TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
spear1, v.t. (vn. ~adh m, gs. & pp. ~tha). Spear, pierce.
spear2 : spior.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ spear a dhéanamh de rud, to make light of, minimize, pooh-pooh, sth.
Rinne sé ~ spear den scéal, he made light of the matter.
Rinne an focal sin ~ spear den chomhrá, that remark took all the seriousness out of the conversation.
Rinne siad ~ spear den argóint, they ridiculed the argument.
~ spear a dhéanamh ar amhras, ar bhrón, to dispel doubt, sorrow.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ saighde, sleá, head of arrow, of spear.
~ sluaiste, bíomail, sleá, coinnleora, socket of shovel, of brace, of spear, of candlestick.
Chuir siad ~ crann agus sciath air, they made a ring of spears and shields round him.
~ sleánna, forest of spears.
~ a theilgean, to cast a spear.
~ iascaigh, fish-spear, gig.
Bleibeanna ag ~adh, bulbs spearing.
Ga a ~ean, to cast a spear.
~ sleá, claímh, point of spear, of sword.
Reanna agus faobhair, pointed and bladed weapons, spears and swords.
Bhí na sleánna ag ~eadh dá sciatha, the spears were glancing off their shields.
~ sheilge, éisc, hunting-, fish-, spear.
~ sleighe, flat of spear.
Cloch, sleá, a theilgean, to cast a stone, a spear.
~ den mhanaois, a thrust of the spear.
~ cloiche, sleá, cast of stone, of spear.