TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
taisleach, m. (gs. -ligh). Damp, moisture. ~ ar ghloine, moisture on glass. Tá ~ ar na ballaí, the walls are sweating.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá ~ taisligh ar na ballaí, there is a damp sweat on the walls.
Iarann ag donnú le taisleach, iron rusting from moisture.
Chuir an taisleach ~ air, the damp rusted it.
~a taisligh i mballa, damp streaks in a wall.
Tá an taisleach ag teacht tríd an mballa, the dampness is coming through the wall.
~íonn an balla thiar an taisleach, the west wall lets in the damp.
Tá an taisleach ag teacht ~ na ballaí, the damp is coming through the walls.