TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
iomarbhá1, f. (gs. ~, pl. ~nna). 1. (Act of) contending, disputing; contention, contest; dispute, controversy. ~ reatha, running contest. ~ chainte, wordy dispute, wrangle. Bheith in ~ le duine, to be engaged in a dispute with s.o. Ag ~ leis an mbás, struggling with death. Ag ~ leis na filí, wrangling with the poets. 2. Lit: Comparative adjective. (Var: ~(i)gh f)
iomarbhá2, m = iombhá.