TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
baois, f. (gs. ~e). Folly. ~ na hóige, youthful folly, indiscretions. Le barr ~e, out of sheer wantonness. Ag imirt a bháire ~e, sowing his wild oats. Ag dul i m~, getting silly. Tá sé ar ~ le hólachán, he is drinking himself silly. Ag déanamh ~e as a háilleacht, putting on airs on account of her beauty.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ baoise, game of folly; youthful folly.
Tá sé ar a bháire baoise, he is playing the fool, play-acting.
Rinne sé é le ~ baoise, sainte, he did it out of sheer folly, greed.
Do ~ baoise, your career of folly.
~ siad taom baoise leis, they thought he had taken a crazy fit.
Baois na huaire, the folly of the times.