TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
substaint, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~í). Substance. 1. Metaph: Essential nature. D’aon ~ leis an Athair, of one substance with the Father. 2. (a) Body, solidity, solid worth. Bia a bhfuil ~ ann, solid food. Tá ~ ina chuid cainte, there is solid sense in what he says. Óráid gan ~, empty oration. Is é an duine gan ~ é, he is a very shallow person. (b) Possessions, property, wealth. (Var:~e f)
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Substaintí ~a, fluid substances.
I d~ substainte na dtrí bpearsan, concerning the substance of the three persons (in God.).
Ag ~t substainte i moirtéar, pounding a substance in a mortar.