TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
tochailt, f. (gs. ~e). 1. vn. of tochail. 2. Digging, excavation; uprooting. ~ gairbhéil, gravel-digging. ~ tobair, well-sinking. ~ muc i ngairdín, the rooting of pigs in a garden.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~eacha a tharraingt ort, a thochailt, to rake up the past, to re-open old sores.
Poll a thochailt, to dig a hole.
Ag ~t cloch as an talamh, digging stones out of the ground.
Láthair a thochailt, to excavate a site.
Ag ~t faoi bhalla, burrowing under a wall.
Ag ~t póir, rooting up seed.