amach as an áit, they should be hunted out of the place.
seilg3 = sealg1.
seilg4 = searg3.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ fiaigh, seilge, hunting-horn, bugle.
~ cogaidh, céachta, cóiste, rása, seilge, ualaigh, charger, plough-horse, coach-horse, racehorse, hunter, pack-horse.
~ iascaigh, seilge, fishing, sporting, rights.
Seilg a dhíothú, to kill off game.
~ sna caoirigh, sa tseilg, é, set him to chase the sheep, the quarry.
~ sheilge, hunting-ground.
~ seilge, ‘hunting-mound’, look-out place for leader of hunt.
Iasc, seilg, a fháil, to get fish, game.
Seilg fhairsing, extensive hunting.
~ fiaigh, seilge, huntsman.
~ chatha, sheilge, battle-, hunting-, cry.
~ oibre, seilge, níocháin, day’s work, hunting, washing.
~ fiaigh, seilge, hunting-net.
~ seilge, fiaigh, hunting-dog.
~ seilge, géim, gamekeeper.
~ gorm, ~ seilge, peregrine falcon.
~ na conairte, na seilge, the cry of the dogs, of the chase.
Ag seilg agus ag siortú, hunting and foraging.
~ sheilge, éisc, hunting-, fish-, spear.
Srathnaíodh an tseilg leo, they divided the quarry.
~ seilge, hunting-station.
Chuir siad an tseilg ar ~, they set up the chase.
~ na ngadhar sa tseilg, the baying of hounds in the chase.