TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
círéib, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~eacha). 1. Riot. ~ a thógáil, to cause a riot. Tá an baile ina chíréib, the town is in an uproar. 2. ~eacha a dhéanamh de rud, to tear sth. asunder. Tá mo chóta ina chíréibeacha, my coat is torn to shreds. Rinne sé ~eacha den doras, he shattered the door. Bhí ~eacha farraige, gaoithe, ann, there were tearing seas, howling blasts of wind. 3. (a) Riotous, obstreperous, person. (b) Tatterdemalion.