TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
earráid, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~í). 1. Error, mistake; errancy, aberration. ~ a dhéanamh, to make a mistake. ~ i gcuntas, i scríbhinn, an error in counting, in writing. Bheith san ~, to be in the wrong. Dul in ~, to go wrong, transgress. Bhain ~ bheag dó, he made a little mistake, committed an indiscretion. Is beag duine nach mbaineann ~ dó, anyone can make a mistake. 2. (a) Wrongheadedness, contrariness. Bhí an ~ riamh ann, he was always perverse. (b) Eccentricity, whimsicality.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ceacht, earráid, profa, a cheartú, to correct a lesson, a mistake, a proof.
Easnaimh agus earráidí, omissions and errors.
Earráid ~a, vertical error.
~ earráide, allowance for error, margin of error.
~ earráide, correction of error.
Earráid mharthanach, long-lived error.
Earráid mhór, grave error.
Earráid agus ~, error and delusion.
Earráid a shéanadh, to recant an error.
~ agus earráid, trial and error.
~ earráid a tharla sé, it happened by mistake.