TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
stáir, f. (gs. ~e, pl. -ártha). 1. Turn, spell, stretch. ~ oibre, spell of work. ~ choraíochta, bout of wrestling. ~ den oíche, a part of the night. Sheinn sé ~ ar na píoba, he played for a while on the bagpipes. An ~ dheireanach den rás, the last stretch of the race. 2. Run, dash. Thug mé ~ anonn go teach na comharsan, I dashed over to the neighbouring house. D’aon ~ amháin, at one dash. Níor stad sé den ~ sin (go), he never let up (until). Cad é an ~ atá fút anois? What hurry are you in now? 3. Fit, frenzy. Tá an ~ sin ann, he takes fits like that. Bhí ~ chainte faoi, he couldn’t stop talking. Tá sé ar na stártha, he is blind drunk. Ar na stártha buile, raging mad.