TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
torann, m. (gs. & npl. -ainn, gpl. ~). 1. (a) Noise. ~ a dhéanamh, to make a noise. ~ cos, tread of feet. ~ cairte, rumble of cart. ~ easa, roar of waterfall. ~ stoirme, din of storm. Déanfaidh an oíche anocht ~, this will be a wild night. (b) (As vn.) Ag ~, making a noise. 2. Lit: (a) Thunder. (b) (Tumult of) battle. (Var: f)
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~eacht le fuaim, le glór, le torann, to listen to a sound, a voice, a noise.
~ ar thorann, abatement of noise.
Bodhar ó thorann an tráchta, deaf from the noise of the traffic.
Is mó an torann ná an ~ (mar a dúirt an chaora leis an ngabhar a bhí á lomadh), much cry and little wool (as the sheep said of the goat being shorn).