TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
deilín, m. (gs. ~, pl. ~í). 1. Sing-song, rigmarole. ~ a dhéanamh de rud, to repeat sth. in sing-song fashion. Tá sé ina dheilín aige, he rhymes it off. Tháinig sé ina dheilín leis, he repeated it parrot fashion. A leithéid de dheilín (cainte)! Such rigmarole! ~ mallacht, string of curses. ~ na mbacach, the beggars’ litany. 2. Reciprocal.