TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
slám1, m. (gs. ~, pl. ~anna).1. Lock, tuft. ~ olla, lock of wool. 2. Handful; amount, quantity. ~ coirce, handful of oats. ~ airgid, heap of money. 3. Wisp; cloud. ~ ceo, deataigh, wisp of fog, of smoke. ~ den mhí-ádh, cloud of misfortune. Tháinig ~ ar mo shúile le codladh, my eyes clouded over with sleep. (Var:slam, slama m)
slám2, v.t. & i. (vn. ~adh m, gs. & pp. ~tha).(Of wool) Tease. Ag ~adh olla, teasing wool.