TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
leid1, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~eanna). Hint, inkling; prompt; pointer, clue. ~ a thabhairt do dhuine faoi rud, to give s.o. a hint about, an inkling of, sth. Níor tugadh ~ dá laghad dom faoi, I wasn’t given the least indication of it. Thug sé ~ dúinn imeacht, he hinted that we should leave. Is leor ~ dó, he knows how to take a hint. ~ a thabhairt d’aisteoir, to prompt an actor. Dá bhfaighimis ~ chórach, if we got any indication of a fair wind. Ní raibh ~ as aon duine, no one made any sign of movement, spoke a word. (Var: ~em, ~eadh m)
leid2 = bleid 2.
leid3 = luid1.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Dá mbeadh ~ na leide againn air, if we had even a hint of it.
3. ~ bó leid, sea anemone.
4. ~ bó leid, sea-bean, tropical drift seed.