TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
dreancaid, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~í). 1. Flea. ~ mhara, sand-hopper. 2. F: Flea-bitten creature; diminutive creature. (Var: ~e m)
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
D’fheannfadh sé dreancaid ar a craiceann, ‘he would flay a flea for its skin’, he is extremely mean.
Ite ag na dreancaidí, flea-bitten.
Chomh ~ le dreancaid, as jumpy as a flea.