TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
sliogán, m. (gs. & npl. -áin, gpl. ~). 1. Conch: Shell. (a) ~ bairnigh, faochan, oisre, ruacain, limpet-, periwinkle-, oyster-, cockle-, shell. ~ caisealach, gathach, top, sun-set, shell. Ruacan a bhaint as an ~, to shell a cockle. Aol ~, shell-lime. S.a. bia1 2, iasc1 1. (b) Conch, shellfish. ~ dubh, mussel. ~ mara, scallop. 2. (a)Const: Shell. (b) Frail boat. 3. Artil: Shell. 4. ~ bó leid, sea-bean, tropical drift seed.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ba é an chéad bhia ar an sliogán dó na scéalta sin, he was nurtured on those tales.
~ sliogán, shell-fish food.
Dul ó ghiolla na sliogán go ~ na mbairneach, to go from bad to worse.
Greagnaithe le clocha, le sliogáin, le réaltaí, studded with rocks, with shells, with stars.
~ sliogáin, ~ sliogánach, shellfish.
~ sliogáin, rib of shell.
~ gunnaí, sliogán, gun-, shell-, fire.
Sliogáin mhiona, tiny shells.