TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
speach1, f. (gs. -eiche, npl. ~a, gpl. ~). 1. Kick (of animal). ~ chapaill, horse’s kick. Thug an capall ~ dó, the horse kicked him. Tarraingeoidh sé ~ ort, he will lash out at you. Tá ~ san asal sin, that donkey is liable to kick. 2. Recoil. ~ ghunna, kick of gun. 3. ~ ghearráin, snap, flick, of fingers. Thug sé ~ (ghearráin) sa chluas dom, he flipped my ear. 4. Fit, spasm. ~ feirge, fit of anger. 5 = speachaire.
speach2, v.t. & i. (vn. ~adh m, gs. ~ta). (Of animal) Kick; (of gun) recoil. Capall ag ~adh, a horse kicking. ~ an gunna, the gun recoiled. (Var: vn. ~áil f, ~aíl f)