ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Rinne siad ~ ar a chéile, (i) they slashed one another, (ii) they flayed each other with their tongues.
~ chorráin, slashing-knife converted from (old) reaping-hook.
Feoil a ~adh, to slash meat.
~ a thabhairt do rud, to slash, gash, sth.
~ de scian, slash of knife.
~ siad mo leabhar as a chéile, they slashed my book to pieces, severely criticized my book.