TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
coilgneach, a1. Prickly, spiny; (of person) irritable, irascible. Chomh ~ le gráinneog, as prickly as a hedgehog. Dris choilgneach, thorny briar. An dris choilgneach sa chlúid, the crotchety one in the corner. D’éirigh sé ~ liom, he bristled at me. Ná bí chomh ~ sin, don’t be so touchy.