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Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla (Ó Dónaill): lorga

EXACT MATCHES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA

lorga, f. (gs. ~, pl. ). 1. Staff, stick; club, cudgel. Lit: ~ a ghabháil, to take a staff, to go on pilgrimage. Lit:~ fosaithe, stick to lean on, prop. Lit: ~ áine, hurley. ~ iarnaí, iron-tipped cudgel. 2. Shin. ~í breaca, dóite, speckled, burnt, shins; (of person) sit-by-the-fire. ~ éin, drumstick of bird. Cnámh na ~, shin-bone, tibia; (of horse) cannon-bone. 3. Shank, shaft, stem. ~ planda, crainn, stem of plant, of tree. ~ ancaire, stem of anchor. ~ sáfaí, handle of axe. (Var: lorg3 f)

PHRASES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA

~eadh sa lorga mé, I was knocked on the shin.

~ (na) lorga, shin-bone, tibia;

~ i mbata, i lorga, bend in a stick, in a shin.

Thug sé cic sa lorga dom, he kicked me on the shin.