TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
claí, m. (gs. ~, pl. ~ocha). Dike, wall; fence. ~ cloch, fód, stone, sod, (fencing-)wall. ~ garraí, teorann, garden, boundary, wall. ~ a chur ar ghort, to fence a field. Prov: Is deacair ~ a chur ar bhó bhradach, it is hard to keep a thieving cow within bounds, to check a rogue. An fear ar an g~, the looker-on. Lá sa chlaí, a day sheltering from the rain, a workless day. ~ocha san fharraige, ‘walling’, swelling, waves. ~ mór na réaltaí, the Milky Way.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Balla, claí, cuaille, a ardú, to raise the height of a wall, a fence, a pole.
Claí, droichead, a bhriseadh, to break down a dike, a bridge.
~ (i gclaí, i mballa), stile.
~ cnoic, claí, bóthair, side of hill, of fence, of road.
Bíonn ~a ar na claíocha, ar an gcoill, walls have ears.
Claí cosanta, protecting fence.
Claí, fál, críche, boundary wall, hedge.
~ bruaigh, claí, caoch, hedge-sparrow.
Is maith an t-~ an fear ar an gclaí, the man on the ditch is the best hurler.
~ an capall roimh an gclaí, the horse balked at the fence.
~ chois claí, ~ scairte, ~ ghairid, ghearr, hedge-school.
Claí, sruth, teorann, boundary fence, stream.
Léim sé ~ claí orm, he sprang over a fence at me.
Teach, balla, claí, a thógáil, to build a house, a wall, a dike.