TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
fearann1, m. (gs. & npl. -ainn, gpl. ~). 1. Land, territory, domain; field, farm, grounds. ~ boird, mensal land. ~ cairte, charter-land. ~ claímh, ~ gaisce, sword-land, conquered territory. ~ claímh a dhéanamh, to win land by the sword. ~ críche, march-land. ~ dílis, landed estate. ~ eaglaise, ~ fónaimh, church land, glebe. ~ pósta, dowry-land. ~ saor, free land. ~ talaimh, parcel of land. Déanann ~ fianaise, seeing is believing. S.a. baile1 2. 2. Hist:~, seisreach fearainn, ploughland, ‘quarter’ of land. 3. Quarter, portion. ~ aráin choirce, section of oatmeal cake. 4. Physiol: Region. Fearainn an chroí, the region of the heart; the inner regions. (Var: pl. ~ta)
fearann2, pres. of fear2.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ fearainn, talún, townland.
Fearann, talamh, branair, fallow land.
Fearann creiche, land taken by force.
Fearann a mharú, to amortize land.
Fearann a theorannú, to delimit a territory.