TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
tréigean, m. (gs. -gin). 1. vn. of tréig. 2. Desertion, abandonment. ~ teaghlaigh, tíre, desertion of family, of country. ~ prionsabail, abandonment of principle. ~ cairdeasa, renunciation of friendship. ~ comharbais, renouncement of succession. ~ na talún, the flight from the land. Tá tart gan ~ orm, I have an insatiable thirst. 3. Fading, falling away. ~ datha, blátha, fading of colour, of bloom. (Var: ~t m, tréigbheáil f)
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
An ~ a chailleadh, a thréigean, to lose colour, fade.
An ~ a thréigean, to forsake the (secular) world.
Cúis a thréigean, to desert a cause.
Ceart a thréigean, to renounce a right.
Tá an t-éadach ag ~ean, the cloth is fading.
Tá an luachair ag ~ean, the rushes are decaying.