TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
cíocras, m. (gs. -ais). Greed, eagerness (for food, etc.). ~ a chur ar dhuine, to make s.o. hungry for something. Chuir an boladh ~ orm, the smell made me ravenous. Tá ~ milseán, tobac, air, he is craving for sweets, for tobacco. ~ léinn, thirst for learning. ~ fola, bloodthirstiness. ~ (chun) airgid, greed for money. (Var: cíocraíocht f)