TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
bogha, m. (gs. ~, pl. ~nna). 1. Bow. (a) ~ is saighead, bow and arrow. (b) ~ fidile, ~ veidhlín, fiddle-stick, violin bow. (c) ~ naomhóige, bow of coracle. 2. ~ báistí, ceatha, leatha, síne, rainbow. ~ báistí de dhuine, tall stooped person. Níl a leithéid faoin m~ bán, there is nothing like it under the sun. 3. Ring, circle. Tá ~ ar an ngealach, there is a halo round the moon. Tá ~ dubh faoina shúile, he has black rings round his eyes.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Slat, bogha, a ~adh, to bend a rod, a bow.
Chomh ~ le bogha fidile, as taut as a fiddle-string.
~ a chur le bogha, to string a bow.