TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
olcas, m. (gs. -ais). Badness, evil; bad state; bad nature, spite. ~ daoine, people’s wickedness. A n-~ linn, their ill disposition towards us. Le h~ na doininne, because of the severity of the storm. Dul in ~, chun olcais, to get worse. Ná cuir in ~ é, don’t aggravate it. Dá ~ é, bad as it is. Dá ~ dá ndéanfainn é, however badly I might do it. Ach a ~ liom é a dhéanamh, but that I wouldn’t like to do it. Níl feabhas ná ~ air, he has neither improved nor disimproved.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ní ar a bh~ ach ar a n-olcas, not for their good but for their bad qualities.
Ag dul i bhfeabhas, in olcas, improving, getting worse.