TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
glao, m. (gs. ~, pl. ~nna). Call, shout. ~ a chur, a ligean, asat, to call, cry out. ~ éin, bird-call. ~ coiligh, cock-crow. ~ gutháin, telephone call. Teacht faoi ghlao, to respond to a (homing-)call. Is mithid dúinn dul faoi ghlao, it is time for us to make for home. ~ ar dheoch, call for drink. Na ~nna a fhreastal, to answer one’s calls, meet one’s engagements. ~ cluaise, buzzing in the ears.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Thug sé a ghlao churaidh as a bhráid, he gave his deep-throated war-cry.
Ní raibh ~ ná glao as, there was not a word out of him, he was dumbfounded.
~eadh an glao, the call was disconnected.