TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
teachtaire, m. (gs. ~, pl. -rí). 1. Messenger. ~ a chur le rud, to send a messenger to deliver sth. ~ cúirte, court messenger. ~ síochána, truce-bearer. ~ Dé, clergyman on sick-call. ~ criathair, negligent errand-boy. 2. (a) Rope for carrying basket. (b) Fig: ~ Chonáin, casting-stone.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tháinig teachtaire chugam ar a cheann, a messenger came to me for it.
Litir, teachtaire, a chur chun bealaigh, to dispatch a letter, a messenger.
Teachtaire a chur, to send a messenger.
Rud a chur le teachtaire, leis an bpost, to send sth. by messenger, by post.
~ an teachtaire, tell the messenger to turn back.
Teachtaire ~, indolent messenger.
1. Teachtaire ~, ordinary messenger.
Teachtaire a ~ean chun duine, to despatch a messenger to s.o.