TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
méala, m. (gs. ~). 1. Lit: Humiliation, ignominy. 2. Grief, sorrow; cause of mourning, of lamentation. Is mór an ~ é, it is very sad. Ba mhéala a bhás, his death was to be lamented. Tugadh faoi mhéala iad, they were brought to grief. Ba mhéala leis (go), he lamented (that). (Var: f)