TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
fraigh, f. (gs. ~e, pl. -itheacha). 1. (Interior of) wall. Droim le ~, with back to the wall. Idir é is ~, between him and the wall. Le ~ na huaimhe, against the wall of the cave. Fraitheacha an aeir, na firmiminte, the vault of heaven. Macalla a bhaint as fraitheacha na firmiminte, to make the welkin ring. In airde ar na, sna, fraitheacha, on top of the (side-) walls, between the wall and the roof. Faoi fhraitheacha an tí, within the house. Tá sé faoi na fraitheacha in áit éigin, it is somewhere in the house. 2. (pl.) Rafters, roof. Crochta as na fraitheacha, hanging from the rafters. Shíl mé go dtógfaidís na fraitheacha den teach, I thought they would raise the roof off the house. (Var: pl. ~the)