TORTHAÍ
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
adrift, adv.Nau: (Long) ag imeacht le sruth, le gaoth. To be adrift, bheith ar fuaidreamh. F: You are all adrift, tá tú glan ar seachrán. F: To turn s.o. adrift, duine a thréigean; an doras a thabhairt do dhuine. He was turned adrift in the world, tugadh air treabhadh as a eireaball féin. To cut a boat adrift, ceann scaoilte a ligean le bád. F: To cut (oneself) adrift from s.o., cúl a thabhairt do dhuine.