TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
sceanach, m. (gs. -aigh). 1. Knifing, cutting, flaying; destruction. ~ a dhéanamh ar rud, to cut up sth. (as with knife). Rinne siad ~ ar a chéile, (i) they slashed one another, (ii) they flayed each other with their tongues. Rinne siad ~ ar na barra, they cut through, destroyed, the crops. ~ cainte, cutting speech. 2 = sceanairt 1.