TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
déine1. 1. f. (gs. ~). Swiftness; vehemence, intensity; hardness, severity. Dul i n~, to intensify. ~ tine, tuile, stoirme, intensity of fire, of flood, of storm. ~ siúil, oibre, troda, strenuousness of walking, of work, of fighting. ~ urnaí, fervour of prayer. ~ an dlí, the rigour of the law. ~ an tsaoil, the rigours of life. A bhfuair mé dá dhéine agus dá dhua, all the effort and trouble it cost me. 2 : dian2. (Var. of 1: ~acht f, ~as m)
déine2 : dian1.