TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
ciorrú, m. (gs. -rraithe). 1. vn. of ciorraigh. 2. Mutilation. 3. Curtailment. 4. Deformation attributed to evil eye. ~ air! Damn him! 5. Jur: ~ coil, incest. 6. Lit:~ cine, genocide. (Var: ciorrbhadh m, ciorrbhú)
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Lámh, cos, a chiorrú, to maim a hand, a foot.
Corp a chiorrú, to mutilate a body.
Ag ciorrú le claíomh, hacking with a sword.
Saol duine a chiorrú, to cut short s.o.’s life.
Focal a chiorrú, to clip a word.
Comhrá a chiorrú, to curtail a conversation.
Bád, canbhás, a chiorrú, to lower sails.
Is fearr dúinn a bheith ag ciorrú an bhóthair, we had better be off.
Ag ciorrú chun an tí, making straight for the house.
Ciorrú coil, violation of impediment to marriage; incest.