TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
faltanas, m. (gs. & npl. -ais, gpl. ~). Spitefulness, vindictiveness; spite, grudge. ~ a bheith agat do dhuine, to have a spite against s.o. D’fhaltanas a agairt ar dhuine, to vent one’s spleen on s.o. Ag imirt faltanais ar a chéile, spiting each other. Ag cuimhneamh na bh~, reviving enmities, re-opening old sores. Tá seanfhaltanas istigh aige dom, he has an old grudge against me. Ní ham faltanais am géibhinn, there should be unity in face of danger. Síneadh faltanais a dhéanamh roimh dhuine, to lie in wait for s.o.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ar eagla go n-éireodh faltanas eadrainn, lest we should take to spiting each other.
D’fhás faltanas as, enmity grew out of it.
~ faltanais, victim of enmity.
~ feirge, faltanais, the venting of spleen, of spite.
Faltanas a mhúscailt, to stir up enmity.