TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
cnagarnach, f. (gs. -aí). Cracking sound; crackle, crunch. Ag ~, crackling, crunching. ~ na gcloch, na bpiléar, the rattle, rat-tat-tat, of the stones, of the bullets. ~ sála ar an urlár, rattling of heels on the floor. An chnagarnach ar an doras, the knocking at the door. ~ cnámh, crunching of bones. Bhain siad ~ as a chéile, they pounded each other. S.a. togharmach.