TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
imchian1, f. (ds. -chéin, gs. -chéine, npl. ~a, gpl. ~). Lit: Great distance; far distance, far-away place. ~ críche, great expanse of territory. In ~, in imchéin, in ~a = in imigéin : imigéin. (Var: imchéine f)
imchian2, a1. (gsf. & comp. -chéine). Lit: Far distant, far away; very long. Tír, aimsir, ~, far distant country, time. Tréimhse ~, very long period.