TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
dúshraith, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~eanna). Base, foundation; substratum, basis. ~ tí, bóthair, foundation of house, of road. ~ fírinne, substratum of truth. ~ an chreidimh, the basis of religion. ~ a thógáil, a chur (síos), to build, lay (down), a foundation. Dul go ~ ruda, to get to the bottom of sth. Sin an ~ atá agam leis, I put it on that basis. An ~ a bhaint de rud, to take away the basis for sth. Cloch dhúshraithe, foundation stone. (Var: ~e f)