ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Dath a bhogadh, to soften, tone down, colour.
Glór ~, decided tone of voice.
Glór daingean ~, firm and decided tone of voice.
Glór ~, decided tone of voice.
Lánú ar an ton, to give volume to the tone.
Greanadóireacht ~, half-tone engraving.
Dath a mhaolú, to tone down a colour.
Glór ~, emphatic tone of voice.
~ chainte, tone of voice, accent.
Bhí ~ ghalánta ar a chuid cainte, he spoke in a genteel tone of voice.