TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
mothar1, m. (gs. & npl. -air, gpl. ~). 1. Thicket; tangled growth of brushwood; overgrown wilderness, jungle. 2. Large mass. ~ dlúth ceo, dense bank of fog. D’éirigh an fharraige ina mothair os a gcionn, the sea rose in huge swells over them. ~ daoine, mass of people. 3. Dark cloud, obscurity. Tá ~ mór sa spéir, great black clouds are gathering in the sky. ~ oíche, cloud of night.
mothar2, m. (gs. & npl. -air, gpl. ~). Blunderbuss.
mothar3, m. (gs. -air). Rattle in throat.