TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
gealán, m. (gs. & npl. -áin, gpl. ~). 1. Gleam, flash; bright spell. ~ gréine, spell of sunshine. Cith is ~, shower and sunshine. ~ dóchais, flash of hope. Tháinig ~ ar mo chroí, my heart rejoiced. 2. Lit: Saighead gealáin, flash of lightning. S.a. tine1 4. 3. ~ na súile, white of eye. 4. Com: Whiting.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ ghealáin, bolt of lightning.
~ ghealáin, (i) Will-o’-the-wisp, (ii) (summer) lightning.
~ ghealáin a choinneáil le duine, to keep annoying s.o.