TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
sanas, m. (gs. & npl. -ais, gpl. ~). 1. (a) Whisper; hint, suggestion. ~ cogair, whispered remark. ~ a thabhairt do dhuine faoi rud, to give s.o. an inkling of sth. ~ a thabhairt do dhuine rud a dhéanamh, to hint to s.o. that he should do sth. Ar shanas an diabhail, at the instigation of the devil. (b) Lit: Private communication, confidence. Fear comhairle agus sanais, counsellor and confidant. I ~ Chríost, in Christ’s confidence. (c) Intimation. (f. in phrase) Lá Fhéile Muire na Sanaise, the feast of the Annunciation. 2. Gloss, glossary. (Var: gs. & npl. ~a; f, gs. sanaise; sanais f)