TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
dáir, f. (gs. dárach). pl. dáracha). 1. Heat (in cow). Bó ar ~, faoi dháir, a cow in heat, ‘bulling’. Bó ag teacht ar ~, faoi dháir, i n~, chun dárach, a cow coming in heat. Bó ag dul ó dháir, a cow going past her heat. Bó a ligean ó dháir, to let a cow go past her heat. Lig sé an chéad ~ den bhearach, he let the heifer go past her heat the first time. 2. Copulation (in cattle). Chaill, níor choinnigh, an bhó an ~, the cow lost the service. 3. Urge, fit, frenzy. Bhí ~ oibre air, he was mad for work. Chuir sé ~ chainte de, he made a frenzied speech.