TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
ribe1, m. (gs. ~, pl. -bí). 1. (a) (Single) hair. ~ gruaige, a hair of human head. ~ fionnaidh, an animal hair; a hair of human body. ~ (gruaige) air, he is quite bald. Ní raibh ~ liath ina ceann, there wasn’t a grey hair in her head. S.a. rón2. (b) Med: Bun ~, tinneas bhun ribe, carbuncle. 2. (a) Bristle. ~ féasóige, bristle of beard; bristly beard. (b) Bristling, angry, appearance. Ná cuir ~ air, don’t raise his hackles, don’t rouse him. Tá ~ air inniu, he is in an angry mood today. (c) Tá ~ (fuar) ar an lá, the day is bitingly cold. 3. Blade; shred, tuft. ~ féir, blade of grass. Na ribí féir atá ar an talamh sin, the sparse tufts of grass on that land. ~ lín, olla, shred of flax, of wool. 4. El: Filament. 5. ~ róibéis, shrimp; prawn. 6. Snare. S.a. slat11(a), súil 3 (c). 7. (In phrases) Ar an ~, on the dot. Cuir ~ faobhair air, sharpen it a bit.
ribe2, m. (gs. ~). Knitting: Ribbing.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
15. ~ ribe, carbuncle at root of hair.
~ naoi ribe, scanty locks.
Níl (aon) ~ ar an lá, an duine sin, the day, that person, has a threatening appearance.
Bhí ~ as gach ribe de, he was dripping wet.
I n~ ribe do bheith leagtha ag carr, within a hair’s breadth of being knocked down by a car.
Níl ribe ~e air, he hasn’t a hair on his head.
Chomh ~ is atá méar orm, ribe i mo cheann, as many as I have fingers and toes, hairs on my head.
Ribe róin, (i) strand of animal hair, (ii) shrimp.
Ribe ruainní, strand of animal hair.
~ ribe, splitting of hair-ends.
~ ribe, rod with snare attached.
~ líne, ribe, line-, hair-, space.
~ ribe, snare (of thin cord or wire).