TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
nimhneach, a1. 1. Painful, sore; hurtful. Ball ~, sore spot. Gearradh ~, painful cut. Fiacail ~, sore tooth. Buille ~, sharp blow. Gaoth ~, biting wind. Focal ~, hurtful, stinging, expression. Súil ~, sore eye; piercing, malignant, look. 2. (Of person) Venomous, spiteful; over-sensitive, touchy. Is ~ an duine é, he is such a waspish person. Bheith ~ faoi rud, to be sore, bitter, about sth. Namhaid ~, vindictive enemy.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá sé chomh nimhneach le ~, he is as prickly as a thorn.
Chomh nimhneach le mála ~, as vicious as a bag of weasels.
Tá ~ géar, nimhneach, uirthi, she has a sharp, a severe, expression (about the mouth).
~ nimhneach, thinn, sore throat.