TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
díog1, f. (gs. díge, npl. ~a, gpl. ~). Ditch, trench; drain. (Var: pl. ~acha)
díog2 = gíog1,3.
díog3 = diúg1,2.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Díog a chartadh, to clear a trench.
Poll, díog, tobar, a dhoimhniú, to deepen a hole, a dyke, a well.
~ claise, díge, grass growing on sides of ditch.
Fód, díog, a ghearradh, to cut a sod, a trench.
Díog a ghlanadh, to clean a dyke.
Thug sé ~ na díge, he jumped the ditch.
Ag ~adh díge, blasting out a trench.
Sáite sa chlais, sa díog, stuck in the trench, confined to drudgery.
Ná ~ léim na díge sin, don’t jump that ditch.
Thit an díog isteach, the trench caved in.
Ní rachaidh an clár ~ na díge, the board won’t span the ditch.
~ abhann, díge, portaigh, tobair, river-, ditch-, bog-, well-, water.