TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
eiseamláir, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~í). 1. Exemplar. ~ na geanmnaíochta, model of chastity. Chun go mbeidís ina n-eiseamláirí don tréad, so that they might serve as examples for their flock. 2. Example. ~ duine a leanúint, to follow the example of s.o. 3. Illustration. Rud a mhíniú le h~, to explain sth. by example. 4. Wretched example; wretch. (Var: m, gs. eiseamlára)