ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ a thabhairt do dhuine, to give s.o. a caning.
Fuair sé an tslat ~, he got a sound caning.
1. ~ biatais, cána, mailpe, beet, cane, maple, sugar.
~ spaisteoireachta, swagger-cane.
Gheobhaidh tú ~ den tslat, you’ll get a caning.