TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
maothán, m. (gs. & npl. -áin, gpl. ~). 1. Soft part; lobe. ~ (cluaise), lobe of ear. 2. Flank. Bhí a dhá lámh ar a maotháin aici, she had her two hands to her sides, her arms akimbo. Bhí mé fliuch go dtí na maotháin, I was wet to the waist. Cneá faoina mhaotháin, a wound in his heart. S.a. cleite 5. 3. (a) ~ (súile), haw, third eyelid. (b) Disease of haw. 4. Tender shoot.