TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
únfairt, f. (gs. ~e). 1. (Act of) wallowing; (act of) rolling, tossing, about. An mhuc á h~ féin sa lábán, the pig wallowing in the mud. Tá na páistí á n-~ féin ar an léana, the children are rolling about on the lawn. Bhí sé á ~ féin sa leaba, he was tossing and turning in the bed. 2. (Act of) puddling, messing. Ag ~ san uisce, puddling about in the water. Ná bí ag ~ do chuid éadaigh mar sin, don’t mess up your clothes like that. Thug siad ~ bhocht orthu féin, they left themselves in a sorry state of bedragglement. 3. (Act of) fumbling, pottering. Ag ~ le rudaí, messing about with things. Bhí sé ag ~ ina phócaí, he was fumbling in his pockets. Cad é an ~ atá ort ansin? What messing are you at there? Bím ag ~ liom, I keep pottering away. (Var: únfartach f, únfartaílf)