TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
seang1, m. (gs. & npl. ~a, gpl. ~). 1. Slender, slim, person. 2. Thin, lean, emaciated, person. S.a. sách1.
seang2, a. (gsm. ~, gsf. & comp. seinge, npl. ~a). 1. Slender, slim. Com, taobh, ~, slender waist, side. Cú, each, ~, slender hound, steed. ~ singil, slim and slender. 2. Thin, lean, meagre, shrunken. ~ seargtha, thin and shrivelled. Beatha sheang, meagre living. Séasúr ~, lean season. Tá a bholg ~, he has an empty stomach.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Chomh ~ le breac, le fia, leis an mbradán seang, in the pink of health.
Ní thuigeann, ní mhothaíonn, an ~ an seang, it is ill speaking between a full man and a fasting.