TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
rabhán1, m. (gs. & npl. -áin, gpl. ~). 1. Spasm, prolonged fit (of coughing). ~ casachtaí, spasm of coughing. ~ (treacha), spasm in whooping-cough. 2. Sudden outburst, fit. ~ cainte, burst of talk. ~ gáire, caointe, feirge, fit of laughter, of crying, of anger. Tagann sé ina rabháin air, he gets it in spasms. 3. Lit: Doggerel verse, vulgar rhyme.
rabhán2, m. (gs. -áin). Bot: Thrift.