TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
gnách1, a. (gsm. ~, gsf. & comp. -áiche, npl. ~a).Customary, usual; common, ordinary. 1. Teachtaire ~, ordinary messenger. Féile ghnách, customary hospitality. Ár mbeatha ghnách, our ordinary lives. Na daoine ~a, the common people. 2. (With copula) Is ~ (le), it is customary (for). Is ~ leo cuairt a thabhairt orainn, they usually pay us a visit. Níl sé chomh haigeanta is ba ghnách leis, he is not as cheerful as he used to be. Mar is ~, as usual. Thar mar is ~ leis, more than he is wont to do. 3. Go ~, ordinarily.
gnách2 = gnáth1.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ní gnách cath gan chomha, it is not usual to fight without offering terms of peace.
An ~ is gnách, the usual tillage.
Ní gnách ár gan ~, generally somebody survives a massacre.
Mar is gnách leis, as is customary with him.